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Million pound digital technology heralds quantum leap for Tata Steel’s UK blast furnaces

Image by Tata Steel Cutting-edge digital technology, which captures 1,000 data points every 10 seconds, is giving Tata Steel technicians an uninterrupted 3D view of the material being laid into the top of its two Port Talbot blast furnaces saving costs, energy and CO2. The market-leading ‘Topscan’ technology has the potential to reduce costs by […]

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34th Asian Trader Awards recognises excellence in the retail sector

Shailesh Solanki, Aditya Solanki, Shamly Sud, Madhuri Sood, Kalpesh Solanki, Matt Forde (Image by Asian Trader Awards) On Wednesday, 9 November, the 34th Asian Trader Awards took place against a backdrop of great achievement, personal loss and economic challenges for the grocery sector sat London’s Park Plaza Westminster Hotel. Kevin Hollinrake, minister in the Department

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Asda becomes UK’s first supermarket to double the amount of toilet paper per roll in an effort to reduce plastic and cardboard waste

Image by Asda Asda has become the first UK supermarket to change all of its own brand toilet rolls to double length in a move which will see it remove 74 tonnes of plastic and save 760 tonnes of cardboard a year. The supermarket giant, owned by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, has doubled the

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Model and influencer Faryal Makhdoom launches her beauty line

 Image by Instagram @faryalbeauty Social media influencer, model and wife of former boxing world champion Amir Khan, Faryal Makhdoom, has launched her own beauty line. The 31-year-old entrepreneur has launched Faryal Beauty this week with five shades of liquid lipsticks, and many more shades are set to be out soon. Makhdoom took to Instagram to share

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50-year-old North London stationery store struggling to survive this winter

Image by MyLondon A shop in North London is struggling to stay afloat due to massive price hikes. Owned by Taha Gulamhusein, Highgate Stationers, located on Highgate High Street, has been up and running for the last 50 years. Now, due to the sharp rise in inflation, the shop has faced price hikes of almost

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Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani reported to enter the takeover bid for Liverpool FC

Image by Hindustan Times Chairman and managing director of Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries limited, Mukesh Ambani, has entered the race for the takeover bid of world-renowned English football club Liverpool FC, reports have stated. The football club has been put up on sale by its current owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), who bought the Merseyside

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ArcelorMittal invests $25 million nuclear power innovator TerraPower

Image by ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal announced on 3 November that it has invested $25 million in nuclear innovation company TerraPower through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The investment is part of an $830 million equity raise TerraPower has concluded, which is the largest private raise among advanced nuclear companies. TerraPower, which was founded by Bill Gates in

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ArcelorMittal invests $25 million nuclear power innovator TerraPower

Image by ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal announced on 3 November that it has invested $25 million in nuclear innovation company TerraPower through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The investment is part of an $830 million equity raise TerraPower has concluded, which is the largest private raise among advanced nuclear companies. TerraPower, which was founded by Bill Gates in

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University of Glasgow graduate establishes startup to offer affordable software engineering services

Image by University of Glasgow A new tech focused startup from the University of Glasgow is setting out to offer affordable software engineering services to social enterprises, SMEs and other startups across Scotland. The startup, called Loopsio, builds on principles established by computing science and software engineering courses taught at the University, and research conducted

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Asda takes another step towards sustainability through changes in packaging

Image by Asda Supermarket giant Asda has made a major change to its own brand tea bags by introducing plant-based packaging, meaning that the 550 million tea bags it sells each year can be disposed of in kerbside food waste bins. The new tea bags are made from PLA derived from corn starch, which is

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