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Lords Committee Calls EU to Implement Tighter Regulations on Taxation and Labeling
Mar 11, 2015A House of Lords committee is calling European Union (EU) to implement tighter regulations on taxation and labeling, in order to combat alcohol-related harm This comes as the committee thought that the EU alcohol strategy implemented from ...
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Food Packaging Is Good for "EU Food Waste Prevention"
Jun 20, 2014The European Union Committee of the House of Lords has recently published a report, 'Counting the cost of food waste: EU food waste prevention', which looks at the issue of food waste and what steps can be taken to reduce it. The report ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging
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Government Has Put Its Full Weight Behind an IP Bill,Passed by The House of Lords in July
Jan 22, 2014IP Bill Passed to Protect UK Designers Who Face Design Theft Published on : Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Government has put its full weight behind an IP Bill, passed by the House of Lords in July and to be debated in the House of Commons ...
Tags: ACID, unregistered designs, House of Lords
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Current Prime Minister Is Offering Subsidies to Attract Financing for New Nuclear Reactors
Dec 27, 2013Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Nuclear Plants, Energy
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Parliament Has Been Told Changes to Part L of The Building Regulations Will Be Enforced
Jul 30, 2013Parliament has been told changes to Part L of the building regulations will be enforced from 6 April 2014, not this October as originally planned. The announcement comes more than a year after the consultation on Part L closed. In a ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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Parliament Members Are Using Their Smartphones and Tablets as a Work Tool
Jun 28, 2013Houses of Parliament members are increasingly using their smartphones and tablets as a work tool, the parliamentary head of ICT, Joan Miller, has claimed. Speaking at the Cloud World Forum in London Olympia today, Miller said that about ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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BT Group's Chief Executive Ian Livingston Is to Leave The Telecoms Giant
Jun 19, 2013BT Group's chief executive Ian Livingston is to leave the telecoms giant to take up a role in government as minister of state for trade and investment. Livingston had been BT's chief for the past five years and will be replaced by BT's ...
Tags: BT, Ian Livingston
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Judgment Has Been Published, with The Judge Explaining Fully His Reasoning
May 28, 2013The judgment in the Twitter libel case between Lord McAlpine and Sally Bercow has been published, with the judge explaining fully his reasoning for finding against Bercow. The House of Commons' Speaker's wife Bercow had tweeted "Why is ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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SDC Works in The UK on a New Initiative Entitled The Associate Parliamentary Group
May 27, 2013The Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) will be working in the UK on a new initiative entitled the Associate Parliamentary Group for Textile Manufacturing. “The formation of the new Group is to enable Parliamentarians from ...
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DMU Has Joined Forces with Business Advisors Deloitte to Launch a Masters
May 24, 2013De Monfort University (DMU) has joined forces with business advisors Deloitte to launch a masters in science (MSc) for cyber security - what it says is the first of its kind in the UK. DMU's Cyber Security Centre experts and Deloitte's ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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China Revealed Plans to Put in Place a "Complete and Advanced" Recycling Infrastructure
Apr 24, 2013In 2011, China revealed plans to put in place a “complete and advanced” recycling infrastructure that will recycle 70% of its major waste products by 2015.It also said it will adhere to a European standard of quality of paper, ...
Tags: Packaging, packaging event
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House of Lords Will Be Showcasing Their Route 66 Spring Collection Featuring Casual Chic
Feb 17, 2013House of Lords Clothing, known for their distinctive style and high-quality men's shirts and denim, will be showcasing their Route 66 Spring collection featuring casual chic and the latest trends in plaid at PROJECT in the MAGIC Marketplace ...
Tags: House of Lords Clothing, shirts, denim
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The Technology Strategy Board Would Create a National Network of Technology Centres
Jan 29, 2013Two years after the Prime Minister announced that the Technology Strategy Board would create a national network of government-funded technology centres, Iain Gray, chief executive of the TSB, will announce today seven centres will open this ...
Tags: Technology Strategy Board, technology centre, Iain Gray
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Royal Fabric Supplier Hainsworth Unveiled Its 2013 Scarlet & Argent Collection at Home
Jan 9, 2013Royal fabric supplier Hainsworth, one of Britain’s most historic textile mills, will unveil its 2013 Scarlet & Argent collection at Home, London, January 13-15 (stand K10). Scarlet & Argent by Hainsworth, a stunning collection of ...
Tags: Hainsworth, textile mills, Scarlet and Argent collection, 2013
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Employers and Universities Need to Work Closely to Ensure Graduates with Necessary Skills
Dec 27, 2012Thousands of UK students are eagerly awaiting their GCSE and A-level results, with just weeks to go until they find out if they have made it through to the next step on their chosen career paths. But with unemployment on the rise, how ...
Tags: GCSE, cience, technology, engineering, UK education, IT industry