Trade & Industry

Clean water: the UK Ministry of Defence Camp Bastion water-bottling plant in Afghanistan produces 100,000 litres each day. Image by MoD

Bottling water and saving lives is soldiers’ proud claim

15 February 2012

by Antony Loveless, London Press Service

Helmand Province in Afghanistan is unforgiving territory. Hot, arid and dusty, the daytime temperature can reach as high as 55 degrees C and it can take three weeks to acclimatise on arrival.

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Wrapped up: Nestle UK has reached a green record by sending no waste to landfill. Image by Nestle

Sweet! - top confectionery firm slims down its waste to zero

One of the largest confectionery companies in the UK has marked another environmental record by the remarkable achievement of sending none of its waste to landfill sites.

15 February 2012

Research boost: AstraZeneca's global headquarters in London. Image by AstraZeneca

Pharma giant shares drug compounds with UK research groups

AstraZeneca is making 22 of its compounds available free of charge to UK academia in 2012 as part of a tie-up with the Medical Research Council.

15 February 2012

Leith’s port to become catalyst for Scotland’s economic growth. Image by Scottish Enterprise

Partners ready to develop Scotland’s future gateway port

Three major movers in Scottish industry have joined forces in an agreement that will develop an ambitious new masterplan to create a 21st-century gateway port at Leith.

15 February 2012

London aims to become a global leader in future cities research. Image by LPS

Cities of the future research to be boosted

London is becoming a global leader in future cities research, and now a group of industrial and academic organisations have entered into a three-year agreement to create a Future Cities Centre in the UK capital.

08 February 2012

Skilled cheese makers have produced Scottish cheddar for more than 50 years. Image by Lockerbie Creamery

More cheese, please - growing taste for Scotland’s cheddar

A large cooperative of dairy farmers is to invest 20 million pounds in expanding its cheddar factory in Scotland to try to cope with the increased appetite for UK cheese at home and abroad.

08 February 2012