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5^th March 2007 (Source: Auto Industry )

All UK-based manufacturing companies are invited to advertise their apprenticeships for free on ‘Engineering Connections’ the largest clearing house for engineering apprenticeships in the UK.

The Engineering Connections website www.apprentices.co.uk is promoted nationally to user groups consisting of young people, careers advisers, schools, colleges and libraries. The service is offered by the Engineering Employers Federation, although advertisers need not be EEF members.

19^th February 2007 (Source: Motorsport Development UK )

Motorsport Development UK is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Advisory Board. Sir Robin Miller, Brendan Connor, Stuart Higgs and Mark Hughes have joined the long-standing members of the Motorsport Development UK Advisory Board.

23^rd February 2007 (Source: Department for Transport )

Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman today launched a consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), and how it will operate. The Obligation means that by 2010, 5% of all the fuel sold on UK forecourts will come from a renewable source. The measure is predicted to save 1million tonnes of carbon a year by 2010.

18th January 2007 (Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs )

People offsetting their carbon emissions will soon be able to do so with greater clarity and certainty with the development of a voluntary standard for offsetting, released for public consultation today.

Environment Secretary David Miliband said the standard and associated code of practice would raise the bar for the offsetting industry.

"Offsetting isn't the answer to climate change. The first step should always be to see how we can avoid and reduce emissions - through thinking about how we use energy in our homes and businesses, and the way we travel.

"However, some emissions can't or won't be avoided. That's where offsetting has a role to play. It's a way of compensating for the emissions produced with an equivalent carbon saving."

MUMBAI, KOLKATA, February 26, 2007: A batch of 204 Singur residents today took a test, conducted by Tata Motors and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC). Those who qualify and meet necessary criteria will be provided with advanced training to enhance their employability.

 This is the third round of test, since the initiative to select Singur residents and enhance their employability through courses tailored as per their education qualifications began in December 2006. All the candidates had earlier registered with the WBIDC.

 The batch of 204 candidates included those Singur inmates who had earlier been placed by the WBIDC at the Ramakrishna Mission Shilpa Mandir (Belur) for exposure to different industrial skills, and those candidates who did not qualify in the tests held for Industrial Training Institute (ITI)-trained candidates on December 25, 2006, and February 10, 2007.