UK Business News

Edinburgh based Microsphere Technology have signed a deal with Swedish company Trelleborg Engineered Systems, to develop a revolutionary paint additive aimed at the aerospace industry.
The technology firm, based at the Pentlands Science Park outside Edinburgh, has been developing microsphere-related technology for use in a series of applications. In this case, the technology is aimed at [...]

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It is feared that the agreement by Saudi Arabia to increase oil production will have little effect in the short term following the attacks on Nigeria’s pipelines and subsequent loss of fuel and production.
Saudi Arabia confirmed at emergency meetings yesterday that it would increase oil production to it’s highest level in 30 years in a [...]

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Jaguar Land Rover are creating six hundred jobs at its plant in Gayden, Warwickshire, as part of a £700million project to develop less thirsty, less polluting cars.
The EU directive that average emission for all new cars will be reduced to 120 grams per kilometre by 2012 or face a per gram penalty, has sent the [...]

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UK Tanker drivers have agreed a deal with their employers after a few days of strike action sent the country into the usual panic last weekend.
Despite pleas from Gordon Brown to the public, not to panic buy, the message as always had the reverse effect, with basements and garages being stockpiled across the country, to [...]

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Bluewater Events are inviting business, trade and finance journalists to FDI Expo 2008 – an exhibition dedicated to the business of globalisation – on 24-25 June 2008 at Excel London.
The exhibition is aimed at companies who are planning to expand or trade overseas, offering them the opportunity to meet directly with senior representatives of Investment [...]

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