ABB has appointed Greenwoods Communications – an independent network solutions provider to the communications industry – as a strategic UK distributor to the telecomms market. The partnership will enable ABB to increase its market share to double digits within the telecomms sector

Councils are to receive one-off payments of between £5,000 and £6,000 to upgrade civic amenity sites for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The payments will be funded through a compliance scheme set up by The British Retail Consortium,