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XOXO Soda has announced its launch with the UK’s largest online supermarket, Ocado. According to the owners, the UK’s first prebiotic fizzy drink is revolutionising the soft drinks industry with its prebiotic sodas, offering a gut-healthy alternative, without compromising on taste. Having first launched to market in May 2023, UK-based XOXO Soda is currently available…
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Image: Heatio The Project Mercury alliance has been launched by Octopus Energy to set global standards for the integration of clean technology with smart energy systems. The aim of the alliance is to simplify the integration to the smart grid of the growing numbers of clean tech devices, expected to reach 200 million by 2030.…
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Vaess has opened a new production facility in Poland as part of its journey toward innovation and sustainable food solutions. Vaess Agersol, an integral part of Vaess, Dutch food engineers, and the specialist in alginate solutions, officially opened the world’s largest alginate gel production facility in Stare Koźle, Poland. With an area of 5,500 m²,…
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Listen to this article In December, the Labour Party commissioned a Rail and Urban Transport Review (RUTR) to examine how a future government could accelerate connectivity within and between the UK’s key urban areas. This was led by Juergen Maier CBE, former Siemens CEO and vice chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. He was supported…
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Listen to this article Less than a month after the publication of the Rail and Urban Transport Review (RUTR) came the ‘Opportunity through Connectivity’ (OtC) report which was published on 13 September. This reinforces the RUTR’s conclusions by emphasising the importance of rail connectivity, the need for more effective project management, and better use of…
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Listen to this article Garforth station’s new footbridge opened in July, replacing a 190-year-old North Eastern Railway cast iron structure. An additional link span also connects the station to Aberford Road. Work to complete the lifts is now almost complete, and this will give rail passengers a safe, step-free option at the station for the…
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Listen to this article The Health and Safety at Work Act gives inspectors powers to issue prohibition and improvement notices. Prohibition notices are issued when it is considered necessary to stop an activity that involves risk of serious personal injury. Such notices must state the cause of this risk and the legislation that has been…
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Listen to this article The song ‘We’ll keep a welcome in the hillside’ comes to mind as I take a taxi up a Welsh valley to the miner’s welfare hall at Onllwyn, 15 miles northwest of Swansea. This is the base for my visit to the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) which is constructing…
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Listen to this article Network Rail recently gave a press briefing in York to provide an update on progress with the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) and to outline how this supports the rollout of ETCS across parts of the network during Control Periods 7 and 8, laying the foundations for the longer-term signalling strategy.…
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Flour treatment specialist MC Mühlenchemie has boosted its Alphamalt Fresh product line with two new versions that it says significantly extends the freshness of industrially produced bread. The new Alphamalt Fresh & Soft and Fresh & Spring products offer different approaches to meeting the individual desires of bakeries and consumers for freshness attributes like crumb…
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