A team of world-class engineers from Leicester are involved in an exciting new project to develop systems that will power unmanned lunar rovers working at the southernmost point on the Moon. Experts from the University of Leicester and its £100 million science and innovation park Space Park Leicester are part of a…
7th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. If you’ve decided to do your bit towards saving the planet and switch to all-electric driving, there’s a growing number of vehicles competing for your money. The major manufacturers all have electric offerings, but it’s worth having a look outside the mainstream. If you don’t…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. The range of fully electric cars on the market is growing rapidly, and you can be forgiven for thinking that some of them are just dull: dull to look at and dull to drive. In some cases, particularly those that been available for a while, you’d be right. But going fully electric doesn’t…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. Close on £35,000 for a Ford Focus? That sounds expensive, but the likes of Audi and BMW have been selling medium sector cars with that sort of price tag for quite a few years, and the Ford Focus Active X Estate mild hybrid is certainly a cut above. Apart from attractive, rugged styling and a classy…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. Honda has managed to find room in its excellent range for another SUV, sandwiched between the new HR-V and the excellent CR-V. The all-new Honda ZR-V provides an attractively designed, sporty and practical option, with the latest hybrid technology to help performance and economy. The ZR-V, despite…
6th April, 2024
By Ian Strachan. In 20-odd years of motoring journalism I’ve driven cars in some spectacular and peculiar colours. But probably none more striking than Skoda’s appropriately named Hyper Green. I tested the fully electric Skoda Enyaq vRS in this colour and it certainly turns heads. There’s no losing…
6th April, 2024
Water Direct Ltd and MTD Holding BV, two leading entities in the water supply sector, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at setting new standards in the temporary water infrastructure supply services industry. The agreement aims to leverage both organisations’ capabilities and infrastructure to support…
6th April, 2024
Four new partners and two associates have earned promotions within FBC Manby Bowdler’s teams in Wolverhampton, Redditch and Shrewsbury. Wolverhampton-based Christopher Bate, Sharaz Khan and Elisabeth Glover have become partners alongside Claire Bentick from the Redditch office, while Megan Price from the Shrewsbury…
6th April, 2024
By Paul Dunne, Partner in Building Consultancy at Rapleys. With the mercury rising to an all-time record in England of 40.3 degrees in 2022, and flash flooding regular (gone are the memories of the 100-year storm – in fact, we are running out of names for them so frequent they are), it should come as little surprise…
6th April, 2024
Alison Lobb is Managing Partner of Morecrofts Solicitors. She is passionate about developing and supporting the next generation, as well as providing the best possible client service. As well as providing traditional legal services, Morecrofts run the Merseyside Independent Business Awards, an annual event promoting…
6th April, 2024
