Press releases
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO ENERGY STATEMENT
28 July 2010
The Chemical Industries Association welcomes the clear priorities set out in yesterday’s (27 July) Energy Statement. The Government must act quickly to implement these priorities, particularly gas storage and new nuclear power stations. Industry must also have the certainty that changes to the planning system will not impede the building of energy infrastructure projects.
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CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES THREATEN THE FUTURE OF THE ENERGY INTENSIVE SECTOR
27 July 2010
The combined impact of the Government’s climate change policies is imposing significant costs on the UK’s energy intensive industries, and without urgent review could see some companies leaving the UK for good, warns a report published today (Tuesday).
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NANOTECHNOLOGY FORUM LAUNCHED AT LONDON CONFERENCE
15 July 2010
Yesterday (14 July) one hundred delegates from industry, Whitehall, media and academia attended the Nanotechnology - UK Challenges to Commercialisation conference at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in Westminster.
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTION OF THE COMPROMISE PACKAGE
7 July 2010
On 7 July 2010 the European Parliament adopted by 639 votes in favour, 35 votes against a compromise package agreed in the trialogue with the Council and the Commission on the Industrial Emissions Directive. The Industrial Emissions Directive combines seven pieces of existing legislation, including directives on Integrated Pollution Prevention and control (IPPC) and Large combustion plants. This is the main piece environmental legislation applying to 52,000 industrial activities in Europe.
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CELEBRATES SUCCESS
25 June 2010
The Chemical Industries Association last night (24 June 2010) hosted the Chemical Industry Awards in Liverpool. The awards are the premier accolades for the UK chemical industry.
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CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESSES WELCOME EARLY SIGNS OF GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS
22 June 2010
Responding to the Chancellor's Budget Statement, chemical and pharmaceutical businesses today welcomed some steps in the right direction to address the needs of business.
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BRITAIN'S £60 BILLION CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR TELLS CHANCELLOR...
21 June 2010
...TO SORT OUT UK BUSINESS CLIMATE
The boss of the UK's £60 billion chemical and pharmaceutical industry today urged the Chancellor to establish manufacturing at the heart of the UK's economic recovery by addressing in his first budget the UK's increasingly uncompetitive taxation and regulatory climate for doing business.
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EUROPE’S KEY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY SAYS IT CAN LEAD FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANG
16 June 2010
Brussels 15 June 2010 –. In advance of the European Union summit of Heads of State and Government, the European social partners of the chemical industry have called on the leaders of the EU to make clear that a 20% (rather than 30%) target in emissions savings is the European goal and to unequivocally declare support for Europe’s industry.
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AWARDS SHORTLIST
4 June 2010
The Chemical Industries Association is pleased to announce the Chemical Industry Awards shortlist for 2010. Despite another challenging year for the economy the awards entries matched the record-breaking crop from 2009.
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REACHREADY SURVEY SHOWS SIEFS ARE MAKING PROGRESS
17 May 2010
REACHReady surveyed its members for the second time this spring to find out how they were getting on in the SIEFs.
