A Lancashire-based meat and poultry supplier has opened a division in Australia after enjoying a record year for sales. Gilberts Foods goes Down Under with a new venture based in Brisbane Gilbert’s Foods supplies the UK’s ...
Müller Wiseman Dairies plans to increase the direct supply of milk to the company from new suppliers as well as from existing non-aligned Müller Wiseman Milk Group (MWMG) members. The UK-based company has identified milk fields ...
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The boss of the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, Paul Bulcke has blamed the horsemeat scandal on a criminal minority, who threatened to undermine trust between consumers and the food industry. Nestlé boss Paul ...
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UK-based environmental solutions provider Valpak has sold its materials recycling facility to JWS Lancashire supported by JWS Recycling Services (JWS). The Preston facility was bought by Valpak's recycling arm Valpak Recycling North West ...
Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Austrian company Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls. Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company ...
The idea that broadband projects face a struggle to find finance is a myth, according to the director general of non-profit organisation FTTH Council Europe, Hartwig Tauber. "Because of the financial crisis, people say there is no money ...
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A Monforts Toptex shrinking range has recently been installed at the UK's Pincroft Dyers and Printers facility in Chorley,Lancashire to ensure precise control of compressive shrinkage for the company's range of camouflaged military uniforms ...
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Geo Networks is teaming up with Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) to provide superfast internet connections to remote areas in Lancashire. The company is known for its dark fibre installations – recycling pre-installed fibre ...
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BT today confirmed it would be running fibre broadband to a further 163 exchanges as part of its roll-out scheme across the UK. The Openreach division of the company has committed £2.5bn to fund the deployment, which BT claims will ...
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Come winter, come the need for light. But whether it's a firework or a bonfire lighting up the cold, dark evenings or festive coils of lighting designed to lure shoppers in to the pre-Christmas sales, there are a host of illuminating ...
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Former CTO of BT, Peter Cochrane, has responded to the government and BT who had hit back at his claims that UK's broadband plans were "visionless", by sarcastically encouraging the government to show off its plans to fast-growing economies ...
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Eight UK schools have made it to the final of Cisco’s Stemnet (science, technology, engineering and mathematics network) Challenge 10, which challenges students to plan a large-scale event in their local area. Nearly 200 UK ...
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BVG-Airflo, one of the UK’s largest groups of independent specialist mail order companies, has selected Intelecom to manage up to 10,000 calls a day and process around one million orders every year from 850,000 customers. Since ...
Lancashire County Council’s investment of pound 32m to get superfast broadband to rural areas is being brought into question by a local MP, who claims other, more pressing social issues should take priority. Graham Jones, Labour MP ...
Convenience retailer Spar International is trialling a "new era" in store design, with the launch of a flagship store in the UK. The store in Lancashire includes a new interior colour scheme and a new fascia design, which aim to create a ...
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