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RSS hullDisaster fighters link up with £2m tool
News The NRE was born out of the need for a more effective and secure way of sharing information on protecting against and dealing with national emergencies, identified by government departments and emergency response groups in the wake of... [10 Dec 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.08
Round-Up In the past, the MI6 used to recruit spies by tracking students with the right 'qualifications' as they made their way through the country's top universities: Oxford, Cambridge or Hull (as Blackadder would have it). [03 Oct 2008]
Photos: Exploring virtual shipwrecks
Photo Organisations specialising in archaeology, underwater exploration, virtual reality and digital data preservation, including the University of Hull, are working on the project to map out the shipwrecks around Europe's... [25 Sep 2008]
Hull City Council Leverages Spatial Assets to Boost Responsiveness and Transform Disaster Management
White Paper Hull City Council wanted to maximize use of location-based asset information for users within council departments and the general public and comply with the "Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology"... [21 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo No unnecessary fittings are permitted, leaving the carbon fibre hull exposed. She has a shallow hull and is designed to plane on the water, lessening drag, and surf the 40m-high Antarctic waves,... [02 May 2008]
Engineering Bureau Muhlhoff, a Pioneer in the Use of 3D for Ship Design, Uses NX to Advance the State of the Art in Europe
White Paper Engineering Bureau Muhlhoff wanted to speed the design of complex ship hulls and improve the accuracy of hull shapes delivered to customers. As a result ship hull design time reduced by 25 to 45 percent,... [15 Jan 2008]
Eurostar links up with UK train operators
News The first seven UK rail operators to be linked are Chiltern Railways, East Midlands Trains, First Capital Connect, Hull Trains, London Midland, National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains. International train company... [04 Jan 2008]
Revealed: Top UK base for IT businesses
News London came in at position number 26 - with smaller cities such as Hull, Nottingham and Stoke-on-Trent all beating the nation's capital in the rankings. Manchester has the most to offer UK IT companies hunting for a head... [26 Sep 2007]
Cities rise to the £7m digital challenge
Case Study Out of 80 entrants, 10 finalists have been shortlisted, including Birmingham (as lead authority), Bristol City, Ealing, Kingston upon Hull, Manchester City, Milton Keynes, Norfolk County, Nottingham City and... [01 Oct 2006]
Apprentice winner takes on PC recycling
News Michelle Dewberry, the 26-year-old telecoms consultant from Hull, will head up Sugar's Xenon Green company - a new business that will dispose of companies' unwanted computer equipment in an environmentally friendly fashion. [11 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.03.06
Round-Up At the time it was noted by one contributor to the survey that Hull's very existence represented "a sad story of unemployment, teenage pregnancy, heroin addiction, crime, violence and rampant self-neglect". [10 Mar 2006]
Kingston Communications - for sale for £400m?
News Any acquisition will need the official approval of Hull City Council, which owns 31 per cent of the company. Kingston Communications looks set to be the next telco to be bought. According to reports, US private-equity... [14 Nov 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Convergence here at last?
Comment Kingston Communications possesses expertise in carrier services, enterprise voice and contact centres, having long since extended beyond its humbler formation in 1904 as the local telephony provider in Hull. [14 Jan 2005]
Kingston and Durex seal the deal
News Hull-based Kingston Communications has beaten off competition from BT to win a £1m contract to provide voice and data services for Durex manufacturer SSL. The two-year deal will see Kingston connect SSL International to... [13 Feb 2004]
Boardroom Despatches: Fear of failure
Comment We all know about the successful flotation of the UK's 'other incumbent', up in Hull, and there were various contract wins coming in even through the lean times. Too often UK bosses are stigmatised when they fall short. [23 Sep 2003]
