The UK government has provided more than 11m pounds worth of funding to 34 major business-led collaborative food processing and manufacturing development projects, in a move which secures the country’s leadership in food technology. ...
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6UK,the body set up to help UK organisations secure a competitive advantage through adopting Internet Protocol version 6(IPv6,)has disbanded citing government apathy to its work as the key reason. The not-for-profit organisation was set ...
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UK-based retailer Sainsbury's has called for the introduction of a single method of displaying nutritional details on printed labels for food products to help public make informed decisions. Over the years, many systems have been used to ...
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Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants. The Universal Jobmatch website has been described as a"scammer's paradise"in a Channel 4 News ...
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Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
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A UK-based recyclers group BPF (British Plastics Federation) that includes Jayplas, Eco Plastics and CK Polymers has called for splitting the recycling target for plastics, as it has made the UK heavily dependent on export markets for its ...
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Gas and coal-fired power generated using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could produce energy at a comparable cost to other low-carbon generation sources by the early 2020s, a government task force said Wednesday, The CCS cost ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor will invest GBP127m at its Sunderland plant in UK to build a new hatchback model in the region. Scheduled to go into production in 2014, the new medium hatchback is expected to create 225 jobs at the ...
The UK Government has stepped forward to back an industry-led scheme aimed at reviving the textile manufacturing industry in the country through generation of around 200,000 new job opportunities over the next five years. As ...
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The UK Government is investing in wool packaging solutions to combat the global problem of more than 50% wastage in vaccines, as reported by WHO. The Wool Packaging Company has received a grant from the Technology Strategy Board to ...
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Australia will be the first country in the world to sell its cigarettes in plain packs starting from tomorrow The Australian government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry to implement the change. Under new laws which ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland’s insurance arm Direct Line being demerged from the parent company is gearing up to slash about 900 employees, as a part of its 100m pounds cost-cutting drive. The auto insurer has drawn an outline to save the ...
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Japanese luxury car brand Infiniti has unveiled the EMERG-E hybrid sports car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, marking the global launch of the complete-functional variant. The new hybrid car is powered by twin electric ...
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The UK government and key stakeholders are planning to invest £12m in a new center aimed at supporting energy efficiency in food sector. The Centre for Sustainable Energy use in Food Chains will be LED by Brunel University, London, ...
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THE political production line went into overtime following yesterday’s announcement. MPs and AMs of all political hues reacted to the news almost as soon as it became public. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis rued it as grim news ...
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