Hot Topic - Renewable Energy |
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| | 17 May 2012 | £92m contracts awarded - offshore windfarm development | ScottishPower Renewables and Dong Energy have awarded contracts worth £92m for the transportation and installation of turbine foundations for the 389-megawatt West of Duddon Sands offshore windfarm, off the coast of Cumbria. The contracts have the potential to create employment opportunities. | | | £-0.0m | | 1 |
| | 16 May 2012 | £365m wind farm approved - £365m investment - 300 jobs | Vattenfall has secured approval from the UK government for a wind farm in Wales, comprising 76 turbines. The £365m wind farm will create or support approximately 300 jobs. Construction could start in 2013 with the first electricity generated in 2016. The wind farm will be able to produce enough energy to supply 206,000 homes. | | £6m | £-4.7m | 49 | 3 |
| | 17 May 2012 | Tidal energy contract secured - 120 potential new jobs - expansion in renewables sector | Steel Engineering Ltd has secured a contract to build a tidal energy device for Oceanflow Energy. Steel Engineering expects renewables work to treble its turnover in the three to five years to 2015/17. The company also expects to double its current workforce of 120 over the same period. | | £6m | £0.3m | | 1 |
| | 18 May 2012 | Sales increase to £6.4m - 38 jobs created - business expansion | Renewable energy company Eco Environments recorded turnover of £6.4m in 2011/12, a substantial increase from £1.3m in 2010/11. It has created 38 jobs, increasing headcount to 50 over 12 months. The expansion follows strong demand for solar panels from domestic customers and significant commercial contract awards. It is planning further expansion of its commercial business. | | | | | 1 |
| | 21 May 2012 | New wind farm development - Environmental studies to be carried out | Manchester based energy company ASC Renewables are planning to build a wind farm with up to 13 wind turbines on farmland next to a sewage treatment works at Newton Marsh, Tetney, South Humberside. Environmental studies are to be carried out prior to a planning application being made. Mike Denny is Operations Director for ASC. | | | | | 1 |
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Hot Topic - Cloud Computing & Virtualisation |
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| | 15 May 2012 | £1m data centre upgrade - expansion in southern England - potential new jobs | Daisy Group has completed a £1m upgrade to its Manchester data centre, increasing capacity by 50%. It is opening a fifth UK site in 2012, in southern England. The capital investment programme will allow Daisy to deliver cloud computing to its clients and is expected to create employment and business opportunities. 2011 turnover £266.3m, 2,213 employees. | | £266m | £-15.8m | 2,213 | 4 |
| | 16 May 2012 | Acquires Virtual Computer - mobile device expansion | US-based Citrix Systems has acquired desktop virtualisation vendor Virtual Computer. Virtual Computers PC management platform, NxTop, will be merged with Citrix Systems XenClient hypervisor to create an enterprise version of the product aimed at laptop users. | | £50m | £4m | 375 | 2 |
| | 21 May 2012 | Acquires Firstserv and Serverstream - cloud computing expansion - jobs safeguarded | Six Degrees has acquired managed hosting and cloud providers Firstserv and Serverstream. The London-based companies will add £3m of hosting revenues to Six Degrees managed data division and are part of a strategy to expand cloud hosting services. Seventeen employees will join Six Degrees Group as a result of the acquisitions. | | | | | 1 |
| | 21 May 2012 | 20 new jobs - £4.5m investment - cloud-based video production | Aframe Media Group expects to create 20 new jobs at its County Durham office after securing venture capital funding of £4.5m. The company is developing a cloud video production platform. Craig Franks has been appointed as sales and support manager. | | | | | 1 |
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Hot Topic - Ecommerce |
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| | 16 May 2012 | UK & Ireland sales up 8% - online business expansion | Dixons Retails like-for-like sales grew 5% in the final quarter to April 2012. In the final 16 weeks of the financial year UK and Ireland sales increased 8%. Underlying pre-tax profits of £65m to £70m are expected. Multi-channel sales increased 30% in the second half with internet sales accounting for 18% of total group sales. | | £8,342m | £-178.2m | 39,733 | 1 |
| | 21 May 2012 | To open London store - potential new jobs - e-commerce development | Designer label Temperley is opening a 2,500 sq ft store and headquarters in Mayfair, London, creating new jobs. The store is part of Temperleys international development strategy and further growth initiatives are planned, including a New York store in 2013 and the re-launch of e-commerce operations in October 2012. | | £12m | £0.1m | 109 | 1 |
| | 21 May 2012 | Pinterest to bolster ecommerce offering for brands | .Pinterest is set to revamp its ecommerce offering for brands after investment from Rakuten, one of the worlds largest online marketplaces, a move that comes as the company looks to identify new revenue streams. | | | | | |
| | 16 May 2012 | Online sales growth - e-commerce site improved | Luxury bags and accessories retailer Radley+Co has increased online sales by optimising its online conversion rate. The retailer appointed RedEye to address a problem with online checkout abandonment and payment pages were subsequently redesigned to improve user experience. | | £45m | £3m | 178 | 2 |
| | 16 May 2012 | New e-commerce website - new brand identity | Solseal, which provides sealant products for the construction industry has launched a new corporate identity and e-commerce website. Both the website and rebranding were implemented by digital agency Liven Creative. The e-commerce website allows payment to be taken online and provides stock management, distribution, product management and account management functions. | | | | | 1 |
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