Food and Drink iNet, which represents food suppliers and wholesalers in the East Midlands, has received additional funding of £669,893 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support innovation projects of food and drink ...
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Contrary to the actions of many local authorities across the country, Nottinghamshire County Council is set to reverse its policy of switching off street lights during the night. Since 2010 more than 6,000 street lights have been dark ...
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The recent announcement by Alliance Boots that it was to cut 200 jobs at its Beeston factory in Nottinghamshire over a two-year period has raised questions about its longstanding involvement in contract packaging. The factory, which until ...
Conergy, one of the world’s leading PV solution and service providers, announced today the completion of a 4.5 megawatt solar farm at the end of March for the UK’s largest solar PV developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy. ...
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(Left to right): Orbis Partners partner James Grenfell, Abacus finance director Steve Banks, Abacus managing director Steve Lamb and Orbis Partners director Toby Arrowsmith Abacus Lighting has been sold to a group of industrialists and ...
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A number of local government administering authorities have created a framework for the provision of pension software solutions and issued a tender worth between £3m and £30m. The Official Journal of the European Union tender ...
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Octopus Investments (Octopus) in partnership with Lightsource Renewable Energy (Lightsource), its dedicated in-house solar development company, has announced that it had successfully secured funding from The Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate ...
2 Sisters Food Group has won a new supply contract that will create 100 jobs at its Nottinghamshire sandwich manufacturing facility, Solway Foods. 2 Sisters is creating 100 jobs in sandwich manufacturing Solway Foods makes fresh ...
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Spencer Coatings has become the U.K.'s largest independent coatings manufacturer after it acquired Stokes Paints in a deal worth £5million. Employing more than 100 people, the enlarged Spencer Coatings will have a turnover of more ...
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Asda is deploying software from Manhattan Associates to support the future growth of its general merchandise e-commerce operation Asda Direct. Asda will deploy the software in several distribution centres across the UK where Asda Direct ...
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A streetlight strategy in Milton Keynes is currently under review after concerns were raised following two deaths on grid roads where lights had been switched off. Coroner Tom Osborne wrote to Milton Keynes Council after inquests into ...
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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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Abacus secured one of the biggest export contracts in their history by winning the contract for Manuka Oval,Cricket and Australian Rules Football Stadium in Canberra,Australia. The scheme is based on 6 x 45 meter masts,all of which are ...
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Cheshire Constabulary has adopted software from SolarWinds to monitor and track the performance of its IT systems across the county. The police force has headquarters in Winsford, between Manchester and Liverpool, and serves almost one ...
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Global supply chain optimization provider Manhattan Associates announced that Asda Stores Limited, one of the UK's leading multi-category retailers, has selected multiple components from the Supply Chain Process Platform (SCPP) for ...
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