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North-east of England could become wind power 'capital city' - 10/20/08
By Paul Eccleston The north-east of England should become the 'capital city' of the UK's booming wind industry, experts have said. Wind farm business scheme will help communities profit Wind farm...Read More

Innovative low carbon vehicle programme launched in the region - 10/07/08
An innovative £100m programme to research and develop low carbon vehicles has been launched by local and national Government today. John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities ...Read More

NaREC & North East England - enabling U.K. offshore wind. - 10/01/08
The UK government has set a target of generating 20% of the total electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and has instigated 3 rounds of offshore wind farm development to help achieve this target. ...Read More

£218m deal creates UK’s biggest biotech business - 09/30/08
Runcorn pharmaceutical company Protherics has been bought by rival BTG in a £218m deal that will create the UK's biggest biotech business. The company says the deal will give the enlarged compa...Read More

First Scientist to Discover Neural Crest Stem Cells in Adult Hair Follicles to Present at World Stem Cell Summit - 09/22/08
Dr. Maya Sieber-Blum Moved Her Lab to North England for Stronger Collaboration and Ease of Attaining Human Skin. Atlanta, GA.  Dr. Maya Sieber-Blum, who discovered embryonic neural crest stem ce...Read More

BNFL awards £5 million grant to Manchester University - 09/15/08
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) has awarded a £5 million nuclear research grant to the University of Manchester. The funding will go towards funding further research in nuclear science at its ...Read More

Chemicals company keeps its cool with energy savings - 09/09/08
One NorthEast's Energy Resource Efficiency (ERE) programme is helping deliver a host of electricity savings at a Tees Valley speciality chemicals company. Process technologist Grant Leitch of JMC and...Read More

Renew reaches out to tackle the low carbon challenge - 09/05/08
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a leader of innovation in the UK's processing sector, has today announced a major expansion of its role in helping industry in North East England to become &ls...Read More

UK approves building of major offshore wind farm - 09/04/08
LONDON (Reuters) - The government has approved construction of a 500-megawatt offshore wind farm in Cumbria, northwest England, the government said on Thursday. It said the Duddon Sands farm, planned...Read More

Bowel Cancer Indicator Should Lead to Better Treatment - 09/04/08
Stem cell scientists in North East England have developed a more accurate way of identifying aggressive forms of bowel cancer, which should eventually lead to better treatment and survival rates. The...Read More

Materials technologies boost for northwest - 08/08/08
England's northwest is at the centre of a wide-ranging programme of investment in materials technologies that will help the UK meet its energy challenges. The Technology Strategy Board and Engineerin...Read More

Manchester scientists study new chemotherapy drugs - 08/01/08
University of Manchester researchers are investigating how new chemotherapy drugs kill cancerous tumours without developing dangerous side effects. Dr Stephen Taylor and Karen Gascoigne at the univer...Read More

Manchester R&D beats off global rivals - 07/31/08
Manchester has been ranked as the fourth-most attractive location for research and development (R&D) activities in the world. A study by KPMG of 35 cities in ten countries found that for R&D ...Read More

Minister predicts wind jobs boost - 07/21/08
Up to 30,000 jobs and £3bn in new investment could result from an expansion in offshore wind farms in the North East, the government has said. Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks made the prediction ...Read More

Liverpool to host pioneering global business summit - 07/15/08
Next month sees Liverpool take centre stage in the global business arena, as seven of the world's most prominent leadership and business strategists head to the Liverpool Summit, an innovative interna...Read More

Government spends £65m on two new science centres at Daresbury - 07/14/08
  The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) today announced a £65m investment in two new science research centres at Daresbury. The Hartree Centre will carry out resea...Read More

£250m paper mill to bring 200 new jobs to Trafford - 07/14/08
Spanish firm plans to make corrugated cardboard boxes on site near the ship canal in PartingtonBy Simon Binns A Spanish company is planning to build a £250m recycled paper mill in Trafford whic...Read More

Nxtbook Media's Euro HQ in Salford - 07/09/08
DIGITAL publishing business Nxtbook Media has opened its European headquarters in Salford Quays. The US-based company converts traditional material such as magazines and catalogues into easy-to-read ...Read More

Agency funding fuels the cells of growth - 07/07/08
NORTH East England is to consolidate its role as a leader in the development of low carbon energy and fuel cell technology. Regional development agency One NorthEast has funded the CPI (Centre fo...Read More

MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL JOINS WORLD'S ELITE AS CFA PARTNER - 07/04/08
Manchester Business School (MBS) has joined an elite worldwide group of educational institutions and become a program partner with CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals th...Read More

NORTH EAST SET TO BECOME LEADER IN INNOVATION AS CENTRE NEARS COMPLETION - 07/01/08
Building work at the state of the art Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) has been completed, establishing the North East as a global leader in innovation for the exciting plastic electron...Read More

MANCHESTER AIRPORT WINS EUROPEAN INNOVATION AWARD - 06/26/08
Manchester Airport was praised for its innovative approach to attracting airlines at the annual Airport Council International Europe Awards. The airport picked up the 'Best Airport 2008' award, just a...Read More

£3m investment for Durham stem cell research - 06/23/08
Stem cell scientists have taken a step closer to developing pioneering new therapies with the opening of a £3m trio of laboratories at Durham University. The laboratories will be used for inves...Read More

US Recession Sparks Overseas Courtship - 06/09/08
Northern England defies Bubble Trouble, Redefines “Going Global” Whether the US is in an official recession is debatable. Some analysts expect a protracted period of economic slowdown t...Read More

A great place for a postdoc - 06/06/08
The University of Liverpool has been voted the second best place, behind Cambridge, for post-doctoral researchers to work outside of the United States of America. A postdoc is a temporary research po...Read More

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Energy Turbine To Be Developed In North England - 06/02/08
California Firm Invests in Fast Growing Region California energy giant Clipper Windpower, Inc. (www.clipperwind.com) has chosen Blyth, Northumberland in the United Kingdom as the site for a new gener...Read More

NaREC to Lead World in Wind Energy Development - 06/02/08
Offers leading-edge R&D Campus Attractive to N.A. Companies June 2, 2008, Atlanta, GA NaREC (The New and Renewable Energy Centre, www.narec.co.uk), a leading UK-based independent R&D platform...Read More

NaREC announces plans for a substantial enhancement to their existing test facilities - 05/21/08
The facility will be located at the NaREC headquarters in Blyth, Northumberland and is intended to further extend NaREC's existing capabilities in research, development and test in renewable technolog...Read More

Leading the way for stem cell research - 05/20/08
The UK has pioneered stem cell research (SCR) from the outset, when researchers led by Sir Martin Evans at Cambridge University isolated mouse embryonic stem cells in the early 1980s The UK has been ...Read More

Driven by online expansion, UK business media worth £23 billion - 04/11/08
The UK business media market has experienced dramatic growth in the past three years, with revenue up 35 per cent, according to the most wide reaching market size research ever undertaken. It is now ...Read More