A Scottish start-up that has designed a simple heating control device that can cut energy bills by 30 per cent by automatically ‘chopping’ the length of time a boiler is on for, has signed its first major contract with a housing provider that will see its system installed

Coca-Cola is set to launch a new greener, lower-calorie version of its best-selling drink in the UK later this year. Cola-Cola Life will contain a third less sugar content and will make use of Coca-Cola’s innovative plant-based packaging, PlantBottle, the company said. In a stri

A new partnership announced between car conglomerate Ford and food giant Heinz suggests an imminent breakthrough for vehicle manufacturing using sustainable bio-plastics. Researchers at both Ford and Heinz are currently investigating the application of tomato fibres in developing comp

Aston University is working on a project to help produce sustainable biofuels for marine diesel engines. As part of the ReShip project, a three-year endeavour funded with £321,000 from Norwegian industry partners and the Research Council of Norway, Aston will use its expertise in fast

Dutch sustainable energy firm Eneco has secured a contract from the local passenger railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) for the supply of green electricity. From 2018, trains will be running on green power, enabling 1.2 million passengers to travel with zero emission transpor

Proposals to use Formula One technology to make buses and diggers use less energy are among the first funded under £1bn scheme to make the UK a world leader in environmentally friendly vehicles. Read the complete article published by The Financial Times, 23 April 2014

According to Karl Marx, “All history repeats itself, firstly as tragedy and then as farce”. It is interesting that the man whose ideas did more harm to Russia that to any other country should be wrong again and likely to cause further harm to Russia. The historic repetition of the ann

Over the years we have worked with a variety of entrepreneurs to help them develop successful businesses and have always been interested in debating what defines a successful entrepreneur. We recently read that for every technology start up that succeeds, another nine fail. Despite th

The creation of limited liability companies in the Victorian era may be considered one of the most important innovations of the late industrial revolution period.   Limited liability means that, in the case of insolvency, shareholders are under no obligation to the company or its cred

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases in the atmosphere – all of which are contributing to the destruction of the ozone layer. New research reveals that more than 74,000 tonnes of three new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlor