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UK STILL TOP FOR OFFSHORE WIND BUT CHINA SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR ONSHORE
The UK may still be a world-beating performer for developing offshore wind energy, but more still can be done onshore, as demonstrated by China’s wind-power growth, the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC’s) secretary general Steve Sawyer has argued. Indeed, unveiling GWEC’s, Global Wind Report: Annual Market Update 2014, in a webinar April 1 from Istanbul, Sawyer noted that the UK at 813 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity produces more offshore wind energy than the rest of the world combined, with Denmark “a distant second”.…
BRUSSELS EXTRA SPENDS TO PROMOTE EU MEAT SALES IN FACE OF RUSSIAN BAN
THE POLISH, Scottish, Austrian and Belgian meat sectors are significant winners in the latest announcement of European Union (EU) marketing financing designed to help food companies seize more sales within and outside the EU.
They will benefit from multi-million Euro sales and marketing programmes, 50% funded by the EU, announced yesterday (Tues April 21).…
OLLIPOP MANUFACTURERS INNOVATE TO HOLD GLOBAL MARKET SHARE
In the highly competitive global lollipops market, manufacturers are creating innovative additions to this traditional confectionery to attract consumers with innovative designs attempting to generate an emotional response to these products. Around the world, lollipop manufacturers are tailoring shapes and designs to match seasonal holiday images; incorporating glow-in-the-dark features; and combining confectionery items such as lollipops and gum.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP - OECD SAYS TAX BURDENS CONTINUE TO RISE
TAXES on wages in developed countries within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) have risen by about 1% between 2010 and 2014 even though a majority of OECD governments did not increase statutory income tax rates. A new OECD report Taxing Wages 2015 said in 2014, the tax burden paid by average OECD workers increased 0.1% to 36%.…
EU RESEARCHERS DISCOVER VIRUS INHIBITORS
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project will end this month (March), having discovered inhibitors for viruses, which could hasten the development of effective drugs. The EU-funded EUR21.8 million SILVER project (the EU contributed EUR 12 million) was launched in October 2010.…
EGYPT’S BIO-BASED OILS AND FATS MARKET GROWS, DESPITE DISRUPTION FOLLOWING 2011 UPRISING
EGYPT’S USD1.23 billion oils and fats market has still to recover from the country’s post-revolutionary environment following the January 2011 uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Since then, Egypt’s economy has been on a downward trajectory, affecting consumer demand across the board.…
UK FAILING ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, FIDDLING THE COMPLIANCE FIGURES, NGO CLAIMS
The UK is lagging behind many other European Union (EU) member states when it comes to energy efficiency and is fiddling the figures to show it is making better progress than in reality, according to the latest report from the Brussels-based Coalition for Energy Savings.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU SUGAR PRODUCERS FEAR USA TRADE PACT
THE EUROPEAN Committee of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) has called on the European Union (EU) and US negotiators for a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) to exclude sugar and high sugar products from this planned trade agreement.
“The US market is a mature and saturated market, not attractive for the EU,” Marie-Christine Ribera, CEFS director general, told TTIP negotiators during an event dedicated to interest groups affected by the agreement, held in Brussels on February 4.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP – NEW EU SMALLER BUSINESS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BEING CONSIDERED
A GREEN paper on creating a European Union (EU) Capital Markets Union (CMU) has sparked consultation on whether the EU should create and maybe mandate a simplified, common and high-quality accounting standard for smaller companies listed on certain trading systems. The EU does not insist that small private companies use international financial reporting standards (IFRS), and the green paper accepted that such a move would be a “source of additional cost.”…
BRUSSELS RELEASES DETAILS OF ENERGY PROJECTS WITHIN MAJOR COMMISSION INVESTMENT PLAN
NATURAL gas projects are a key part of the Euro EUR315 billion development plan released before Christmas by the European Commission. A keystone of the pro-growth policies of new Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, the plan involves the EU, especially the European Investment Bank (EIB), leveraging public funds to generate private capital.…