All Breaking News articles – Page 87
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Online onlyUK fire service invites disaster recovery firm to station alongside
Disaster recovery teams are being based alongside firefighters in a new initiative to provide a fast recovery service to victims of fire and flood
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Hiscox: Inappropriate behaviour common in the workplace
A new survey has revealed that bad language, rude jokes, over familiar behaviour and sexual innuendo is common in the workplace
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Online onlyCat reinsurance rates drop 6% in 2007
Guy Carpenter says market has stabilized in 2007 after tumultuous mid-decade catastrophes
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Online onlyEuropean aviation maintenance standards under threat
Aircraft Engineers International finds a downward trend in aviation engineering safety standards
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Environmental crime doesn’t pay shows new report
Courts handed out more than 11 years behind bars, millions in court fines and more than 240 days of community service
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Online onlyUK/US pilot launched to speed up processing patents
Patent Highway will allow applicants to request accelerated examination of a corresponding patent application filed in either UK or US
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Online onlyAviva: Perilous passengers put roads at risk
Naughty children, backseat drivers and barking dogs are driving three in five motorists to distraction
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Online onlyEmployment Tribunal cases rise by 15%
The number of cases brought to UK employment tribunals in 2006-07 rose by 15% to 132,577
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Report reveals large water saving potential in Europe
A European Commission report has found that water use in the European Union could be reduced by about 40%
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EPA Issues demand for Midland dioxin sampling data
Part of a larger investigation of Dow Chemical Co.'s dioxin contamination in the Midland area
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Online onlyMore CO2 makes plants less thirsty and boosts river levels
New research suggests higher carbon dioxide levels will increase river levels in the future
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Online onlyMeasles cases in 2006 highest on record
480 confirmed cases of measles in the UK so far this year
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Research reveals business leaders top emerging risks concerns
Fortune 1000 executives fear a lack of access to fresh water more than a pandemic disease outbreak
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UK TUC issues advice on social networking
Employers should have in place policies covering the use of the web and should not be tempted to check out the profiles of job applicants on social networking sites
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Satellites show gas flaring on the rise in 22 countries
Study says 22 countries increased gas flaring, 16 reduced it, and nine have maintained stable levels over a 12-year period
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Online onlyModest growth in European retail sales
The Bloomberg European retail purchasing index has risen representing the first increase in retail sales in four months
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Online onlyPicture warnings to appear on UK tobacco packets
The move makes the UK the first country in the EU to introduce such visual warnings on all tobacco products
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Safety charity criticises draft Code of Practice for Regulators
The draft Code of Practice for Regulators needs significant changes, said the Centre for Corporate Accountability
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Numbers living without health insurance up in the US
The percentage of people covered by employment-based health insurance decreased to 59.7% in 2006
