Sheffield Hallam University has secured an international award for the design of an energy-bar wrapper. Yumpa Bars won Best Sustainable Packaging at the International Food and Drink Event (IFE), World Food Innovation Awards for the ...
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UK’s glass packaging manufacturer Beatson Clark has designed a new lighter glass bottle for South Yorkshire-based condiment brand Henderson’s Relish. Designed to update the Henderson’s Relish’s products’ ...
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Sports car maker McLaren Automotive is building a £50m chassis factory in South Yorkshire, UK, creating 200 jobs. The facility will be built at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at Catcliffe ...
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UK-based coffee shop chain Costa has launched a nationwide cup recycling scheme in nearly 2,000 stores of the country. The program has been designed to recover and guarantee the recycling of its takeaway cups. Costa will also accept ...
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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Ricardo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work on powertrain electrification projects. As global specialists in transport, security, energy, ...
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Researchers from the University of Sheffield have partnered with technology company Novalia to develop electronic screens and then attaching it to paper-based packaging to display information. The move is claimed to revolutionize the ...
Furniture retailer Lee Longlands has acquired four stores from the Furniture Barn Group with immediate effect. The Furniture Barn Group, which had been trading through administration since last year, previously had eight stores across the ...
The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
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BlueStar, manufacturer of customizable, commercial-style appliances for the home, introduces its first-ever Built-In Refrigeration Line, featuring top performance and unmatched customization for a fresh take on food preservation with the ...
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Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has purchased the former S&A Foods site, just days after it had entered into discussions to acquire the East Midlands site that was owned by the Indian snack maker S&A, which fell into administration in October. 2 ...
2 Sisters Food Group plans to invest £150m into its poultry unit, an announcement that comes a few days after the Birmingham-based company stated that it intends to invest £55m into its ready meals business. The investment ...
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The UK remains one of Chinese students' top three destinations for studying abroad, and the growing number going there in recent years has not gone unnoticed. In January, the UK's Higher Education Statistics Authority said more first-year ...
President Xi Jinping and Britain's Prince Andrew unveil a plaque as they attend the opening of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute annual conference in London on Thursday. Alastair Grant / Associated Press Classrooms make ...
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Spink & Edgar Upholstery has further expanded its stockists with one of Bath’s largest furniture stores – TR Hayes – as the latest retailer to exclusively stock its new sofa range. Part of luxury bedmaker Harrison ...
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