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Carmaker Ford said it will slash landfill waste by 70 per cent over the next five years across its European production arm, including at its three UK manufacturing plants.
UK businesses are losing over £100 million a year in energy costs through leaky or inefficient equipment that compresses air, the Carbon Trust has found.
A North East manufacturer of automotive parts has received £1.65 million of Government funding that will help it supply electric vehicle (EV) battery components to the Nissan LEAF.
Investors were being invited to back two of the UK’s most commercially advanced marine energy projects, today, as details of the country’s first marine energy park – stretching from Bristol to the Isles of Scilly – were unveiled.
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has launched its first trial into hydrogen-powered vehicles for transporting and loading goods at its distribution centres.
Hydrogen-powered vehicles could be available to consumers and businesses within the next four years under plans launched today by Business Minister Mark Prisk.
Amidst growing concerns of a looming resource shortage, UK manufacturers are calling on the Government to set out a clearer, more ambitious strategy on waste and resource management in England.
Next week M&S will become the first major retailer to roll out ground-breaking new packaging which it claims will extend the life of fruit stored in the fridge by up to two days, helping to cut domestic food waste.
Wind turbine maker Evoco has today issued an alert to shut down all of its wind turbines after a series of spectacular failures.
The UK could stand "at most a week" of disruption if a natural or man-made disaster struck before severe problems, economic and social, that would bring chaos to the country, according to a new report from the international affairs thinktank Chatham House.
Dutch metals recycling firm Van Dalen said it is aiming to double its capacity in the UK over the next three years following a £6 million investment in its operations.
BP has taken the axe to its solar power business, saying it "can't make any money" from selling panels at a time when it continues to spend $20 billion annually on oil and gas developments.
A wind turbine plant that is set to create hundreds of jobs in Yorkshire came a step closer to realisation this week, when German engineering conglomerate Siemens and Associated British Ports (ABP) submitted plans for development of the project.
The Government should establish a 2030 energy decarbonisation target and review its renewables target, manufacturer’s body the EEF says.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds could be wiped off energy bills of UK industry through the use of more efficient motor-powered equipment, according to the Carbon Trust.