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Separately, Britvic, Britain's second-biggest soft drinks maker after Coca Cola, warned of tough trading conditions in the soft drinks market, largely because of the rising cost of raw materials.
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Last year councils were warned they were seen as soft targets by metal thieves as new figures revealed the cost to them.
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Airbus, of course, has had some special help: soft loans, worth one-third of the development cost, from the German, French and British governments.
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Soft drinks maker Britvic has reported a near 20% fall in profits after being hit by the cost of recalling newly designed Fruit Shoot bottles.
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