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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for a rethink on empty property tax, which, it says is crippling high streets.

Comet's administrators said today that as no firm offer had been received for the business it was planning a new wave of store closures in the run-up to Christmas.

The Krisk bean slicer can expect to find its way into more than a few Christmas stockings this year after it was picked out for special praise on Monday night's episode of Channel 4's Stephen Fry: Gadget Man.

Next year's Housewares Conference is delighted to welcome another high-profile name to its list of speakers - Chris Gardner, who is responsible for the buying of the cookshop and dining departments for Selfridges' stores and online.

Barbara Turf, who until earlier this year headed up the respected US housewares and homewares chain Crate and Barrel, is the latest name to join the speaker line-up at the 2013 Housewares Conference.

Staff at What More took a bit of a break from manufacturing plastic housewares to raise much-needed funds for the BBC's Children In Need appeal.

Kitchen Craft's cast iron black steel baking stone is going to experience a major sales boost on Monday, November 26.

A special display at next year's Ambiente will set out the four main style and colour trends that will be shaping the homewares market in 2013.

Cutlery manufacturer Arthur Price has welcomed the fifth generation of the family-owned firm to the company.

Creative Tops has signed a deal that will see it enter a new partnership with the Mr Men and Little Miss brands.