AkzoNobel has confirmed that the construction of a £100 million manufacturing facility in Ashington is set to go ahead.The factory received planning permission from Northumberland County Council yesterday, and represents one of the biggest manufacturing investments in the region in recent years. Building will now commence later in the year,…
The Government has confirmed that all-electric light commercial vehicles from Smith Electric vehicles are eligible for a new Plug-in Van subsidy.The Smith Edison has been named as part of the department for Transport scheme, and now any business who purchases the 3.5t all-electric vehicle will benefit from £8,000 off the…
Schoolchildren got to recycle their rubbish first hand when they visited a busy waste recycling plant.
Year 4 pupils at Yarm Preparatory School spent a morning at J & B Recycling to learn what happens to waste.
Twenty three children brought their own bags of rubbish to recycle before watching them being…
A PARTNERSHIP with a North East recycling firm is helping one of the world’s leading software companies in its aim to achieve zero waste to landfill.
J & B Recycling has been awarded the contract to manage all waste from Sage UK’s headquarters at North Park in Newcastle.
The deal was struck…
Introduced back in 2008 as part of efforts to improve air quality in the capital, the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) has now introduced tighter emissions regulations to force heavy polluting diesel vehicles to become cleaner. Since January, thousands of vehicles have had to comply with minimum Euro 3 emission standards…
BUILDING surveying consultancy Harrow Consulting LLP has completed work on a project to upgrade facilties at a North East college. The Newcastle firm has been project managing a range of refurbishment and new build work at Darlington College’s Skills Centre, in Catterick, to serve the Ministry of Defence and North Yorkshire. The…
A North East health and safety consultancy have secured two high profile contract wins, expanding the firm’s geographical reach. The first of Steel River Consultants’ new contracts is for Scottish and Southern Electric at its £600m Aldbrough underground gas storage development in East Yorkshire.Having originally been appointed on the first…
The consortium bid by the Carbon Trust, Narec and Ocean Energy Innovation is set to recieve £50 million in funding from the Technology Strategy Board after it was chosen to play a pivotal role in the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.The centre is due to open in Summer 2012, and will…
The Governments’ ability to boost private funding for infrastructure has come under fire, as the construction industry stalled during the last quarter of 2011.Less than 20% of surveyors were satisfied with the Governments proposals in the Autumn Statement, and were concerned that they would be insufficient to generate sufficient institutional…
Workwear Express is celebrating after reviewing their 2011 new customer survey results. The results show that Workwear Express, one of the UK’s leading corporate clothing, workwear and promotional apparel specialist, is meeting and often exceeding new customer expectations.
323 respondents took part in the survey in 2011. 93% of respondents would use the company…
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