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NDA sites and assets set for next generation

Miles Griffiths - Saturday 08.03.08, 10:38am

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [NDA], currently with its hands full shutting off and making safe all but two of the UK’s eighteen nuclear sites, has now fully entered the fray concerning their redevelopment.
In January, Business secretary John Hutton invited the energy industry to propose the future of Nuclear power generation in the UK; apparently “interest [...]

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Tate & Lyle Fairtrade deal

John Williams - Monday 25.02.08, 19:15pm

Tate & Lyle are set to become the largest UK company bearing a Fairtrade logo on its products, with the announcement of their commitment to making all of their retail products, Fairtrade, by 2009.
The news comes as Tate & Lyle launch their one kilo bag of cane sugar, sourced from Fairtrade accredited farms in Belize. [...]

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Stagecoach to run greener buses

John Williams - Tuesday 19.02.08, 13:26pm

Stagecoach Transport group, which operates 7,000 buses across the UK, is to adopt a fuel saving compound across its entire fleet after tests showed that it reduced usage by 4%.
The Perth based company first started using the diesel additive in 2004, but started a validation test last year, involving 550 vehicles. The results showed a [...]

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