Diversified technology company 3M has introduced a comprehensive new modular range of powered air respiratory protective systems specifically designed to meet the needs of construction workers.

COMMERCIAL recycler and social welfare charity, Recycling Lives, has won the most prestigious corporate accolade a UK business can win.
Supported by the Westminster Foundation, Recycling Lives has won the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development following a recommendation from the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Her Majesty the Queen.

Rock Fall (UK) Ltd has released its ground breaking Tomcat range of stylish Total Protection Footwear, the first to incorporate internal metatarsal protection to meet European S3 Safety Standards.

In 1965 executives at Shell wanted to know what the world would look like in the year 2000. They consulted a range of experts, who speculated about fusion-powered hovercrafts and "all sorts of fanciful technological stuff". When the oil company asked the scientist James Lovelock, he predicted that the main problem in 2000 would be the environment. "It will be worsening then to such an extent that it will seriously affect their business," he said.

The world's largest ice sheet has started to melt along its coastal fringes, raising fears that global sea levels will rise faster than scientists expected.

A well-loved Birmingham nature reserve acknowledged by JR Tolkien as the inspiration behind the mystical Old Forest in his world famous novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, has won a £376,500 grant* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

The parks in London, Darlington, Oldham and Stoke-on-Trent are now set to begin major redevelopment work.

Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding¹ for Southampton Sea City Museum as well as initial support² for projects in Suffolk, Herefordshire, the Outer Hebrides, Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire and a UK-wide film heritage project.