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03/03/2011

Why operators of retirement flats are still charging an exit fee when a property is sold on. Plus, can you really capture the history and spirit of a country in a perfume?

Winifred Robinson investigates why firms running blocks of retirement flats are still charging residents a fee when the property is sold on, despite a formal warning from the Office of Fair Trading about the practice eighteen months ago. The boss of one chain defends the practice.

Asks; Can you really capture the history and spirit of a country in a perfume? Lithuania thinks it can. Dainius Rutkauskas is the marketing guru behind the "Scent of Lithuania".

And as people whose children have allergies are warned not to buy home home testing kit and advised to talk to their GP, do family doctors take the problem seriously enough? and are there enough allergy specialists to cope?

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Thu 3 Mar 2011 12:00
大象传媒 Radio 4 FM

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  • Exit fees

    Why operators of retirement flats charge a fee when a property is sold on.

    Duration: 11:49

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    A solicitor who acted for notorious claims company the Accident Group is struck off for dishonesty.

    Duration: 03:47

  • Work Capability Assessments

    In four weeks time more than 1.5 million people currently claiming Incapacity Benefit will start being called-in for medical assessments.

    Duration: 11:59

  • Allergy Testing Services

    Why don鈥檛 we have enough allergy testing services available on the NHS?

    Duration: 06:47

  • Celebrating "buttons"

    Not everyone welcomes the advance of the touch-screen.

    Duration: 02:21

  • Parking Enforcement

    How it pays to be in the parking control industry but compared to private land clampers the wardens on the streets are the motorists friend.

    Duration: 11:11

  • Scent of Lithuania

    Capturing the essence of a country in a perfume.

    Duration: 03:29

Broadcasts

  • Thu 3 Mar 2011 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 3 Mar 2011 12:04
    大象传媒 Radio 4 LW

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