Webinar aims for online sales rise By Calum MacLeod Published: 06:45, 21 January 2021
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Independent businesses are to be helped to get a share of the growing online retail market in a webinar organised by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the trend towards online shopping, with figures from the British Retail Consortium showing that non-food online sales jumped by 44.8 per cent in December.
The FSB webinar, which will take place between 10am and 11.30am on Thursday, January 28, is aimed at helping businesses begin or add to an online shopping presence.
Orkney to Become Sustainable Aviation Test Environment
Written by AZoCleantechJan 20 2021
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has embarked on a £3.7 million project to develop a sustainable aviation programme that could transform short flight travel between remote communities.
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Part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project will create the UK s first operationally-based, low-carbon aviation test centre at HIAL’s Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands.
Launched as part of UKRI’s Future Flight Challenge which supports the development of greener ways to fly, the project will operate for an 18 month period.
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Part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project will create the UK s first operationally-based, low-carbon aviation test centre at HIAL’s Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands.
It will operate for an 18-month period and has been launched as part of UKRI’s Future Flight Challenge, which supports the development of greener ways to fly. The programme will test different types of low-carbon aircraft to identify the next generation of air services, as well as the operational airport infrastructure necessary to support sustainable aviation.