ONYX GROUP GETS A GREEN POWER BOOST

April 18th, 2008 by Petula

ONYX GROUP GETS A GREEN POWER BOOST

The Onyx Group’s dedicated secure data hosting centre located in Newcastle is now able to offer its customers even greater capacity and resilience while significantly reducing energy consumption following a major investment to upgrade its power capacity. (more…)

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BF Oils Signs UK’s Largest Biofuels Two-Way Supply Contract

April 9th, 2008 by Julie

Leading global biofuels supply chain company BF Oils, based in Stokesley, has been awarded a 12–month contract to supply waste vegetable oil feedstock to Northumberland-based V Fuels Biodiesel. Simultaneously, BF Oils has contracted to supply an equivalent volume of bio diesel to the European producer of the waste. It is understood to be the largest contract of its kind to be awarded to date and is designed to maximise the profit potential for both companies.  (more…)

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Going back in time to preserve the future

April 4th, 2008 by Julie

Dave Tabner (left) with Steve McGivern, Camphill’s maintenance manager 

THE latest project in the career of plastering boss Dave Tabner has taken him back nearly 50 years - to his very first job.

In 1961, Dave was as a 16-year-old apprentice helping to plaster a joiner’s shop in Botton, on the North York Moors, on behalf of The Camphill Village Trust. More than 47 years later, and after many other plastering jobs at Botton, Dave has returned once more to Danby Dale to work on Camphill’s latest development - Martin House, a £900,000 residential property that will become the charity’s flagship for sustainable design and materials. (more…)

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