Entries by Lyn

North East’s ‘hidden’ engineering feat

The North East is famous for its walls – Hadrian’s is probably the best known but various town and city walls across the region are also of great historic significance.   Every year, millions of people visit them and marvel at the engineering skills displayed by their construction.   However, a similarly impressive set of […]

The Booming Hydrogen Market

Booming hydrogen market heralds water technology opportunities     Global market could grow to be worth up to US$12 trillion Opportunities for water technology suppliers Particular focus expected on green hydrogen projects     The hydrogen economy is at the start of a period of growth, with the size of the global market predicted to […]

10,000 Factory Build Homes

Modular housing developer ilke Homes is eyeing a pipeline of 10,000 factory-built homes over the next five years after securing £60m in new funding from Homes England and several other investors. The developer said that regulatory pressures and ESG criteria have pushed the industry to scale up its modular construction strategies. Modular developers like ilke […]

MODERN FINANCE FOR SME DEVELOPERS

Mambu Powers New Challenger Bank GBB To Help UK Government Meet House Building Target by Tyler Smith The SaaS Cloud Banking platform Mambu has been selected to power the latest digital offering of the new British bank GBB. Founded to get Britain building, with a particular focus on property and development finance, GBB will act […]

A TOTAL MODULAR SOLUTION

“A total modular solution”: Euramax and MGI MD on ambitious plans for growth Nick Cowley joined Euramax Solutions as its new Managing Director in 2019 – but not long afterwards, he learned the company’s existing owners were planning to sell. What could have been a challenging and uncertain moment turned into a major opportunity, however, […]

Magnet technology paves the way to commercial fusion power

Tokamak Energy has demonstrated a transformative magnet protection technology that improves the commercial viability of fusion power plants.  This next generation technology delivers higher performance than alternative magnet systems.  Results from the latest tests validate a revolutionary approach to scaling up high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, which are highly resilient to plasma disruptions.  The technology, […]

Eurobrick at the Imperial War Museum

Parkside is a new 1,500m2 building designed and built as a collaborative and creative space for Imperial War Museums’ staff in Southwark, London. The three-storey building provides a flexible workspace for 180 staff with formal and informal meeting areas, a café and breakout spaces. Parkside is designed to support IWM in fulfilling its vital mission […]

World Green Building Council – UPDATE

Ahead of COP26, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) updates its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to include bold new requirements for addressing embodied emissions and publishes best practice for carbon offsetting for the built environment. LONDON – 9am BST, 15 September 2021 – Today, WorldGBC announces an update to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment), expanding its […]

Up, Up and Away

British Entrepreneurs CTO Matt Denton and CEO Antony Quinn of Maverick Aviation (Photo credit: University of Southampton Science Park)   WORLD’S FIRST HANDS-FREE JETPACK PROTOTYPE REVEALED    These are the first images ever released of Maverick Aviation’s prototype, which promises to transform the way challenging maintenance, inspections and rescues are carried out worldwide. The jetpack is […]