Work on creating BREEAM began at Building Research Establishment (BRE) (based in Watford, UK) in 1988, and the first version for assessing new office buildings was launched in 1990. This was followed by versions for other buildings ...
Tags: BREEAM, certification
A consortium of British high-technology companies, led by Torotrak PLC, has won £2.4 million funding from the UK government's Technology Strategy Board towards the development of an optimised manufacturing route for key components of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
In 2013, sales of cigarettes rose 0.3% to figure of 21.1bn cigarettes, according to industry data provided by Marlboro maker Philip Morris International and reported in today’s Telegraph. The increase follows four straight years of ...
This follows the European Commission roadmap which established the intention to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. The aim of the glass roadmap is to create a low-carbon glass sector which is also competitive and prosperous. The glass ...
The UK government is set to offer GBP13.3m in funding for the country’s automotive industry under the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI). The AMSCI funding is worth GBP45.5m, of which GBP13.3m will be offered by ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, Auto Parts
DX, a leading independent mail, parcels and logistics end-to-end network operator in the UK and Ireland, has announced its intention to launch an initial public offering in order to begin trading on the Alternative Investment Market at the ...
Russian ultra low sulfur diesel exports may struggle to find a home in the UK in the winter after the country's oil importers agreed earlier this month to enact a new test to assess the fuel's filter-blocking tendency, traders said Friday. ...
Silentnight has invested in a new fleet of 16 state-of-the-art Scania G-Series vehicles, helping the UK bed specialist continue its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. The new fleet has been given a personal touch by bringing to ...
The packaging firm worked with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and North Lanarkshire Council to facilitate Viridor's £25m investment for the project. The 'next generation' facility will use recycling technology ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, recycling technology, reduce energy costs
The UK government believes there is much greater opportunity in developing the North Sea's remaining oil and gas resources than in the fledgling onshore shale gas sector, and plans to implement speedily recommendations laid out in a final ...
Tags: Shale Gas, North Sea Investment
Despite this, intellectual property rights can still be confusing to many in this field and often get overlooked. However, intellectual property can generate a significant commercial advantage for a company if effectively managed, without ...
Tags: Intellectual Property, Service
Is craft beer becoming 'mainstream' in the UK? Following the introduction in the UK of the Small Breweries' Relief Act in June 2002, there has been a boom in the number of UK breweries, and many are now moving the craft movement firmly up ...
Tags: UK breweries, craft beer, Mintel, beer market
Getting better control of the light emitted from organic LEDs (OLEDs) could lead to faster links between the Internet and mobile devices, according to a Scottish researcher. Anyone who's tried to use the Wi-Fi on a crowded airplane or a ...
Tags: OLEDs, Li-Fi, radio frequency bandwidth, WiFi
This EU investigation is a normal process within state aid and competition procedures and that an investigation is underway is no basis for scaremongering reports says GMB GMB, the union for energy and construction workers, has learned ...
The European Commission is assessing possible UK incentives for a nuclear power plant deal that attracted Chinese investment, an EU official told China Daily. The nuclear deal was struck when British Prime Minister David Cameron met ...
Tags: Nuclear Plant, Energy