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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 20: Mars bars are displayed for sale in a shop, on October 20, 2024 in Bath, England. Mars Wrigley, which makes the likes of Mars bars, Snickers, M&M’s, Celebrations, Maltesers, Galaxy and Skittles, has paid out a huge £600m

Leader of the Snack: How Mars became a food behemoth

Mars is a brand you think you know, but its reach across the grocery aisles - and the story of how it got there - is far bigger than most realise, writes Adam Maguire.

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Blue Origin to deploy thousands of 'TeraWave' satellites

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PTSB cuts fixed-rate mortgage rates by up to 0.45%

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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 20: Mars bars are displayed for sale in a shop, on October 20, 2024 in Bath, England. Mars Wrigley, which makes the likes of Mars bars, Snickers, M&M’s, Celebrations, Maltesers, Galaxy and Skittles, has paid out a huge £600m

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Startup Nation

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