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Buyers warm to natural gas generators

The gensets feature distributed power generation units that use reciprocating internal combustion engines to produce useable energy from gaseous fuels.

According to market watchers, distributed generation has several advantages over tr…

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Public sector crackdown on supplier tax avoidance

Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, today unveiled the measures, which are due to come into effect on 1 April, after the draft guidance undergoes consultation by the government.

The ne…

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Fleet ‘behaviour-tracking’ kicks in

The technology aims to help fleet operators identify drivers who are compromising safety and fuel efficiency by their behaviour behind the wheel.

The driver monitoring technology, launched by Navman Wireless USA, includes four new repo…

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Fleet ‘behaviour-tracking’ kicks in

The technology aims to help fleet operators identify drivers who are compromising safety and fuel efficiency by their behaviour behind the wheel.

The driver monitoring technology, launched by Navman Wireless USA, includes four new repo…

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Fleet ‘behaviour-tracking’ technology kicks in

The technology aims to help fleet operators identify drivers who are compromising safety and fuel efficiency by their behaviour behind the wheel.

The driver monitoring technology, launched by Navman Wireless USA, includes four new repo…

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Tesco promises supply chain transparency

As revelations over horse meat in retailers’ meat supply chains continue to spread across Europe, Tesco CEO Philip Clarke has stressed the importance of creating “world class” traceability in the products his company supplies.

Following investi…

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Green plastic packaging on the rise

The market for greener materials will be affected by the discovery and exploitation of shale gas, which supplies a cheap source of ethylene precursors, however higher carbons are not found in this resource and there is a shortage arising, which is a f…

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Carlsberg to transform procurement

Carlsberg has withdrawn a profitability target and will now look to widen its Western European operating margin by at least 50 basis points a year on average for the next five years. It will also look to deliver growth in adjusted earnings per sh…

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China sets green standards for commercial buildings

Beijing will insist that new urban developments meet pre-defined sustainability targets and existing estates will need to be retro-fitted to improve their green rating by 2015.

According to a new report in the People’s Daily, these mandatory en…

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Airline merger creates cost saving opportunity

The deal was approved by the boards of both companies earlier in the week and it is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. The new airline will take the American Airlines name but current CEO of US Airways, Doug Parker, will run it at le…

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