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Ten-year Contract Placed with Rolls-Royce for Engines on the Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Jet Fighter
A ten-year £865M contract has been placed with Rolls-Royce for the engines on the Royal Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet, the Typhoon. The Typhoon engines – the EJ200 – will be maintained and supported under an arrangement that will...
Front Line Forces Say Support Us At Christmas – But Not By Sending Parcels
Generous members of the public who show their support for Armed Forces personnel by sending welfare parcels to Afghanistan are being urged to stop and think – and consider alternative and better ways they can back the troops. There are many different...
New Automotive Council to Drive Forward Future Strategy of UK Car Industry
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced that the Government is setting up a new Automotive Council to address the long term strategic challenges facing the UK car industry. Through areas such as innovation and high-skilled job creation, the automotive...
Sidekick Meets the Service Economy?
The title of John Webster’s post to his Data-driven blog, maintained by the CNET Blog Network, promised a valuable follow-up to the unfolding story of the Sidekick data-loss incident: “What the T-Mobile outage means for consumers.”...
U.K. Government Extends Its ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Scrappage Scheme
The U.K. Government has announced a £100M increase to the vehicle scrappage scheme to build on the success of the scheme in boosting consumer demand. Industry figures have reflected the positive impacts of the scheme both within and beyond the automotive...
U.K. Government Agrees to Support Airbus with the Development of the A350 XWB
Lord Mandelson has announced that the British Government has agreed to support Airbus with up to £340 million repayable launch investment for the development of the A350 XWB. The support, drawn partially from the Government’s £750m Strategic Investment...
U.K. Government Introduces Incentives for Motorists to ‘scrap’ Old Cars And Vans
U.K. motorists are being offered £2,000 towards a new car or van if they trade in their 10-year-old, or older, vehicle for scrap under plans unveiled by the Government in this week’s Budget. The decision to implement a scrappage scheme has been...
Kenya’s Export Promotion Council Launches More Than 60 Websites
Kenya’s Export Promotion Council (EPC) on Monday launched more than 60 websites for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) dealing mainly in exports in a bid to make them competitive in the global arena. The launching was done in collaboration with the...
