WORK has begun on building the first anaerobic digestion plant attached to a food factory in Wales.

InSource Energy marked the start of work on the plant at Premier Foods’ RF Brookes ready-meals factory in Rogerstone, Newport, with a ceremony attended by Environ- ment Minister Jane Davidson.

The £5m facility will convert RF Brookes’ food waste into energy to help power the factory, which supplies ready meals to Marks & Spencer, providing significant savings in waste disposal and energy bills and reducing carbon emissions by around 8,500 tonnes per year.

WRAP Cymru (Waste and Resources Action Programme) provided a grant of £0.5m to part-fund the project under a programme supported by the Welsh Assembly Government to promote anaerobic digestion.

Construction will finish by the end of this year with the plant fully operational early next year.

John Scott, managing director of InSource Energy, said: “InSource Energy has worked closely with Premier Foods over the last two years to bring this exciting project to fruition, with vital support from the Welsh Assembly Government and WRAP Cymru.

“We look forward to delivering many similar projects with other UK food and drink manufacturers wishing to achieve the cost and environmental benefits of implementing this sustainable solution to the treatment of their biodegradable waste.”

RF Brookes managing director Phil Coles said: “Premier Foods is committed to embedding sustainability throughout our business operations. We’ve set a c

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The resounding effects of the economic downturn have some workers making healthier choices when it comes to lunch breaks and smoking habits during the work day. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 47 percent of workers report they have been packing a lunch more often to eat healthier or help save money. When it comes to smoking habits, 44 percent of workers who smoke said they are more likely to quit smoking given today’s economic conditions.

In addition, one-in-five said that they have decreased the number of times they smoke during the work day (21 percent) or actually quit altogether (20 percent). T

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You can use different types of mortgages, for example fixed rate mortgages and variable rate mortgages. As you understand from their names, fixed rate mortgages are those where the amount of the monthly mortgage payment remains the same throughout the term of the mortgage until the end of this period. On the other hand variable rate mortgages change throughout the life of the home mortgage.

Well, the people’s opinions seems divide about better type of mortgage and is mainly based on the preferences of the person who receives the mortgage. However, the general rule is that you must choose a variable rate mortgage if you plan to live in the house for a shorter period. Read more…

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In your life you make different investments, in the stock market or a purchase, and like any of them, you should know all details at first. Read more…

From CareerBuilder.com:

Job market will “stay the course” in second half of 2010, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today

Hiring in the second half of 2010 is likely to mirror the first half, according to CareerBuilder and USA TODAY’s latest nationwide survey of employers. Forty-one percent of hiring managers plan to hire in the months of July through December. One-in-five plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the third quarter, similar to the previous two quarters. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 18 to June 3, 2010. More t

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