Down-to-earth lab in marketplace limbo
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PA Consulting recommended the loss of 200 jobs and redeployment of 90 employees in key business centres at the Warren Spring centre for applied environmental research in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, to the UK Atomic Energy Authority Harwell Laboratory in Oxfordshire. Warren Spring studies methods of cleaning contaminated soil and changing industrial waste into raw materials. President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine is also reviewing the five other Department of Trade and Industry laboratories which operate as executive agencies.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1993
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Wanted: a boost for British research
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A government White Paper on Science and Technology to be published on May 26, 1993, could improve research funding in the United Kingdom. The cabinet minister responsible for science, William Waldegrave, is not responsible for industrial policy, so the failure to utilise university research cannot be resolved by his white paper. The white paper is expected to promote a closer relationship between government and industry, with the requirement that scientists conduct research which has industrial application.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1993
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The blades are beginning to turn
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Wind power can generate electricity quickly and cheaply without causing pollution. The United Kingdom Department of Energy have subsidised a wind power project to attract private investment in wind energy. There are problems obtaining planning permission for wind turbines and the Countryside Commission wants them kept away from designated conservation areas. One possibility is for turbines to be sited offshore.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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