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BY DEIRDRE MASON

IN the next few weeks, contracts are expected to be signed for the UK debut of a pioneering underground waste collection system that can also build recycling into the operation from the outset. If it proves successful here, it could see a marked reduction in the bulky collection banks that are such a feature of today’s built environment.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

THE EUROPEAN car industry is putting itself in a strong position to tackle competition from rising economies, a leading UK automotive industry expert told wardsauto.com.

Speaking after the European Union (EU) launched its CARS 21 roadmap for a competitive automobile industry, Professor Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University, Wales, said: "Our product has renewed itself.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: “The economy has bounced back.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

THE EUROPEAN car industry is putting itself in a strong position to tackle competition from rising economies, a leading UK automotive industry expert told wardsauto.com.
Speaking after the European Union (EU) launched its CARS 21 roadmap for a competitive automobile industry, Professor Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University, Wales, said: “Our product has renewed itself.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a European Union (EU) regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods. London claimed that that rather than using legitimate EU treaty powers harmonising national laws, the regulation creates "a centralised procedure at EU level for the authorisation of smoke flavourings for foods".…

BY MARK ROWE

CHINA has spent the past 15 years playing catch-up with the developed world by building skyscrapers and demolishing its old hutongs and alleyways. It has been accused by cultural organisations of taking the view that, in order to justify its existence everything must have an economic means and end.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: “The economy has bounced back.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a EU regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods. London unsuccessfully claimed that the law was based on legally flawed EU treaty interpretations.

ENDS…

BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

SINCE March 2005, Operation White Whale, an extensive international anti-money-laundering operation spearheaded by the Spain’s National Police (the Policia Nacional), has produced the arrest of 57 people and the laundering of at least Euro 250 million euros obtained through illegal drug trafficking, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry (Ministerio del Interior).…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has tasked an expert panel with examining whether the European Union (EU) should have legislation limiting the liability of auditors in the case of another huge accounting scandal, such as with Italy’s Parmalat. British members of this European Forum on Auditors’ Liability will include Eric Anstee, CEO of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; PwC partner Peter Wyman; and Samantha Barrass, London Investment Banking Association director.…