Egglescliffe School, in Eaglescliffe, has switched on 80 photovoltaic solar panels as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Attending the switch-on was shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint MP, who likened the event to the ...
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The Cabinet Office will on Friday call for industry to contribute to new Organisational Cyber Security Standards. Industry will have a window of six weeks to express an interest in contributing and four months thereafter to submit their ...
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The Textile Recycling Association celebrated its 100th Anniversary by holding a Reception and its AGM at the Houses of Parliament in London. Hosted by Right Honourable Tracey Crouch MP, delegates heard the annual TRA President’s ...
Huawei yesterday bolstered its worldwide consumer offerings with the introduction of the Ascend P2, which it dubbed the world’s fastest smartphone. The smartphone was announced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the ...
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Has Sony finally nailed it? From our time using the Xperia Z handset, Sony seems to have achieved exactly that. We found the Xperia Z to be a sophisticated phone. Its 5-inch full HD screen is ultra sharp with 441 pixels per inch ...
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Sony today launched the world’s thinnest 10.1-inch tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xperia Tablet Z will launch globally in the second quarter or 2013, Sony revealed. According to the company, the tablet is the ...
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MP Suzan al-Saad, a member of the Oil and Energy Parliamentary Committee, has announced that a committee is to be formed to solve the problems of the employees at the South Oil Company (SOC), who have been protesting against working ...
Consumers need to reach out to local MPs to raise awareness of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), after the UK failed to even qualify for the FTTH Council's recent rankings. Government slammed for no-show at fibre-to-the-home conference Lack of ...
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Spring Fair International, organised by i2i Events, opened on February 3rd 2013 at the NEC and welcomed over 68,116 visitor’s, including more than 5,000 international buyers looking to export British goods abroad - with overall ...
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An MP has slammed Whitehall officials for not attending the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council's Conference 2013, claiming that the government "does not know enough". Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central and shadow minister for the ...
EBMag has learned that Electro-Federation Canada’s (EFC’s) Government Relations department launched a new initiative with the aim of improving member interaction with government: the MP Awareness Program. Under this program, ...
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Carton Edge has commissioned three new investments at its Coventry factory as the first stage in a five-year plan to make the trade converter more responsive to ever-shorter lead times The business has commissioned a Brausse TA110 ...
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Food packaging company Crown Food Europe plans to cut 116 jobs at its Worcester site. A decline in tin can sales has put 116 jobs in danger at Crown Foods Europe in Worcester The firm entered a 90-day consultation last week, after ...
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US-based MP Global Products’ division ThermoPod has introduced thermoKeeper packaging liners for extended time frame mail order shipments of chocolates, pies & cakes, and other temperature sensitive foods to save pallet and shelf ...
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The furniture industry is ready to put out fires if Government proposals to cut unnecessary red tape spread to Britain's stringent flammability regulations. The British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the lobby group that represents the ...
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