News tagged with uk
UK goods: 'Not made in Britain'
British owned firms, says The University of Manchester based ESRC Centre for Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC), employ an average of 14 workers and are mainly too small to export their goods.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 08, 2011 |
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'Leave our geeks alone': British scientists protest cuts
Hundreds of scientists rallied outside Britain's finance ministry on Saturday against planned government cuts they say will harm the country's international reputation as a research hub.
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Britain launches first space agency
Britain launched its own space agency Tuesday with the help of home-grown astronaut Major Timothy Peake, aimed at boosting the country's multi-billion-pound space technology industry.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Vodafone to sell iPhone in Britain
Vodafone on Tuesday became the latest mobile phone operator to announce it will begin selling iPhones in Britain following the expiry of O2's exclusive deal with Apple.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 28, 2009 |
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UK Research Funding to Reward Economic Benefits
(PhysOrg.com) -- The UK government is developing a new scheme, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), to assess university research proposals and allocate public funds for research. The scheme is being developed in collaboration ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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UK's attempts to stop swine flu called flawed
(AP) -- Flu experts are looking very closely at Britain - and some have decided that the U.K.'s swine flu-fighting tactics are seriously off the mark and may be hiding a much larger outbreak.
May 21, 2009 |
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Retirement plans on hold in face of recession, survey finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost one-third of small- and medium-sized business owners will need to put plans for their retirement on hold because of the downturn in the UK economy, an online survey by The University of Nottingham ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Snapshot of a recession
(PhysOrg.com) -- A revealing snapshot of the effect of the downturn in the UK economy on the small business sector has been uncovered by an online survey produced by The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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