Researchers in Britain say the urban legend that food picked up seconds after being dropped on the floor has fewer bacteria is, in fact, true. Anthony Hilton, a professor of microbiology at Aston University in England, monitored the ...
UK retail sales values were down 2.2% on a like-for-like basis from April 2012, when they had declined 3.3% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were down 0.6%, against a 1.0% decline in April 2012. Growth was negatively ...
Tags: Apparel, Apparel Industry
Friday 15th March saw the second instalment of the PLASA Golf Day charity event at the Drift Golf Club in Surrey. Following on from the success of last year's competition, the fundraiser was held to raise money for Light Relief - a charity ...
Tags: Delta Sound, White Light, lighting
By Design Day, the annual fundraising day for Light Relief in the UK and Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada, takes place this year on Wednesday April 24 on both sides of the Atlantic. One of the main fundraising events for these ...
Tags: Light Relief, By Design Day, lighting
Digital solutions company DiGiCo has announced Steve Watson, Simon Honywill and Rob Collins as winners of its Olympics UB MADI competition, which it ran during the Games to celebrate the efforts of the engineers involved, without whom the ...
News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
Tags: Flowers Food, interview, just-food
UK - Clay Paky's President and CEO Pasquale Quadri presented the lighting industry charity Light Relief with a substantial donation at this year's glittering Knight of Illumination Awards in London. Quadri, who is the 'Paky' - a ...
Tags: lighting industry, Illumination Awards, entertainment lighting fixtures
UK-Friday 14 September saw the inaugural PLASA Golf Day at the Drift Golf Club in Surrey,organised by PLASA with assistance from White Light and Delta Sound,the proceeds of the day went to Light Relief. Teams were entered by companies ...
UK-With international sales of ETC's iRFR application for Apple's iPhone,iPod touch and iPad and the new aRFR application for Android devices now approaching4,500,the company this year presented Light Relief with a cheque for an ...
Tags: ETC, App, light relief, the UK charity
UK-Hundreds of lighting professionals donned their finest outfits and put on their dancing shoes for the fifth Knight of Illumination Awards(KOI),held in London on 10 September. The popular awards,organised by The Society of ...
Tags: Knight, Illumination Awards Sparkle, Strong Turn-out, Fun Evening.
UK - Robe lighting enjoyed "a fabulous and highly eventful PLASA 2012 exhibition at Earl's Court". In addition to a super-busy four-day expo, the Czech moving light manufacturer launched seven new products; won a 2012 PLASA Innovation ...
Tags: PLASA 2012, Robe, Earl's Court, Light Relief
UK-Several years ago,Rosco innovated the concept of"a colour that keeps on giving"and Rick Fisher created Supergel 313,Light Relief Yellow.Rosco committed to make a donation to Light Relief from the income generated by the sales of the ...
Tags: Rosco, Light Relief, Supergel 313
UK-The Olympic Torch donated by Czech moving light manufacturer Robe lighting's CEO Josef Valchar,was auctioned at PLASA 2012 and won for£6,200 by leading European AV rental company,AED Rent. The proceeds are going to entertainment ...
Tags: Olympic Torch, Josef Valchar, PLASA 2012
UK-At the end of an unrivalled summer of success,PLASA 2012 opens its doors for the very last time at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre on Sunday 9 September and with pre-registration figures already way ahead of last years,it's time to ...
Tags: PLAZA, 2012, Earls Court, LED