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What Is WannaCry? Our Guide to The NHS Ransomware Fiasco
May 16, 2017Earlier this week, the NHS suffered a widespread and crippling cyberattack that put important data at risk. We take a look at ‘WanaCrypt0r 2.0’, the ransomware software behind the attack. What is ransomware? The first thing ...
Tags: ransomware, WannaCry
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Tesco Announces Arrival of First UK Grown Strawberries of 2017 on Its Shelves
Mar 1, 2017The first English strawberries are on sale at selected Tesco stores. It’s believed to be one of the earliest ever arrivals for Britain’s favourite home-grown fruit, having been helped by a mild winter and the recent warmer ...
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Furniture Makers Plans Christmas Ball
Sep 29, 2016The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, is to hold a Christmas Ball fundraiser. The black tie event is being held on Thursday 1st December at Mitton Hall, a 15th century Manor House in Ribble Valley, ...
Tags: Furniture Makers, Christmas Ball, Jan Turner
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John Lewis Champions Local UK Suppliers and Manufacturing in New ''Locally Made'' Collaborations
Aug 26, 2016John Lewis has announced its Locally Made initiative which will enhance its support of local UK suppliers and manufacturers. The project will see the retailer bring together locally-designed and made products from across the country in a ...
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UK Retailer JD Williams Installs Automated Packaging Line to Boost Production Capacity
Aug 5, 2016UK based retailer JD Williams has installed automated packaging line at its Lilac & Briar Mill facility in Shaw, Lancashire, to boost its production capacity. The retailer has installed an automated packaging line from Axiom GB as well as ...
Tags: Automated Packaging, JD Williams
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British Manufacturer Launches Britain's First Whole-Milk Infant Formulas
Apr 18, 2016Supermarkets and corner stores around Britain can now offer customers a new brand called Kendamil, which is not only the sole infant formula to be manufactured to a whole milk recipe, rather than skimmed, but also the only infant formula in ...
Tags: Infant Formulas, Kendamil products
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Silentnight Welcomes MP For Apprentice Award Presentation
Mar 28, 2016Bed manufacturer Silentnight welcomed its local MP to the Lancashire site during National Apprenticeship Week (14-18th March), following the ongoing success of its award-winning apprenticeship scheme. Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP ...
Tags: Silentnight, Bed manufactures, MP, Apprentice Award Presentation
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Sealy Appoints Sleep Ambassador
Mar 23, 2016The UK’s biggest bed manufacturer, Sealy UK, has appointed an official sleep ambassador. Lancashire pensioner Desmond Wilcox was selected from 506 applications after the vacancy was launched in January. Renowned amongst his ...
Tags: Sealy, Appiontment
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Silentnight Calls For Apprenticeship Policy Clarity
Mar 22, 2016Bed manufacturer Silentnight, a company that has been investing in apprentices for more than 10 years, believes the new shift in the demands on the public sector could lead to cause for concern. As 2015 drew to a close and the targets for ...
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More Test Drilling Required to Assess Potential of UK Shale Industry: Study
Dec 16, 2015The UK needs to allow more shale gas exploration wells nation-wide before a reliable picture of the effect of a shale industry on the country can be properly formulated, the Task Force on Shale Gas said late Monday. The Task Force on ...
Tags: shale gas, natural gas
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Morrow Brothers Opens Bottling Plant in UK
Sep 11, 2015UK-based brewing company Morrow Brothers has opened a new bottling plant in Buckshaw Village, near Chorley in Lancashire. The new plant has received a £23,750 grant from Chorley Council for the purchase of bottling equipment, ...
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HGVs Looking to Use CNG
Jul 13, 2015Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) looking to use compressed natural gas (CNG), the cleanest, cheapest fuel for trucks and buses, will be able to fill up close to junction 28 on the M6 in Lancashire as CNG Fuels has secured planning permission for ...
Tags: automobile, HGVs, auto accessories
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Corpacq Acquire UK-Based Northern Packaging for an Undisclosed Amount
Mar 13, 2015Investment group CorpAcq has forayed into the packaging industry with the acquisition of UK-based Northern Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Based in Altrincham, Northern Packaging operates from two sites in Skelmersdale, West ...
Tags: CorpAcq, packaging industry
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Buoyant Upholstery Oined The Furniture Industry Research Association
Jan 27, 2015One of the largest sofa manufacturers in the country, Buoyant Upholstery, has joined the Furniture Industry Research Association. Based in Nelson, Lancashire, Buoyant employs over 600 people and produces in excess of 2000 suites every ...
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Riaz Ahmed to Visit Chancellor Rt Hon George Osborne MP
Jan 27, 2015Riaz Ahmed, owner and MD of Lancashire bed and furniture manufacturer Sweet Dreams, was invited to visit Chancellor Rt Hon George Osborne MP last week to discuss how to promote business in the north with other major employers and ...