The UK government's announcement on 14 October that it will simplify and streamline the visa application process for Chinese visitors visiting Britain was welcomed by the UK Chinese Visa Alliance (UKCVA), an Alliance which represents ...
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Packs of cigarettes containing less than 20 sticks and pouches less than 20g of tobacco are to be banned. The parliament also voted to ban methanol cigarettes and health warnings covering 65% of cigarette packs will be introduced by the EU. ...
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Jaguar Land Rover is in discussions with other car makers over a potential partnership on hybrid vehicles in a bid to reach European CO2 emissions targets. Jaguar Land Rover director of research and technology Wolfgang Epple told industry ...
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Health warnings that are displayed on the front of cigarette packets in the UK are 'not up to the job', according to the British Heart Foundation. BHF has conducted a survey on smoking, which noted that only a 36% of teenagers in the UK ...
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Jaguar Land Rover has committed to developing future products in the UK, announcing plans to build a new research and development facility in Warwick, England. The facility, to be named the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC), is ...
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British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning to establish a GBP100m National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) in Warwick, for advanced research and development in the UK. Construction of the new research ...
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Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor has commenced production of its new Nissan Note at its Sunderland Plant in the UK. The company had invested GBP125m in this car manufacturing plant earlier for this expansion. It also received a ...
The UK Government’s continuing support of Apprenticeships and commitment to vocational skills is having a positive effect at the sharp end of the glazing industry, according to national independent training provider, 4GE Academy. ...
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Sensus, a leading utility infrastructure company, has been selected to provide the core communications technology to support one of the world's largest smart metering projects—the UK government's plan to put smart meters in millions ...
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The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
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Jaguar Land Rover will lead a collaborative research and development program into advanced next-generation hybrid and electric powertrain technologies based on the Range Rover Evoque. Dubbed ‘Evoque_e‘, the two-year ...
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Nestlé is to make more than 50M Android-branded KitKat bars, after teaming up with Google to launch the new version of its Android mobile operating system to be called Android KitKat. Nestlé has teamed up with Google to ...
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The government could save up to £70bn by 2020 if it shifted away from paper and digitised its activities, learned to work in new ways but with fewer staff, sought out for the best procurement deals, and made use of data and analytics, ...
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The government's "digital by default" agenda should be accompanied by one of "security by default" if public sector organisations are to truly protect themselves against cyber security threats and avoid a cyber security skills crisis. ...
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Cyber security solutions provider Becrypt and military-specified laptop and tablet manufacturer Getac have joined forces to develop an Android tablet solution for military, defence and the government. The vendors claim that the solution ...
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