UK smoking rate has been reduced to its lowest ever level since the recording commenced in the 1940s. Official figures are suggesting that the smoking prevalence among older than 18 years old users decreased from 19.8% back in 2012 to 18.7% ...
Tags: Smoking Rate, Consumer Electronics
Researchers at The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia) have achieved what is claimed to be record solar system energy conversion efficiency of 40.4% (presented on 8 December at the Australian PV Institute’s Asia-Pacific ...
Tags: Solar System, energy conversion, Electrical
Paper-based packaging producer Smurfit Kappa has opened its second UK Experience Center which will help in providing innovative solutions and services to customers. The new centre which will be opened at Mold, North Wales in the UK ...
Tags: innovative solutions, customers, Agriculture
Australian medical and nutrition experts have reacted differently to the research findings of a study published December 2014 in the British Medical Journal. The study showed the Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with longer ...
Tags: Mediterranean diet, nutrition
2015 is set to see property across Asia Pacific experience a continued increase in investment volumes, improved tenant demand and structural change across various sectors. According to Colliers International’s 2015 Asia Pacific ...
Auto supplier KSR International earlier this year acquired Electronic Motion Systems, an innovative electronics supplier with Manufacturing based inSwansea, Wales, UK and a Development Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to Craig ...
In partnership with digital communications company Telefónica UK, Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic ...
The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.4 per cent in October 2014, seasonally adjusted, following a rise of 1.3 per cent in September 2014. In seasonally adjusted terms household goods retailing ...
Tags: Retail Turnover, Service
FDA finalises menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised two rules requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail ...
Tags: Vending Machine, FDA
Driven by a large fall in the area planted to cotton, the production of white gold in Australia is forecast to fall by almost half in 2014-15, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). ...
Tags: Cotton Output, cotton
Six men have been charged by the Joint Organised Crime Group (JOCG) for their involvement in the attempted importation of almost three tonnes of MDMA and crystal methamphetamine (ice) into Sydney. This seizure is estimated to be worth up ...
Tags: Drug Trade, crystal methamphetamine, Service
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has specially tailored a 2.5-tonne forklift to meet the specific site needs at a New South Wales Lime plant. Sibelco Australia commissioned a new diesel-powered Toyota 72-8FD25 forklift in October ...
Macadamia nut product producer Patons Macadamia has launched its own range of Macadamia Milk under the Suncoast Gold brand. The Macadamia Milk comes in two flavours: Original and Unsweetened. The Suncoast Gold brand also has a range of ...
Tags: Suncoast Gold, Macadamia Milk
Brazil’s JBS buys Primo Smallgoods Australia’s largest meat processor, marketer and export JBS Australia has signed a $1.45 billion deal to acquire ham, bacon and smallgoods producer Primo Smallgoods. The brands of the Primo ...
Tags: ham, bacon, smallgoods, Agriculture
The average time taken for Australian businesses to pay their invoices has fallen to the lowest level since the third quarter of 2007, in further signs that operating conditions have strengthened this year and the business sector’s ...
Tags: Payment Times, Pre-GFC Levels