The UK Government has confirmed plans to bring together businesses and research bodies from across the world to help tackle scourge of plastic in seas and oceans. The UK is already working with the governments of Canada, India, and ...
Tags: Innovation Hub, Plastics Research
A survey from WePack has revealed that half of UK companies failing to prepare packaging for growth of e-commerce deliveries. The survey found that 49.7% of firms have no plans in place to change the design of their packaging to deal with ...
Tags: E-Commerce Packaging, Packaging
European Plastics Converters (EuPC), a European trade association, has surveyed plastics converters across Europe to look at the current and future use of recycled content as well as incentives and barriers to its use. With high targets ...
A self-driving vehicle has been tested in public for the first time in the UK. The demonstration in Milton Keynes was coordinated by the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and marked the completion of the LUTZ Pathfinder project, which has ...
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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Ricardo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work on powertrain electrification projects. As global specialists in transport, security, energy, ...
Tags: AMRC, MoU, Ricardo, powertrain electrification projects
The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, has announced that for the fist time ever it will be accepting entries for its prestigious Sustainability Award from all UK furnishings manufacturers. Now in ...
Tags: furnishing industry, FISP, improvements
As a UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Trade Challenge Partner, The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) works hard to assist SMEs to increase their export market potential. The LIA has achieved this through the creation of a number of UK ...
Tags: LIA, Lighting Industry Association, SMEs, UK Lighting
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and the visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron have expressed their commitment to improve economic ties between the two nations. Addressing a joint press conference in Jakarta, Cameron said, ...
Tags: Economic Ties, engineering, energy
GoodWeave has moved closer to eradicating child labour in the rug industry with the addition of three more UK companies to its international labelling scheme. Rug Couture, Sage Green Designs and The Moorland Rug Company have all become ...
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China's economic "new normal" can bring more opportunities for UK companies, British business leaders said on Wednesday. James Sassoon, chairman of the China-Britain Business Council, said China is undergoing a period of further ...
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Following its Manufacturing Advanced Functional Materials (MAFuMa) call issued in February, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £20m to 10 new research projects that aim to advance the ...
Tags: Functional Materials, Electronics
i2i Events Group will introduce the new multi-channel Retail Shop e-commerce zone at Spring Fair International and sister event Autumn Fair International. Exhibitors will represent a multitude of products and services that are essential ...
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The UK Government has allocated £11 m in funding for the research and development of the carbon-cutting technologies for energy efficient vehicles. With the funding the UK Government aims to support the growth of energy efficient ...
Tags: carbon-cutting technologies, energy efficient vehicles
The UK's biggest companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, according to a new survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey, dubbed the cyber governance health check, was sent by the ...
Tags: UK, FTSE, cyber risks, Government
UK companies are struggling to find employees with the big data and analytics skills that they need. That's according to a new report released by SAS Institute, called "Big Data Analytics: Adoption and employment trends". It suggests ...
Tags: Computer Products, software