UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has earmarked £100m funding for carrying out research and development of automated cars and its supporting systems during the next five years. The funding will be matched by the ...
Tags: vehicles, IT, Auto Parts
McLanahan’s grocery store is located in Jamaica Junction or Chromic Town and it is here where the rise of electronic cigarettes is quite evident. The grocery store displays popular electronic cigarettes and a multitude of accessories ...
Tags: Electronic Cigarettes, Cigarettes
The UK Government has commenced a trial of self driving cars in Bristol and Greenwich and it will be tested on the public roads of Milton Keynes and Coventry. The testing comes after a UK Government review, which allowed the automakers ...
Tags: Driverless Cars, Auto Parts
Green Biologics (GBL) has announced the closing of an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific Limited (HKEX: 00019/00087) and Sofinnova Partners. Existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, Oxford Capital ...
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
UK-based plasma etch and deposition processing system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) recently won an order from The City University of New York (CUNY) for its PlasmaPro etch and deposition systems. The PlasmaPro 100 ICP ...
DFS reports "continued strong momentum" in its latest financial report, covering the 13 weeks ending 1st November 2014. The quarter saw continued momentum in sales and EBITDA for DFS, with group gross sales up 15.3% to £197m (2013 ...
Tags: selling space, Furniture
The Amazon Appstore Christmas Bundle has been launched for two days only. Amazon is giving away £150 worth of app content to its customers for free as part of its Amazon Appstore Christmas Bundle. From December 24 until ...
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UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments says that Canada’s University of Alberta nanoFAB open-access fabrication and characterization facility has purchased three plasma etch systems to provide upgraded ...
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In a week which saw trade fuelled by Black Friday and the retailer price-matching competitor events, John Lewis delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on last year and up 56.8% on the week – the biggest ever week of sales in the ...
Tags: John Lewis, Sales, Furniture
New store boasts a Disney Princesses area, a Star Wars section and a Marvel City. Dubai-based retail brand The Toy Store has opened its largest store to date in Abu Dhabi. The new store forms part of the 2.5 million square foot Yas Mall ...
Tags: Disney Princesses, retail brand, Toys
In a week which saw trade fuelled by Black Friday and price matching of competitor events, John Lewis delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on last year and up 56.8% week on week to deliver the biggest ever week for sales in its 150 ...
Tags: John Lewis, Record Sales, Furniture
This is the sixth year that Disney Store has run the campaign and this Christmas is set to see the 100,000th soft toy donated to charity. Disney Store is supporting both Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and In ...
Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA is expanding its research capabilities with the addition of a PlasmaPro 100 Cobra plasma etch system from UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments, to be installed soon in ...
Tags: Oxford Instruments, Plasma Etch
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and Germany-based solar EPC firm BELECTRIC GmbH ...
Tags: First Solar, photovoltaic modules