Day: June 28, 2022

The story was written by author Jenny Bailey and published by Tales from Mother Earth as the third in a series – following on from Phoebe the Bee and Spike the Hedgehog. Tales from Mother Earth and the company launched the new audio/picture story book...

The new funding is intended to drive innovation within the hydrogen sector and accelerate production and storage. The £10m Hydrogen Innovation Scheme will provide capital support over the next four years. It aims to unlock additional private investment in the technology, and enable new companies...

The regeneration of Portree Harbour is one of two Highland projects set to bid for fundingCouncil members will be asked to agree to two separate bids being submitted for round two of the fund. The projects are North Coast 500 and Portree Harbour. On 3...

Dorset County Hospital in DorchesterDorset County Hospital (DCH) has submitted an outline planning application seeking permission for a new emergency department and critical care unit to be built on the former Damers School site, which the hospital trust owns. The scheme is listed as part...

Foambase is applied cold and recycles the existing aggregate on site, generating half the carbon emissions of traditional methods. Foamed bitumen, which has been around since the 1950s, is made by adding small amounts of water to hot bitumen. The water flashes into steam, atomising...

Knauf's new plasterboard factory in NewportThe Newport plant, still under construction, will increase Knauf’s UK production by 20% when fully onstream in the first quarter of 2023. The factory, developed by Spanish company Gypfor, is within Associated British Ports’ port of Newport, allowing gypsum to...

Mariana Gonzalez, head of process solutions Galliford Try has appointed Mariana Gonzalez the new role of the head of process solutions. In this role, she takes responsibility for asset performance management, advising water companies how to manage their assets. Dr Gonzalez, who joined Galliford Try...

The The Building Safety Act 2022 was spawned by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in LondonThe legislation comes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, which revealed that the building industry was unable to regulate itself and exposed the widespread practice of using flammable cladding...