News articles for August 2014

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  New eco-friendly Sheffield homes claimed to be UK’s greenest

  14th August 2014

  A series of new houses which have just been unveiled in the city of Sheffield are claimed to be among the greenest so far built in the UK.
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  University team harbours high hopes for plant oil-powered fridge

  13th August 2014

  Boffins at a leading university in the north of England have devised a cooling system which can be powered by plant oils, which they believe could have massive benefits for homes and businesses without their own electricity supply in the developing world.
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  Web-connected appliances are at top of their ‘hype cycle’, claim analysts

  12th August 2014

  If you can’t get to grips with the idea of being able to access the internet through a range of everyday domestic appliances, such as your fridge, then don’t panic – you’re far from alone.
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  Eight-week shutdown follows nuclear plant boiler fault

  11th August 2014

  One of the UK’s biggest nuclear energy generators has this morning announced that a quarter of its capacity will be out of action for the next eight weeks.
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  Safe appliance use warning repeated as fire crews strike

  8th August 2014

  As fire crews in parts of the UK prepare to embark on a series of walkouts, several local authorities have urged people to take extra care when using their home appliances.
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  Is the Bake Off effect petering out?

  7th August 2014

  Despite the return of ratings hit The Great British Bake Off to our screens last night (Wednesday August 6), new research suggests that Britons’ love for home baking may have passed its peak.
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  Scottish cookware maker launches products to US audience

  6th August 2014

  A Scottish company has launched its first products on Amazon – a set of baking trays and mats made from silicon, which are said to be suitable for oven and freezer use.
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  New greener ice cream freezer slashes energy consumption

  5th August 2014

  The same ability to keep our favourite ice creams well chilled, but using less than a third of the energy of most current models, is the promise from the latest specialist trade freezers being rolled out by industrial giant Unilever.
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  New-style Waitrose store to offer cookery classes

  4th August 2014

  Free cookery sessions using a ‘bake-off oven’ will feature at the first in a series of new convenience stores being opened by John Lewis-owned grocery chain Waitrose.
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  Retail expert optimistic over prospects for Dixons-Carphone

  1st August 2014

  With less than a week to go before the merged Dixons-Carphone Warehouse company makes its public debut, this morning has seen the move hailed as potentially “one of the most significant chapters in the journey to the connected world.”