Six of the UK's biggest internet service providers ISPs have agreed to a government-backed plan to help tackle illegal file sharing. The voluntary agreement, signed by the ISPs and the British Phonographic Industry BPI, will see the providers send hundreds of thousands of warning letters to users who download...
This paper provides a brief description of offshore wind technology, its economics and the amount of energy that can potentially be exploited in the UK. The UK Government expects offshore wind energy, together with onshore wind energy, to be a major contributor to its target to generate 10% of UK...
The UK Government is seeking to promote the use of renewable energy to provide secure and diverse energy supplies and to fulfill international obligations to reduce the UK emissions of greenhouse gases. The key aims of this Paper are to identify the information needs of planners, through consultation and review...
The UK Government is committed to new and renewable energy and is introducing a new Renewables Obligation that will succeed the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation NFFO. This will be introduced in the Utilities Bill currently progressing through Parliament and will require power suppliers to source a specified amount of the electricity...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This column includes some observations from my recent participation at the Fourth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy in Scotland, and visits to LearnDirect and Careers Scotland. The outcomes of the Symposium and the latter two major initiatives directly link to...
THE GOVERNMENT is drawing up plans to use unmanned "drone" aircraft currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to counter terrorism and aid police operations in Britain. The MoD is carrying out research and development to enable the spy planes, which are equipped with highly sophisticated monitoring equipment...
Independent.co.uk Labour in turmoil *Stephen Byers' intervention at the weekend on the Governments' difficulties was a classic piece of political double-talk. Here's the big idea: "A transferable deposit to allow council tenants to buy a home in the private sector has...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1cdab5/government_technol) has announced the addition of the "Government Technology - Understanding Your Government Customer 2007 Customer Focus" report to their offering. Based on a survey of 150 state and local government agencies in Europe and North America, this study provides insight into...
Mini-Revolt Over Falling Behind With Innovation LONDON, August 5 /PRNewswire/ -- IT is no different than food, reckon public sector workers, encouraging the Government to buy local and organic to avert past IT disasters, the Social Collaboration and Public Sector study by Huddle.net revealed today. ...
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The Spectator asked 100 men and women from central London five crucial questions about Gordon Brown and the future of government. Though the sample was too small to be scientific, the results had the ring of truth. Yes, 82 people thought Gordon's time was up but most were stumped when...
Outlook First, an apology. I assumed the takeover by Electricite de France EDF of British Energy was a done deal when writing about it on Thursday evening, so to readers of yesterday's newspaper edition, I must have looked somewhat behind the curve. Still, I was at...
French group mulls third formal bid for British Energy Hutton reiterates nuclear commitment EDF's senior executives are this weekend considering whether to launch a third formal bid for British Energy, after the dramatic last-minute collapse of a deal both companies had believed was almost...
Home News IN BRIEF *The UK security services have been accused of failing to give a parliamentary committee "the full picture" over what happened to Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident at Guantanamo Bay. The Intelligence and Security Committee had been led to believe that Mr Mohamed,...
The British government has given up hope of bringing the killer of Alexander Litvinenko to justice and is now concentrating its efforts on trying to ensure that similar murders do not take place in this country in the future, according to a senior source. The former KGB...
LEADING ARTICLE It is little wonder that the Government sought to bury the latest report it had commissioned from the Stockholm Environment Institute SEI since the document contains some rather inconvenient truths about the UK's performance in reducing carbon dioxide emissions over recent years. The report...
Britain's CO2 emissions are increasing, contrary to government claims, according to two new reports. They show that instead of falling since the 1990s, as ministers claim, Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have been growing in line with the economy. The Government does not count emissions from shipping, aviation...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/30afd4/business_trends_g) has announced the addition of the "Business Trends: Government Technology - Understanding Your Government Customer 2006 Customer Focus" report to their offering. Based on a survey of 100 local government agencies in Europe and North America, this study provides insight into...
Beijing OLYMPICS 2008 A new threat to the Beijing Olympics has emerged in the shape of two new undetectable drugs that could boost the performance of endurance athletes by a medal-winning margin. Scientists warned that the pills, which mimic the physiological effects of...
Outlook Barring last-minute hitches, Electricite de France EDF is today expected to unveil agreed takeover terms for British Energy, owner of the great bulk of the UK's ageing fleet of nuclear power stations. In any event, the press conference has been scheduled and it will certainly...
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