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RHA & FTA FORM TRAINING ALLIANCE
The Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association are joining forces to deliver driver CPC training to the UK road transport industry. Both Associations have agreed that the best way to deliver the compulsory periodic training required by all Cat C1, C and C+E and PCV driving licence holders is to take a unified pragmatic approach.
The unprecedented move combines two of the largest industry training organisations.
“This is not the first time the main trade associations have worked together to s
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MANUFACTURING RISE AS PRICES FALL BACK
Demand for UK manufactured goods has returned to the 12-year high reported in March, but expectations of price inflation have eased back, the CBI has said.
In the Industrial Trends Survey, 29 percent of manufacturers reported that total orders were above normal, while 22 percent said they were below.
The rounded balance of +8 percent is an improvement on the past two months and repeats March’s 12-year peak (+8 percent). The strengthening in demand was helped by an improvement in export orders, which returned to
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REPORT HAILS ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BRITAIN’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
The value of Britain’s flourishing creative industries to the economy is now broadly comparable to that of the financial services sector, a new report has said. But without careful policy-making, targeted public investment and supportive institutional architecture, the flow of creativity worth commercialising may begin to slow, it warns.
Commissioned by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, the independent report analyses the nature, role and scope of the creative industries in Britain, declaring the creative
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DERMATITIS EXPOSED
According to John Cherrie, Research Director at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh and President of BOHS, exposure to metalworking fluids may be linked to a high prevalence of dermatitis.
At a webinar on September 4th, he will provide some background information about dermatitis and its causes, along with the results from laboratory and field studies to investigate the key factors in causing dermatitis in this industry.
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AUDIO EXTENSION
E2S, the specialist manufacturer of audible and visual warning devices for use in hazardous areas and hostile industrial environments, has announced a major extension to the capability of the EEx d versions of its BEx family of Explosion Proof beacons and its MB Series of Marine beacons.
The solid state devices are also highly efficient, producing a high intensity light source over the lifetime of the device without significant reduction due to ageing.
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INDUSTRY MUST PREPARE FOR
BT’S 21ST CENTURY NETWORK
The British Security Industry Association is calling for the industry to gear up for the introduction of BT’s 21st Century Network (21CN), which will upgrade the current BT network to an IP-based network over the next five years.
BSIA Technical and Membership Services Director, Alex Carmichael, comments: “For well over 30 years, the industry has been monitoring security systems over the telephone network without major problems, but the 21st Century Network is different and may have an impact on information transmi
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RAIL INDUSTRY LAUNCHES ITS
NEW SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW
Rail makes a critical contribution to Britain’s prosperity and quality of life and is crucial in delivering sustainable transport for the future. The most significant contribution that the railway can make to a sustainable future is to increase the number of passengers that travel through the rail network that would otherwise use more polluting modes, and so reduce the overall carbon impact from all transport.
That’s the key message from The Case For Rail 2007 - the first sustainable development review of the mainline
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SCHWARZENEGGER WILL ACT ON CLIMATE CONCERN
Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced that the governments of Ontario and California are joining forces to fight cancer and climate change. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined Premier McGuinty at the Ontario legislature, where they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on climate change. The McGuinty government is also investing $30 million to support the new Cancer Stem Cell Consortium. Working with colleagues in California, scientists in Ontario will investigate new therapies for cancer based on stem cell
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GE PLASTIC TO UNVEIL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
GE Plastics has opened its first Automotive Glazing Centre of Excellence. The new facility is aimed at helping customers around the world design, create, and process innovative auto glazing applications using GE’s environmentally progressive Lexan GLX polycarbonate (PC) resins and other engineered materials.
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AGRICULTURAL FIRM SET TO REAP A HUGE HARVEST
Simba International, a leading manufacturer of cultivation and drilling equipment for the farming industry, has seen its efficiency improve by 30 percent thanks to its work with the region’s chief manufacturing experts. The manufacturer has invested 30 days with the Manufacturing Advisory Service over the last nine months to examine its production systems. Simba International export to more than 30 countries and is looking to expand significantly over the next few years to increase its turnover to £20m by 2010.
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Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
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