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
The Welsh government has confirmed it will implement the UK government’s proposed regulation for standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco products. Last week, the UK government confirmed its plans to ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging Legislation, tobacco products, Agriculture
The UK government along with leading UK automotive manufacturers is planning to boost skills across the automotive sector with £30m investment. UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable announced ...
Tags: automotive manufacturers, Auto
A new regulation by the UK government will ban cigarette branding and force tobacco firms to implement standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco for retail sale. The move by the government is in line with ...
Tags: Tobacco Products, retail sale, Agriculture
Bristol MetroBus scheme has been funded £27m by the UK government to boost the existing bus services. The MetroBus network provides new express bus services into the city using dedicated 'busways'. With the funding, second phase ...
Tags: first-rate transport systems, driving economic growth, Auto
UK retailers have welcomed a historic and landmark European agreement to cap the anti-competitive cost of processing debit and credit card payments (interchange fees). According to the BRC – whose members have long campaigned ...
Tags: credit card, Payment Systems, Furniture
The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
UK smoking rate has been reduced to its lowest ever level since the recording commenced in the 1940s. Official figures are suggesting that the smoking prevalence among older than 18 years old users decreased from 19.8% back in 2012 to 18.7% ...
Tags: Smoking Rate, Consumer Electronics
Four UK cities including Greenwich, Bristol, Coventry and Milton Keynes have been chosen by the Innovate UK to trial driverless cars. The formal trials are aimed at knowing how driverless cars could be integrated into everyday life across ...
Tags: Driverless Cars, Auto
In stand D31 at LuxLive (the UK’s biggest lighting show) at ExCel London (19-20 November), Plessey of Plymouth, UK is presenting the results of its partnership with Zeta Specialist Lighting of Bicester, UK, showcasing Zeta’s ZD ...
Tags: LED Lighting Products, Electrical
At a ceremony on 23 October at Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff (organized by UK-based business publisher Insider Media Ltd), plasma etch, deposition and thermal wafer processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, ...
Tags: SPTS, Green Manufacturer Prize
Sales of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles are increasing rapidly in UK due to the grants provided by the UK Government. Prices of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) have been reduced up to 5,000 for cars and 8,000 for vans under ...
Tags: Sales, Electric Vehicles, Accessories
In March this year, Indonesia won the right to seek a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. The WTO's disputes settlement body agreed to set up an independent panel of trade and legal ...
Tags: Packaging Laws
The UK Government has allocated £11 m in funding for the research and development of the carbon-cutting technologies for energy efficient vehicles. With the funding the UK Government aims to support the growth of energy efficient ...
Tags: carbon-cutting technologies, energy efficient vehicles
US-based food company HJ Heinz is introducing a new Heinz Tomato Ketchup 50% Less Sugars, a stevia-based version, alongside its regular Heinz Tomato Ketchup. The new variety has 50% less sugar as well as 25% less salt, claims Heinz. It ...
Tags: Heinz, Tomato Ketchup, Food