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  • Britvic invests £25m to modernise its national distribution hub

    Britvic has opened its newly upgraded £25 million national distribution centre in Leicestershire. The site supplies national and international customers with soft drinks including Robinsons, Tango and J2O. A recent investment of £20m, following £5m committed to the Lutterworth site over the last three years, has resulted in significant improvements and updates to the technical systems…


  • Asda’s affordable Wine Atlas range encourages Brits to explore varieties

    Wine Atlas Carricante; Wine Atlas Monastrell Rosado; Wine Atlas Feteascâ Regalâ; Wine Atlas Sauvignon Blanc Rhoditis; Wine Atlas Jaen; Wine Atlas Île de Beauté Corsican Rosé Posted: 20 August 2024 Share this page British shoppers can find fresh alternatives to their favourite classics like Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay through Asda’s great value range.…


  • Anritsu Demonstrate Advanced Solutions for Modern RF 
and Microwave Testing at EuMW 2024

    Anritsu will attend the annual European Microwave Exhibition, which is by far the largest RF and microwave trade show in Europe, held in conjunction with the conferences (EuMC, EuMIC, EuRAD) in Paris, France on Sept 24-26. Highlights on stand 207F will include Anritsu’s cutting-edge Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) solutions, and its advanced Rubidium™ RF/Microwave Signal Generator,…


  • Expanded Single Pair Ethernet Portfolio with 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 PHY Transceivers for Network Interoperability

    The automotive and industrial markets are widely adopting Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) solutions for network connectivity because of the system level benefits of reducing cost, weight and cable complexity. SPE, with its proven performance and reliability in automotive applications, is now also being deployed in other segments like avionics, robotics and automation. For exceptional flexibility…


  • Latin America’s smart electricity meter market set to boom

    Image: Copel Latin America’s smart electricity meter market is set to grow at a rate of over 20% annually from 2023 to 2029, a new analysis from Berg Insight reveals. In 2023 there were around 14 million smart meters in place in the region, but by 2029 the number is projected to reach almost 43…


  • Energy sector data sharing model proposed in Britain

    Image: DESNZ A ‘digital spine’ built on the essential functional components for data sharing is considered a feasible option to support the digitalisation of Britain’s energy system. The proposal, which is advanced in a feasibility study by Arup, the Energy Systems Catapult and the University of Bath, is built on a ‘prepare’, ‘trust’, ‘share’ architecture,…


  • A fresh start

    A fresh start

    Listen to this article In 2018, the opportunity to electrify East West Rail (EWR) at low cost as it was built was lost when then Transport Minister declared that neither electrification nor diesel trains were needed as EWR will have “a completely new generation of low-emissions trains.” Despite commitments in the Integrated Rail and Decarbonising…


  • HS2’s benefits squandered

    Listen to this article A recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO), titled ‘HS2: update following the cancellation of phase 2’, has concluded that the Department for Transport (DfT) does not know how to maximise the benefits of HS2 now that phase 2 to Manchester has been cancelled. It notes that most of HS2’s…


  • Before and after the election

    Listen to this article Whatever your political views, it is undeniable that the new Labour government has a different approach to its predecessor. Here, we consider what this might mean for the nation’s railways, which were not a key factor in the election campaign. The transport promises A cash-strapped new government has far greater priorities…


  • Researchers make significant progress toward bringing gene-edited cereal crops to farms

    Trial plots of a precision-bred wheat variety, which could lead to a ‘greener’ farming system have now been harvested, marking the start of a ground-breaking new project. Probity – A Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits and Yield – brings farmers, scientists and food manufacturers together to trial the production and processing of…