Tag Archives : United Kingdom

The Banner Chemicals Group formerly occupied a part of the Olympic site that was bulldozed to make way for the huge Olympic stadium in the United Kingdom. This site was so grossly contaminated with toxic waste that the government has to spend 12.7m pounds to clean up this site. This site situated in east London on the banks of the River Lea was [...]

All of us need incentives to get work done. Guess it is the same with recycling. RecycleBank is rewarding people with vouchers for recycling. Started in the US, RecycleBank runs its schemes in more than half the states, including Florida and Texas. Since the last one year it has also started operating in the United Kingdom at Halton in Cheshire, [...]

Maybe it does not make any difference to you where your money is invested as long as you are making profits. Maybe it does matter. To those of you to whom it matters, maybe it is time to start thinking of investing in Topps Tiles. Topps Tiles is a leading purveyor of tiles in the United Kingdom. Topps Tiles is now expected to be seen in an investment [...]

In today’s day emotions are no longer abstract or intangible. Now you can actually assess your happiness quotient with Mappiness an iPhone application which tracks people’s feelings across the United Kingdom.The application has been crafted by George MacKerron and Susan Mourato of the London School of Economics and Political Science and it endeavors [...]

One of the biggest names when it come to online polls, quizzes, surveys and public feedback, BooRoo.com has now announced the launch of an all new vertical of its services, that has been designed to enhance the experience of BooRoo users who have been accustomed to the company’s decade old platform. This all new initiative will now enable BooRoo to [...]

Well the public transport system is pretty much lifeblood of any city. Government and other world organizations around the world have been pressuring auto bigwigs to adhere to green standards and act more responsible. But London thought of preaching through practice. It drew inspiration from its hallmark Routemaster buses that still serve the heritage [...]

In a somewhat worrisome report released out by Google Inc. it has been found that, the Government of India has been pursuing the Internet search giant for user related data and has already made as many as 1061 requests between July 1st 2009 to December 31st 2009. This latest revelation comes as part of Google’s continuous efforts to provide more transparency [...]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today issued perhaps one of the most stern warnings to the government of Afghanistan, stating that, Mr. Hamid Karzai, the reelected President of Afghanistan needs to curb corruption in the country and bring in reforms that are expected from him or Afghanistan stands to lose support from the United Kingdom, including [...]

Police, intelligence agencies and other public English organs asked more than 500 thousand accesses to confidential and personal information in 2008. That is equal to spy one in each 78 people in the whole United Kingdom. There were 1500 daily requests, totaling 504.073 requests for approval to access private e-mail and phone data. That number represents [...]

Gurkhas have served the British army for decades and many have sacrificed their lives for the country. The irony being, they were earlier not granted to settle in country with their families, the same country for which they fought bravely and still continue to do so. However, a new policy has been passed that would allow the Gurkhas to settle in the [...]