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...family. Since 2003, in a decade and a half, Weetabix has gone from US and then British ownership to Chinese and Asian control. For the current owners, however, things have not turned out quite as anticipated. The initial attraction of Weetabix for the Bright Food Group was that it represented a potential vehicle for transforming Chinese breakfast habits. Breakfast cereals...

...family TV programmes such as prime-time sitcoms and reality shows, on billboards and bus shelters, or around sports fields where children and families watch their teams play. Governments could protect children much more effectively – if they were brave, and if the food industry, advertisers and social media platforms complied. In 2010 Ofcom (the UK’s communications...

...history of Bathgate, the Plessey plant and, through incorporating oral history interviews I conducted in 2015 and 2016, analyse the roots of worker mobilisation. I then examine the dispute, and in particular Plessey’s legal response and the landmark victory achieved by the workers at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Background: Bathgate and Plessey The town of...