Search Results for: Scotland

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE AQUATIC Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties) has reported an outbreak of Bonamia ostreae disease in a natural bed of flat oysters, near Kennacraig, in West Loch Tarbert, a sea loch off the Mull of Kintyre, western Scotland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ALL-PARTY group of Scottish MEPs has launched a bid to secure European Union (EU) geographical indication protection for haggis. They want it placed on the list of EU food products that must be made in their home region and in a prescribed way.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EVERY decade or so comes a technology that is so new, comprehensive, interesting, and damned useful, that it changes the way that we learn, have fun and do business. Think commercial air travel, the mobile phone and the Internet…..these…

BY ANDREW CAVE

PUBLIC place smoking bans are spreading like wildlife these days, with one country after another drawing up rules preventing tobacco use where it could expose non-smokers to second-hand smoke.

In the European Union (EU), this year, public place smoking bans have been introduced in England, Estonia and Finland, for instance.…

BY DAVID ANDERSON, in Chisinau

AS the European Union (EU) expands its borders ever eastwards, the challenge of dealing with geopolitical and corruption issues grows larger. One such hotspot is Transdniestria, a mixed Russian, Ukrainean and Moldovan-speaking strip of land bordering Moldova, which is recognised by no other country as an independent state.…

BY ANDREW CAVE

FOLLOWING the introduction on July 1 of public place smoking bans in England 240 million people worldwide were covered by public smoking restrictions, according to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC). (NOTE – THIS IS A FRENCH ACRONYM)

The movement towards such restrictions is becoming ubiquitous in the European Union (EU), with Estonia, Finland, Scotland and Ireland already have full public-place bans, while Italy, Sweden and Malta have partial bans, allowing smoking only in closed-off, separately-ventilated areas.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE POTENTIAL and impending influence of nanotechnology on soap and perfumery products has been acknowledged with a detailed report on the dramatic changes that may lie in store for the cosmetics industry.

The report, Nanotechnologies for Household and Personal Care, which runs to 130 pages, has been produced for the Institute of Nanotechnology, a UK government-funded research unit based at the University of Stirling, Scotland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITISH highways authorities could be forced to upgrade the safety design and signage on roads used for cross-border journeys by new harmonised standards recently approved in principle by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers. It has accepted an EU directive on road infrastructure safety management, which, said a council note is "aimed at ensuring that safety is integrated into all phases of planning, design and operation of the road infrastructure" across the EU’s trans-European network (TEN).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN INTERNET gambling boss has predicted England’s new nationwide smoking ban could pump an additional GBPounds 5 million-a-year into his industry’s coffers, as smoking punters abandon casinos and bingo halls banning cigarettes and cigars. Malcolm Graham, CEO poker website PKR.com,…

BY MARK ROWE
A NANO-COMPOSITE of clay has been used to develop a polyurethane fire retardant that significantly improves the ability of foam-based furniture to resist heat. Researchers at Strathclyde University, Scotland, have claimed that the nano-based version can lead to a 93% reduction in fire damage.…