The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund as Nicholas Kirkwood. The prize, now in its fourth year, was established to further enhance the reputation of London’s rising ...
Sealed Air Corporation, the makers of Bubble Wrap brand cushioning, and 366 students from Hawthorne High School joined forces to set an official Guinness World Records title to celebrate the 13th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. Held on ...
The Hennessey Venom GT has set a new world record to become the quickest street-legal production car ever to make the dash from 0-300km/h. With Guinness World Records officials and VBox timing specialists on hand, the Venom GT set an ...
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At this year’s Summernats 26 car festival in Canberra, the Guinness World Record was broken for the most number of cars in a simultaneous burnout. A total of 69 cars took part in the tyre-frying, record-breaking event, creating a ...
Deep Purple lighting designer Louis Ball has just given Martin Professional's new MAC III AirFX lighting fixture a thorough workout on the definitive rock band's November / December arena outing across Europe. A classic rock 'n' roll show ...
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GUINNESS is now in a "glass of its own" but for many punters it's a case of "if it's not broken, don't fix it". Drinkers of the black stuff have turned their noses up at the new-shaped glass launched by Diageo for its best-selling stout. ...
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Advanced Micro Devices' latest A-series quad-core desktop processors balance the need for speed with price -- they run at up to 4.2GHz, but can be overclocked to 6.5GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling, the company said. The company is ...
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According to the World Record Academy, 30 Emirati EMAL PEC course trainees spent 6 full days to create a scale model of Abu Dhabi's historic 200 year old Al Maqta'a Fort using 46,556 aluminium cans on the smelter's pristine beach in Al ...
The World's Largest LED Light Show is one of latest world records to emerge from the Guinness Book of World Records vaults. Smashing prior record by more than more 1,000,000 LED lights covering over 3/4 of 621 square miles. Image ...
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The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain of Seoul's Banpo Bridge has set the Guinness World Record for the world's longest bridge fountain. Moonlight's nearly 10,000 LED nozzles span's 3,740 feet or 0.708 of a mile along both sides of the bridge. ...
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Benson Group has aided packaging consultancy P4CK to create the CarryBar, which was used at last week's England v Australia rugby match at Twickenham The cardboard carrier was created to carry four pints of beer and comes off the back ...
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German food company Zertus has struck a deal to buy UK confectioner and snack firm Zetar. Zertus and London-listed Zetar announced an agreement valuing the UK firm at GBP43.7m. The German company is paying 297p per Zetar share, which ...
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The Walt Disney and luxury specialty retailer Barneys New York launched the 2012 Holiday project Electric Holiday at the Barneys New York Madison Avenue flagship store. The multi-platform holiday project infused with fashion and fantasy ...
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UK crisp manufacturer Burts has teamed up with drinks giant Diageo to launch Guinness flavour crisps. Guinness Burts Chips are being launched in the UK after six months of work by Guinness flavour experts and Burts' own team at the ...
UK-based crisp brand Burts Chips has launched Guinness flavored crisps. The product features a combination of Irish stout with Burts' thick cut hand-cooked potato chips with a bitter sweet flavor, reported Food and Drink Innovation ...
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