Manufacturers can make it through the downturn by using lean techniques to release cash locked up in excess stock and slow production, according to the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) North West. "With restricted sources of credit, improving cashflow is crucial to business

The Government has held Europe's first carbon allowance auction in Phase II (2008-2012) of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Four million allowances were sold at a total value of £54m excluding VAT, or £13.60 per allowance, Euro/Sterling exchange rate 0.8428.The

Passengers travelling through Heathrow's new T5 building may not know it, but they are likely to have passed over Marshall-Tufflex stainless steel floor boxes delivering access to data and power supply systems vital for the safe and effective running of the airport.

The Shingo Prize – dubbed by Business Week as the "Nobel Prize of Manufacturing" – was launched at event held at the House of Commons, hosted by The Manufacturing Institute - who will be administering the award in the UK and Ireland. The

The University of Edinburgh and EDF Group have signed a framework agreement to collaborate in research and development of wave and tidal current energy as well as electricity network integration. The signing of the five-year agreement will signal a long-term strategic partnership

As three new Acts of Parliament go on the statute book, householders and drivers are being challenged to save energy and cut their carbon emissions under the Government's ACT ON CO2 People Power challenge, launched at the end of November. The challenge

Two GE Heat (high efficiency, advanced technology) steam turbines have surpassed 20,000 hours of operation at power plants in California and Ireland, GE Energy reported at Power-Gen International 2008. The achievement is regarded by the company as an industry milestone for proving