Boots (company)

• The Crown Castle Board of Directors unanimously recommends shareholders use the WHITE proxy card to vote FOR only the twelve nominees proposed by our Board of Directors.
• The Board values feedback from all of its shareholders, and as we advance these initiatives, we are committed to acting in our shareholders’ best interests by positioning Crown Castle for long-term success and value creation.
• Crown Castle today is very different than it was 22 years ago when Mr. Miller was last at the Company.
• Boots Capital’s proposal does not create any actual tax “savings” to Crown Castle, because Crown Castle is a REIT and does not pay taxes as long as it pays distributions to shareholders equal to its taxable income each year.

• Boiling a kettle to fill a hot water bottle uses less energy than an electric blanket or turning on the heating and so is the cheapest option to keep you warm, according to consumer insights publication Which?.
• Feeling the chill ourselves, we have dug into the history of the hot water bottle as part of a large research project on the global history of Boots The Chemists.

The first hot water bottles

• Hot water bottles have been around in various forms for centuries.
• These bottles could lose heat quickly and were unpleasant, icy bed companions once cooled.
• In November 1867, for example, Thornton and Co. promoted their “India Rubber” hot water bottle in the Glasgow Herald, with claims that its product was a “great comfort to invalids”.

Hot water bottles at Boots

• But they did stock a bewilderingly large range of rubber hot water bottles, carefully tiered by quality and price.
• While varying in price, all Boots’ hot water bottles were touted to relieve pain as well as provide heat.
• Because very hot water might crack the rubber, Boots advised its customers to pour a cup of cold water into the bottle first.

An uncomfortable history?

• Rubber plantation workers in Southeast Asia, for example, often endured harsh conditions to cultivate, tap, and process raw rubber sheets.
• In the 1920s, Boots staff magazine, The Bee, featured several articles explaining where rubber came from and how hot water bottles were made.
• Ironically, hot water bottles were often shipped back to rubber-producing countries to help colonial ex-pats deal with the climate.

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Richard Hornsey receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Anna Greenwood receives funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Hilary Ingram receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

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• Superdrug has established itself as a leading, innovative multichannel health and beauty destination in the UK and Dragonfly Biosciences UK will be committing to significant investments in initiatives to provide broader access to customers.
• Regan Saveall added "Although this expansion primarily affects the UK, A.S. Watson is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings, making it an exciting development for Dragonfly Biosciences UK as we expand globally, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Dragonfly Biosciences UK owns certified organic land and licensed dedicated CBD extraction facilities – used alongside stringent testing in third-party laboratories that are globally recognised.

• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) today announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended February 28, 2023.
• Net earnings in the second quarter were $703 million compared to $883 million in the year-ago quarter.
• EPS in the second quarter was $0.81, compared to EPS of $1.02 in the year-ago quarter.
• WBA will hold a conference call to discuss the second quarter results beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time today, March 28, 2023.