Oxford Photovoltaics (Oxford PV), has been named the winner of the Innovation Award at British Renewable Energy Awards ceremony, held by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) in London. A technology start-up business and spin-out from ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Photovoltaics, Solar
Meat products firm Gilbert's Foods plans to invest millions in its supply chain after securing £2.4M worth of finance from HSBC. Gilbert's Foods supplies products designed for re-heating via microwave, oven, boil-in-the-bag, grill ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Flat Glass Manufacturing industry is expected to return to consistent growth over the five years through 2018-19 as the UK economy undergoes a tentative recovery, and conditions in key downstream construction and automobile industries ...
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Tesco, Amazon and John Lewis feature in celebration of e-commerce giants to be held on June 26th. The Internet Retailing Awards 2013 has unveiled its shortlist of industry front runners ahead of the ceremony next month. The list ...
The government is to launch a plan to reduce the nation’s reliance on food and drink imports and increase consumption of UK produce. David Cameron delivered a video message praising the food and drink industry’s export ...
Tags: Defra, Food and Drink Imports
British Solar Renewables, the UK’s largest developer, owner and operator of solar farms has recently commenced community consultation for a proposed solar installation at Canada Farm, Winterborne Stickland. The proposed solar farm ...
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How do you rate the prospects for your food and drink business over the year ahead? Taking part in Food Manufacture’s 2013 exclusive State-of-the-industry survey will allow you to compare your views with other industry professionals. ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK economy grew by 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2013, following a contraction of 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2012, both compared to the ...
News that Tesco has reported the biggest profits fall in its history is just the latest sign that all is not well in the world of planet retail. Britain's biggest retailer is also ditching plans to develop a number of big stores across the ...
Tags: Food, Drink, Food Manufacture
Technology firms including Facebook and Microsoft have welcomed government plans to provide funding for improving the teaching of computer science in schools. Education minister Elizabeth Truss announced £2m will be set aside to ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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Rune Marki, president of the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) and managing director (MD) of Osram UK - a leader in the global lighting market - has outlined how much the lighting industry is doing to support the UK economy via the means ...
The UK economy is set to avoid a triple dip recession as business confidence grows, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The weakness of the pound helped to boost exports in the ...
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The government needs to regulate high-speed broadband networks to end the dominance of BT, according to rival telecoms group TalkTalk. BT is currently responsible for rolling out the national broadband fibre network, which - according to ...
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Nissan's announcement that production of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF is starting in Sunderland has been welcomed by the CBI. The move will help to support more than 2,000 jobs in the UK automotive supply chain. "The start of UK ...
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