Tired of waiting for a long time before being treated or operated in their own country, foreigners, especially Europeans, prefer Turkish medical institutions because of their fast and quality procedure.
Turkey is ranked fourth on the global health tourism list in terms of number of patients served and third in terms of revenue generated.
“Some 756,000 healthy tourists were welcomed in 2017, generating US $ 7.2 billion,” said Emin Çakmak, founding president of the Turkish Healthcare Travel Council.
Citing the advanced oncology equipment used in Turkey, he praised the serious investments in the healthcare industry over the past 15 years, which have completely improved Turkey’s infrastructure and technology.
In order to advance the currently booming health tourism, the Turkish government announced a series of new regulations and investment incentives for the sector last month.
According to Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal, the recently enacted Value Added Tax (VAT) rules provide VAT exemption for foreign patients in Turkey who receive services in this sector. p >
Turkey, which has achieved a higher level of success with the concept it has created in the sector in recent years, saw a 31% increase in health tourism in 2017, at a time when the The country’s economy is struggling with the depreciation of the Turkish lira.
“Health and care for the elderly is a very expensive business, many countries are looking for ways to reduce the high costs: with its sunshine, qualified medical facilities, staff and spa facilities, Turkey is a great opportunity ”, according to Agbal.
For 2018, Turkey’s medical tourism industry aims to attract 800,000 patients and $ 8 billion in revenue, with East Asia being one of the most promising markets.
According to Çakmak, Turkey welcomed 200 Chinese tourists for aesthetic or anti-aging therapies in 2017, and expects 1,000 Chinese tourists this year because the cost is 50% lower than in Switzerland and the United States.
In fact, treatments exist in almost every area of medicine, whether it’s organ transplants, cardiovascular treatments, obesity, or eye surgery.
“I had to wait up to a year in the Netherlands to have cataract surgery, but here it was done in a few days and I’m really happy with the result,” said Joost Van der Bosh, a foreign patient who underwent surgery in the city of Antalya, southern Turkey.
Turkey has also become a pioneer in hair transplantation, with people from over 70 countries seeking hair implant services in the transcontinental country.
“Turkey is one of the leading countries in the world in hair transplantation, and our doctors specializing in health tourism have serious skills,” said Özlem Safiye Kurt, tourism professional medical.
Turkey’s quality and success in hair implantation has attracted great interest from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE in the Middle East, as well as Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France.
According to Kurt, tourists receive hair transplant services in Turkey at half the price than in their own countries.
“We have had thousands of patients from Europe over the past five years and some of them have come back to have fuller hair,” said a representative from the clinic in Istanbul.
“The treatment fee also covers a two-night stay in a hotel for patients who want to sightsee in Istanbul, the historic heart of Turkey,” she added.
In addition to good coordination between several ministries, the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines, with an increasing number of destinations, also contributes significantly to the flourishing sector.
“Turkish Airlines flies to over 300 destinations, which makes it a great asset, as patients can also obtain visas online, which makes it easier to travel,” Çakmak said.
The hair transplant business is growing around the world. Turkey has established itself as one of the must-see destinations for this hair surgery. Tourists come from all over the world to perform hair interventions in private clinics. There are several reasons for this.
Turkey, a tourist destination, but not only
Turkey is renowned for being one of the major tourist destinations in Europe. Every year, millions of tourists go there to have a good time. It must be recognized that it is an attractive destination which has many tourist attractions. The magnificent city of Istanbul, its palaces and mosques, Izmir, the seaside resorts of Antalya and Bodrum… are exceptional sites to discover. But in recent years, this country has not only stood out for its tourist attractions. Another kind of tourism is gaining in importance in the country. This concerns in particular hair tourism. Many foreigners come to this country just to do a hair transplant. On the front line, we find Europeans from Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland … Foreigners from Saudi Arabia are also well represented.
Why has Turkey become an essential destination for hair tourism?
If Turkey is in a good position in the field of hair tourism, it is no coincidence. It should be noted that this country has several assets that make it an essential destination for hair tourism. First of all, there is the fact that Turkish clinics specializing in hair transplants offer a quality service. Indeed, this service sometimes has nothing to envy to that practiced in France. Hair interventions are performed by professionals. These surgeons are also experienced and use advanced technology. In addition to the quality of service, it should also be added that the prices charged in this country are cheaper compared to other countries. The price of a hair transplant in Turkey is sometimes 2 to 3 times cheaper than in France.
In addition, once your hair transplant is complete, you will have the opportunity to visit the chic places of this country.
Ultimately, Turkey has different strengths that make it a prime destination for anyone who wants to have a hair transplant. Renowned clinics, cutting-edge technology, competent and experienced surgeons, affordable rates… All the conditions are met.
Thanks to attractive services, hair transplants bring in more than one billion euros to the Turkish economy.
It’s not the bats, it’s Istanbul’s bat tourists. You inevitably come across them in the vicinity of the many hotels and restaurants in the small streets adjacent to Taksim Square. A band of white gauze around the head often replaces their usual scarf. Their skulls are still pitted with blood-red spots, sometimes purplish with a hematoma. The upper part of the face – the eyes included – is more or less swollen. They are distinguished by their dialect in Arabic: Iraqis, Saudis, Moroccans or other. They are between 35 and 55 years old. Most of the time, we see them at tables or walking in the streets with women and children. Because they often come with their families to extend the main purpose of their trip with a tourist stay: the fight against baldness.
Hair transplantation operations attract more than 100,000 men every year, the vast majority from Arab countries, to the shores of the Bosporus. Among them 30,000 Saudis who reportedly made the trip in 2016. Khaled, 36, is one of them. He had followed the example and advice of his older brother and two of his colleagues at a bank in Jeddah, where he lives. “This decision, which I made after a lot of hesitation, is one of the best of my life,” said the Saudi. “I am relieved every day looking at myself in the mirror. Before, the top of my bald head made me at least ten years old. I very rarely went out bareheaded, ”says the one who wore the traditional keffiyeh most often, like most men in the Wahhabi kingdom. Visibly satisfied with the results of the intervention on his hairstyle, he also praises the reception and medical conditions of the Istanbul clinic where he was operated.
On their Arabic page, Turkish hair transplant establishments compete to promote their medical skills. But also the offer of support services to their clients in the Middle East, as well as the postoperative insurance and guarantees they offer. They highlight their long experience, the good results confirmed by the before and after photos, the testimonials of those who “trusted them”.
Three to five day packages sometimes include the hotel. Usually, a welcome at the airport and a driver for the round trips on the day of the operation are also included. Not to mention the control visit twenty-four to forty-eight hours later. The implantation techniques are detailed, illustrated on the websites. Under local anesthesia and with about 20 injections into the skull, it takes between four and seven hours of operation, depending on the extent of the baldness. The follicles are first removed from the hairy areas, often at the back of the head. Then they are implanted on the smooth skull. “The pain is negligible and all it takes is a simple pain reliever for the next two days to not feel it,” they boast in advertising brochures.
The cost ranges from 1,000 to 2,500 euros, depending on the clinic and the size of the operation. “I paid a third of what I was asked to do in Jeddah for the same procedure,” says Khaled. Even counting the travel and the hotel stay, I’m still a winner. ”
The advantageous prices of flights from various Arab cities to Istanbul, added to the fact that most nationals of these countries do not need a visa to enter Turkey, contribute to the unprecedented rise of clinics Turkish. There are almost 400 of them in Istanbul alone.
This minor male surgery, which has become an industry, brings in more than 1 billion euros to the Turkish economy. It also has a ripple effect for other cosmetic procedures. Arab women accompanying their husbands for a hair implantation in Istanbul are increasingly tempted by liposuction of the hips. Or a nose reduction.


Solar energy took off when it came up with a way for customers to buy-in with no upfront costs. Will no-money down microgrids capture the same kind of mass market appeal?
Schneider Electric, a major player in the microgrid space, thinks so. The Massachusetts-based company is modeling the approach with a microgrid to be installed at its new 240,000 square-foot North American headquarters near Boston.
“To get to the mass market, you’ve got to make it simple for end users,” said Mark Feasel, vice president of Schneider Electric’s Electric Utility Segment & Smart Grid.
The no-money down microgrid fits in with a growing list of ‘tail winds’ accelerating microgrids that Feasel described in a recent interview with Microgrid Knowledge. Other include the recent, favorable Supreme Court decision for demand response and the extension of the federal tax credit for solar, he said.
No money-down microgrids make a lot of sense in terms of market conditions, according to Feasel. Investors are increasingly willing to back microgrids. But most commercial and industrial (C&I) customers aren’t interested in getting involved in the arbitrage and other financial plays that enhance microgrid economics. Nor do they want to make a large capital outlay unless the return on investment is under three years.
Unsophisticated in energy markets, the typical micogrid customer instead just wants to pay for energy or related services – a cents/kWh charge that’s lower than what the utility charges, or higher but adds benefits the organization seeks, like reliability or sustainability, he said.
It was this sentiment that gave rise to the very popular solar power purchase agreement for C&I customers.
Feasel said that investor attitude has evolved over the last year to pave the way for microgrid PPAs.
“The people with the money are increasingly willing to internalize risk.” In particular, they are becoming more willing to wrap various technologies into the microgrid PPA, such as energy storage and switchgears. So those components are no longer out-of-pocket capital costs for the customer.


PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AND EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY: DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES
Reducing Economic, Environmental, Health, and Safety Impacts from Consumer Products
The growing product stewardship movement in the United States seeks to ensure that those who design, manufacture, sell, and use consumer products take responsibility for reducing negative impacts to the economy, environment, public health, and worker safety. These impacts can occur throughout the lifecycle of a product and its packaging and are associated with energy and materials consumption, waste generation, toxic substances, greenhouse gases, and other air and water emissions. In a product stewardship approach, manufacturers that design products and specify packaging have the greatest ability, and therefore greatest responsibility, to reduce these impacts by attempting to incorporate the full lifecycle costs into the cost of doing business.
The terms product stewardship and extended producer responsibility (EPR) are often used differently by stakeholders involved in the product stewardship movement. The purpose of this page is to harmonize terminology in the U.S. and to guide development of policies, legislation, and other initiatives by governments, companies, and other organizations. By speaking the same language, we can have a constructive public discussion.
We use the following definitions for product stewardship and EPR. Since we define EPR as a legislative approach, we believe it requires further clarification and therefore developed the subsequent Principles of Extended Producer Responsibility.
Product Stewardship is the act of minimizing health, safety, environmental and social impacts, and maximizing economic benefits of a product and its packaging throughout all lifecycle stages. The producer of the product has the greatest ability to minimize adverse impacts, but other stakeholders, such as suppliers, retailers, and consumers, also play a role. Stewardship can be either voluntary or required by law.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a mandatory type of product stewardship that includes, at a minimum, the requirement that the producer’s responsibility for their product extends to post-consumer management of that product and its packaging. There are two related features of EPR policy: (1) shifting financial and management responsibility, with government oversight, upstream to the producer and away from the public sector; and (2) providing incentives to producers to incorporate environmental considerations into the design of their products and packaging.
PRINCIPLES OF EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
The following EPR Principles include key elements that should be included in all EPR legislation. Although these Principles will be applied differently by different jurisdictions, they are aspirational and considered best practice to achieve maximum results.
- Producer Responsibility
- Producers are required to design, manage, and finance programs for end-of-life management of their products and packaging as a condition of sale. These programs may or may not use existing collection and processing infrastructure. Programs should cover all products in a given category, including those from companies no longer in business and from companies that cannot be identified.
- Level Playing Field
- All producers within a particular product category have the same requirements, whether they choose to meet them individually or jointly with other producers.
- Producers have flexibility to design the product management system to meet the performance goals established by government, with minimum government involvement.
- Producer-managed systems must follow the resource conservation hierarchy of reduce, reuse, recycle, and beneficially use, as appropriate.
- Products must be managed in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment.
- Producers design and implement public education programs to ensure achievement of performance goals and standards established by government.
- All consumers have convenient access to collection opportunities without charge.
- Transparency and Accountability
- Government is responsible for ensuring that producer programs are transparent and accountable to the public.
- Producer programs, including their development and the fate of products managed, provide opportunity for input by all stakeholders.
- Roles for Government, Retailers and Consumers
- Government is responsible for ensuring a level playing field for all parties in the product value chain to maintain a competitive marketplace with open access to all, for setting and enforcing performance goals and standards, for supporting industry programs through procurement, and for helping educate the public.
- Retailers only sell brands within a covered product category that are made by producers participating in an industry program, and are responsible for providing information to consumers on how to access the programs.
- Consumers have a responsibility to reduce waste, reuse products, use take-back and other collection programs, and make appropriate purchasing decisions based on available information about product impacts and benefits.


Mr. Bryan Brady has been appointed Vice President of Sales at Microboard Processing, Inc. (Microboard). In this role, Mr. Brady will manage Microboard’s customer relationships, including the development of new revenue sources for the company.
Mr. Brady brings to the role an extensive background in sales and corporate account management, having joined the Microboard team from Avnet, Inc. where he spent almost 30 years in the electronics distribution industry focusing on the defense/aerospace market.
Bryan brings to Microboard 30 years of strategic electronic component and military industry experience, which aligns extremely well as Microboard continually enhances our leading-edge manufacturing strategy with the most advanced equipment, software and employees, serving the world’s most high complexity, high reliability sectors in the defense, aerospace, telecom, medical and industrial sectors,” said Microboard President & CEO Nicole Russo.
Mr. Brady also has experience in proposal development, contract negotiations, asset management, product marketing, and business unit leadership with P/L responsibility. Mr. Brady has served on various industry boards and working groups in the electronics industry. He serves on the Arizona State Board of Education’s Business Marketing Education Advisory Council and is an elected board member of the DECA Foundation. Mr. Brady holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from UCLA and is married with three children.


GTA real estate market on pace for another year of record-breaking sales
Monday Mar 20th, 2017
Toronto real estate agent Elli Davis just closed a “bully offer” for $300,000 over a $2.65 million listing price, a type of deal she’s making more often in the busiest market she’s seen in nearly 30 years.
The increasingly competitive Greater Toronto Area real estate market is on pace for another year of record-breaking sales and double-digit price growth as buyers bid aggressively for the few houses on the market. Sales in the first quarter of 2016 rose 15.8 per cent from the opening three months of last year, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board.
Davis, a Royal Lepage agent in upscale central Toronto, said a lack of housing supply is pushing more buyers to make hard-to-resist deals days before the seller is slated to accept bids. These are also known as bully offers.
“There were no conditions and the owner said ‘thank you very much, I’ll take it,’” she said of the home that went for $300,000 over asking.
The 10,326 homes sold in March was a 16.2-per-cent increase from the year earlier and accounted for nearly half the 22,575 homes that changed hands in the first quarter.
The average selling price across all housing types in the Greater Toronto Area rose 12.1 per cent year-over-year in March to $688,181.
The market could have experienced even stronger sales growth if it were not constrained by a deficit of new listings, said Jason Mercer, TREB’s director of market analysis.
“That’s why we’re seeing strong increases in selling prices, yet on the other side, if we did see more listings come online, they’d be absorbed in short order because of pent-up demand,” he said.
“I think the first quarter certainly suggests that we could be on track for another record year and likely the only thing that could slow that down is if we continue to see a dip in listings.”
The number of new listings was down compared to the same period last year, meaning there were more buyers competing for fewer homes. The number of homes listed for sale in the first quarter fell to its lowest level for a first quarter in at least 12 years, according to an analysis by National Bank.
A competition among buyers for fewer homes often results in bidding wars that drive prices higher. In March, the average detached GTA home inched closer to the $1 million mark, sitting at $910,375.
Davis said she is astounded at the prices. Nearly half of the 23 agents’ open houses listed for Tuesday in Toronto’s central core were for properties valued between $3.5 million and $16.8 million, she said.
Toronto is a seller’s market, with sales-to-new-listing ratios hovering around 70 per cent — the highest ratio since the 2008-2009 recession, said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO.
He doesn’t see this abating any time soon as strong job and population growth in the GTA will continue to drive demand, while few new detached homes are being built.
“This has been more of a sustained gradual increase in demand and no new supply coming on board, so this is probably going to persist longer than back in 2009.”
Davis said the market is stronger now than it was coming out of the recession, adding she’s the busiest she’s been since 1989.
“We didn’t have a terrible winter, I think that helped, mortgage rates helped, and demand is high and supply is low,” she said.
“All those things together make a busy time.”
Source: Toronto Star


Creating uncontested market space. Explanation of Blue Ocean Strategy of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.
What is Blue Ocean Strategy? Description
Rather than competing within the confines of the existing industry or trying to steal customers from rivals (Bloody or Red Ocean Strategy) W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne are suggesting Blue Ocean Strategy: developing uncontested market space that makes the competition irrelevant.
According to Kim and Mauborgne in the HBR of October 2004, competing in overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is: to create blue oceans of uncontested market space.
Competitive Advantage critique
Of course competition is important. But by focusing on competition and competitive advantage, according to Kim and Mauborgne, scholars, companies, and consultants have ignored two very important – and far more lucrative – aspects of strategy:
* To find and develop blue oceans, and
* To exploit and protect blue oceans. These challenges are very different from those to which strategists have devoted most of their attention.
In blue oceans demand is created, rather than fought over. There is ample opportunity for growth that is both profitable and rapid.
Two ways to create blue oceans
1. One is to launch completely new industries, as eBay did with online auctions.
2. It is more common for a blue ocean to be created from within a red ocean when a company expands the boundaries of an existing industry.
Certainly Kim and Mauborgne deserve credits for having made the point of the over-focus on competitive advantage and also for their beautiful metaphor of the two types of oceans.
Book: W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne – Blue Ocean Strategy


Jamaican Blue Mountain
Sorry out of stock but here is lots of information
Considered by some to be the ultimate coffee. This is a crop of very limited yield grown in the small Blue Mountain range in Jamaica. There are very few farms in Jamaica that are “Certified” to become the Famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee. All the farms, and the coffee produced are all inspected, by the Jamaican Coffee Board, before any coffee is labeled as Certified Blue Mountain. This is done at the end of the processing of the coffee at one of the few certified processing centers.
Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is highly prized in countries like Japan which buys almost 90% of the coffee crop each year. Established in the 1960’s the Jamaican Coffee Board was formed to oversee the production of Jamaican Coffee and give each it’s label as either being Blue Mountain or what is called High Mountain. The High Mountain coffee is still Jamaican Coffee, it is just not up to the rigorious standards to be considered Blue Mountain Coffee.
There are currently only a few Estates that are considered Certified Blue Mountain. They are the Wallenford Estate located on the North side of the Blue Mountains. There is the Barron Hall Estate is a farm of around 650 Acres of coffee production. There is also the Mavis Bank farms, which comprise a number of various farms all high in the mountians overlooking Kingston.
Kebble Munn is the man behind Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Prior to his becoming the Minster of Agriculture and the formation of the Jamaican Coffee Board, coffee production was not up to the standards it is today. His expertise in agriculture, marketing and coffee helped bring Jamaican coffee back up to the standards we see today. It is safe to say that Mr Munn is the man behind the Blue Mountian Coffee we all ennoy today.
Why is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is the most sought after coffee in the world? Looking at the history of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee it is quickly understood that the heritage of this unique coffee is as rich and bold as its flavor. The story goes, that in the early 1700’s, King Louis XV of France had some coffee plants that made their way to his colony, Martinique. Along the way on its journey from France to the Caribbean island of Martinique two of the plants perished. The third plant was later given to the former Governor of Jamaica sir Nicholas Lawes as a gift by the Governor of Martinique. The supurb climatic conditions, natural potash and soil rich in nitrogen and phosphorus enabled the Jamaican coffee crop to expand quickly. Soon coffee was being cultivated from Temple Hall in St. Andrew to the Blue Mountains, to St. Elizabeth, Manchester and St. Ann. By the mid 1700’s, coffee exportation began. By the early 1800s there were over 600 coffee plantations on the island.
Not without its share of adversities, the Jamaican Coffee Industry suffered through many hardships. Labor shortages in the early 20th put a massive strain on the cultivation and exportation of the product. The industry also saw total production cessation for two years following land fall of Hurricane Gilbert in the 1990’s. Through all this, the industry continued to provide Jamaican Farmers with an excellent source of income.
In the early days of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee Canada was the largest importer of the product. Then in the mid 1940’s a decline in quality led the Canadian government to cut off the importation. This was a devastating blow by any measure to the Jamaican farmers and the industry itself. This drastic decision was met with swift and drastic reaction on the part of the Jamaican government which one year later in response, established the CCCH or Central Coffee Clearing House, later to be replaced by the Jamiacan Coffee Board. The branch was setup as a quality control mechanism to grade, clean and inspect all coffee products bound for export. This move raised the standard for Jamaican Coffee. Later in the 1950’s, the Jamaica Coffee Growers established their own system of governance – the CIB or Coffee Industry Board which would pick up where the CCCH left off. This group developed the standards by which Jamaican coffee is grown, harvested, processed and marketed.
Annual production of Jamaican Coffee now stands at approximately 6.6 million pounds. A large percentage is exported to Japan with the balance going to the local, US and UK markets.


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Recycled rubber from end-of-life tyres for a circular economy and sustainable growth
Promix is a high-tech company specialized in the coating of PFU rubber granules, created with a great aim: to meet the specific needs of the synthetic grass world by creating a system of production and sustainable development.
We have a plant at the forefront of technology, born from the specific research of the sector, capable of producing high quantities of products and meeting the needs of customers in a timely manner, where 8,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres are recovered annually and converted into performance rubber infills. Promix is not only high production capacity. Since 2000, we have been engaged in the constant pursuit of environmental performance and strict ecological regulations. The packaging is made in two different variants: the standard bag 1200Kg and the comfortable bag 25kg.
The versatility of rubber born from the recycling of end-of-life tyres allows it to be used in the construction of sports floors in numerous applications such as:
- Flooring for football fields
- Paving for rugby fields
- Pavements for riding
- Track and field
- Flooring for tennis court
- Paving for paddle tennis court
- Floor coverings for playgrounds
- Street furniture
Research, Development and Certifications for the good of the environment and the economy
All production processes are subject to strict quality controls. Laboratory analyses include the control of the grain size of the unfinished product and the finished product and several tests to which the material is subjected: the wear test, the UV test and the resilience test.
The company has been certified according to the UNI EN ISO 9001 standard, relating to the quality management system and the UNI EN ISO 14001 standard, relating to the environmental management system. Our granule from PFU is a product derived from the Ecopneus certified supply chain that guarantees the quality and the high characteristics of the second raw materials resulting from the recovery from PFU.


Pomeroy Dairy is owned and operated by siblings Rachel and Randy, fourth generation farmers. Growing up on the farm, Rachel was the animal lover and Randy was always tinkering with some piece of equipment. After going away to college, we have been fortunate enough to be able to make full-time jobs out of things we enjoyed as kids. Rachel now takes most jobs working with the cows and creamery, while Randy primarily handles field work and equipment.
Our Westfield farm started when L. Ralph Pomeroy purchased the property in the 1930's. He did a little bit of everything with the farm name L.R. Pomeroy & sons, from apples and sweet corn to maple syrup and milking cows. Over the years, he was joined by two of his sons, Lew and Seth, and his grand-son Harlow. Eventually, the farm started to focus on milking cows, shipping milk to Agri-Mark (makers of Cabot cheese).
Today, we still ship the majority of our milk to Cabot. Processing what we can on farm to make the delicious cheese curds, yogurt and cream cheese we sell in our farm store.


Dublin, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The “Whey Protein (Powder and Concentrate) Market – Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunities and Forecast 2021-2026” report was added to ResearchAndMarkets.com offer.
The global whey protein market is expected to show strong growth during the period 2021-2026. Whey makes up almost 20% of the protein content of cow’s milk and is considered beneficial for the human body. It offers many health benefits such as building muscle, promoting fat loss, repairing muscle tissue, reducing stress and inflammation, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels. , disease prevention and overall health promotion. Some of the factors that are increasing the demand for whey protein are inflating disposable income, increasing demand from developing markets, and the emerging trend to consume protein drinks. Looking ahead, the publisher expects the global whey protein (powder and concentrate) market to grow at a CAGR of around 9% during the forecast period (2021-2026).
Global Whey Protein Market Drivers:
Due to the increasing prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases and increasing consumer health awareness, people are now joining gyms and fitness centers. As protein supplements are often recommended in these centers, the demand for whey protein is proliferating at a rapid rate.
As whey protein has antibacterial and antihypertensive properties, it finds applications in the food industry to prepare snacks, cereals, chocolates, beverages, infant formula, dairy products and bakery items. With increasing global population and changing eating habits of people, food industry is experiencing robust growth which in turn is catalyzing the growth of whey protein market.
Unlike other dairy products, the shelf life of whey protein is comparatively longer, allowing it to last for months while retaining its original properties. Plus, since whey protein is usually available in powder form, it can be easily transported from one place to another.
Breakdown by product type:
On the basis of type, the market has been segmented into Whey Protein Concentrates, Isolates, and Hydrolysates. Currently, whey protein isolate is the most popular type of product because it is one of the fast absorbing sources of protein that helps build lean muscle.
Breakdown by application:
On the basis of applications, the market has been categorized into food and beverage, nutritional and pharmaceutical products, animal feed applications, and others. Of these, the nutrition and pharmacy segment accounts for the majority of the market share.
Geographically, the European Union occupies a leading position in the world whey protein market. This can be attributed to the growing awareness of the health benefits of whey protein among the population in the region. It is followed by North America, Oceania, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
The global whey protein market is fragmented in nature due to the presence of many small and large manufacturers competing with each other on price and quality. Some of these key players include:
This report provides an in-depth overview of the global Whey Protein industry covering all of its essential aspects. It ranges from macro market overview to micro details of industry performance, recent trends, key market drivers and challenges, SWOT analysis, Porter’s five forces analysis, ‘value chain analysis, etc. The report also provides complete analysis for setting up Whey Protein Manufacturing Plant. The study analyzes processing and manufacturing requirements, project cost, project financing, project economics, expected returns on investment, profit margins, etc. This report is must-read for entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, consultants, business strategists, and anyone with any interest in or planning to make a foray into the whey protein industry in any way. .
Key questions addressed in this report:
How has the global whey protein market performed so far and how will it perform in the years to come?
What are the key regional markets in the Global Whey Protein Market?
What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global whey protein market?
What are the main application segments in the global whey protein market?
What are the major types of products in the global whey protein market?
What are the price trends for whey protein?
What are the different stages in the global whey protein industry value chain?
What are the major drivers and challenges for the global Whey Protein Industry?
What is the structure of the global whey protein market and who are the major players?
How competitive is the global whey protein market?
What are the profit margins in the global whey protein market?
What are the key requirements for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
How is whey protein made?
What are the different unit operations involved in a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What is the total area of ââland required for the establishment of a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the machinery requirements for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the raw material requirements for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the packaging requirements for whey protein?
What are the transport requirements for whey protein?
What are the utility requirements for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the labor requirements to set up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the infrastructure costs for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the investment costs for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What are the operating costs for setting up a whey protein manufacturing plant?
What will be the income and expenses of a whey protein manufacturing plant?
How long does it take to break even?
Main topics covered:
2 Scope and methodology
3 Executive summary
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Whey Protein Industry
5.1 Market overview
5.2 Market performance
5.2.1 Volume trends
5.2.2 Value trends
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Price analysis
5.4.1 Key price indicators
5.4.2 Price structure
5.4.3 Price trends
5.5 Market breakdown by type
5.6 Market Split by Application
5.7 Market breakdown by region
5.8 Market Forecast
5.9 SWOT analysis
5.10 Value chain analysis
5.10.1 Raw material supply
5.10.6 End use
5.11 Porter’s five forces analysis
5.11.2 Bargaining power of buyers
5.11.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
5.11.4 Degree of competition
5.11.5 Threat of new entrants
5.11.6 Threat of Substitutes
5.12 Key success factors and risk factors
6 Market breakdown by type
6.1 Whey protein concentrate
6.1.1 Market trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Whey protein isolate
6.2.1 Market trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Whey protein hydrolysates
6.3.1 Market trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
7 Market split by application
7.1 Food and drinks
7.1.1 Market trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Nutritional products and pharmaceuticals
7.2.1 Market trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Feeding demands
7.3.1 Market trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4.1 Market trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
8 Market breakdown by region
8.1 European Union
8.1.1 Market trends
8.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2 North America
8.2.1 Market trends
8.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.1 Market trends
8.3.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Eastern Europe
8.4.1 Market trends
8.4.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Latin America
8.5.1 Market trends
8.5.2 Market Forecast
8.6.1 Market trends
8.6.2 Market Forecast
9 Competitive landscape
9.1 Market structure
9.2 Key players
10 Whey Protein Manufacturing Process
10.1 Product overview
10.2 Detailed process flow
10.3 Different types of unit operations involved
10.4 Mass balance and raw material requirements
11 Project details, requirements and costs involved
11.1 Land requirements and expenditures
11.2 Construction needs and expenses
11.3 Plant machinery
11.4 Photos of machines
11.5 Raw material requirements and expenditure
11.6 Images of raw materials and finished products
11.7 Packaging requirements and expenses
11.8 Transportation needs and expenses
11.9 Public service needs and expenditures
11.10 Labor requirements and expenses
11.11 Other capital investments
12 Loans and financial assistance
13 Project economics
13.1 Capital cost of the project
13.2 Technical and economic parameters
13.3 Product prices and margins at different levels of the supply chain
13.4 Taxation and depreciation
13.5 Revenue projections
13.6 Expenditure projections
13.7 Financial analysis
13.8 Profit analysis
14 key player profiles
14.1 Arla Foods
14.2 Agropur inc.
14.3 Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc.
14.4 Glanbia Plc
14.5 Kerry Group Plc
14.6 Global dairy specialties
14.7 Leprino Food Company
14.9 Grande Fromagerie
14.10 Lactalis Group
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What is E-Business?
E-business (electronic business) is a term used to describe businesses run on the Internet, or the utilization of Internet technologies to improve the productivity or profitability of a business. E-business is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling, but also servicing customers and collaborating with business partners.
Today, major corporations are rethinking their businesses in terms of the Internet and its new culture and capabilities. Companies are using the Web to conduct sophisticated business transactions such as buying parts and supplies from other companies, collaborating on sales promotions, and carrying out joint research. By exploiting the convenience, availability, and worldwide reach of the Internet, many companies have already discovered how to use the Internet successfully to grow their business.
Is E-Business for Your Business Type?
The reason most companies are getting into e-business is because they are looking for ways to: lower costs, improve efficiency and productivity, and work more efficiently, cheaply, quickly and profitably.
If this sounds attractive to you, then you might want to consider implementing e-business strategies in the day-to-day operation of your business. In order to do so, you will need to answer some basic questions, such as: What will the final cost be? Will fail-safe security measures be ensured? What technical expertise will be required? And, finally, will my return on investment (ROI) in making the move to e-business be worthwhile? These are all relevant questions and/or concerns that must be addressed before a move to e-business should be undertaken. Biyn has answers to these questions and the expertise to provide the solutions that will best serve all your e-business needs.
Biyn can implement customized BI solution for any company of any size. BI (Business Intelligence) solutions refer to technologies, applications, and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information and optimization of business processes.
Biyn can implement
- Relationship Management Systems (RMS)
- Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRMS)
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
- Intranet, Extranet & Member web portals
- Systems Integration
Doing Business Better and Smarter
E-business could be said to be the natural extension of progressive business. It enables you to find better ways to do things so you can build your business. E-business can also lead to a re-assessment and re-alignment of your entire business model. You might be feeling the pressure to improve productivity and to reduce or hold the line on costs in very competitive environments. Or you might be dissatisfied with your rate of growth. Whatever the reason, many companies are looking to re-evaluate how they do business. These pressures are pushing on-line business applications and evolving technologies, which in turn help companies re-engineer their core business processes.
To Answer Your Question
"Is E-business right for your business type?" is not really the right question. Instead, it should be: "How can I use E-business to address my challenges and find growth opportunities?" Now for answer to that question contact us and you will be glad you did.


On Wednesday morning, Shopify announced 2021 Earnings. We always pay close attention to Shopify announcements, as their ebbs and flows tend to be indicators of how the ecommerce industry is doing as a whole. Although some announcements during the call caused Shopify’s stock to tumble, there were a few tidbits Social Bulldog found exciting.
To begin, Shopify expressed the belief that embedding commerce into apps is going to be absolutely critical, with sales from social channels expected to double by 2025. This has been reflected over the past few years, as they’ve worked with Meta to build out Instagram Shops and other features. Shopify discussed their recent introduction of TikTok Shopping, where creators can tag products that land on their TikTok Shop. More than 100,000 merchant creators have installed the TikTok Shopping channel to date.
Perhaps the most exciting news to come out of the earnings call was their announcement of Shopify’s very own fulfillment network. We were nodding along as they said, “Fulfillment is only something that you think about when it’s not going well.” They are building a U.S. distribution network to store and ship products for their merchant customers. This investment will require huge capex dollars, which is a large reason why stock prices dipped post-call.
Shopify hit record revenues in 2021. Their great numbers were a bit overshadowed by the fact that revenue growth decelerated for the third straight quarter in Q4. Their total revenue for the year was up 57% from 2021 at $4,611.9 million (and up 192% from 2019!).
As for 2022, year-over-year revenue growth will be lower in the first quarter of 2022 and highest in the fourth quarter of 2022. Shopify warned that revenue growth will slow as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease up and customers return to brick and mortar. They set expectations as they described a timeline that many businesses experienced in the past few years. One where COVID triggered a large acceleration in 2020 that continued into mid 2021. That acceleration has now decelerated and is continuing to do so.
The earnings call had mixed reviews depending on the listener. For investors, there were red flags as revenue growth slows and expenses increase. For ecommerce businesses, there was excitement for the developments to come, as well as validation that the past three years have been an absolute rollercoaster. We personally can’t wait for that two-day fulfillment network and continued improvements to ecommerce in social channels.


Knauf Insulation was registered in Slovenia in 2007, after the family company Knauf took over the Škofja Loka stone wool insulation producer in 2006 in the process of expanding its isolation division. This has preserved the 60-year tradition of the largest producer of insulating materials in Slovenia. Knauf Insulation has a concentration of knowledge, experience and highly skilled personnel. With over 380 employees in the Knauf Insulation Group, the company produces over 100,000 tons of stone wool insulation annually. The company has the largest production plant in the group and the first with the new advanced technology, which replaces environmentally unfriendly coke with cleaner gas fuels. Knauf Insulation does not apply advanced and innovative approaches only to production processes, they are also a step ahead when it comes to marketing. Here, we offered our knowledge and experience. We created a mobile VR application, which enables Knauf Insulation to present its products in a completely new and unique way.


S1 Vertical in partnership with VertiKal Developments is a dynamic and focused real estate investment, development and services company.
Our Primary Focus
Our primary focus is sourcing, packaging, investing and delivering high quality buildings which enhances living and business environments in their specific property segments. We are passionate about regional economic development through property investment and sustainable projects.
We recognise, value and uphold the intrinsic importance of people as our product end-users and as such integrate our decades of experience, best practice design and urban planning principles into all development from early planning to final delivery. This results in delivering sustainable, class-leading quality real estate assets where people and businesses can enjoy, grow and flourish.
Our Track Record
With over 18 years in the property investment and development segment we have successfully managed and delivered residential, commercial, hospitality, retail and industrial property developments during this period.


(March 2023) A new report looks at the benefits and barriers to town centre living, some examples of good practice and what we can do to make more of it happen in Scotland.
A report on town centre living has been published, led by Scottish Futures Trust, with input from the Scottish Land Commission and Architecture and Design Scotland. The work was steered by a wider group of organisations with interests in town centre regeneration and housing.
The report follows the release of the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Action Plan Review late last year which outlined moves to encourage more people to live in town centres.
Town centre living is a key policy aspiration for the Scottish Government, local authorities and a wide range of other public, private and third sector bodies. It builds upon strong foundations of strategic place planning and supports key principles around inclusion, wellbeing and sustainability.
Sustainable town centres
The report presents the findings of a Short Life Working Group, formed in August 2022 to investigate the issues with, and opportunities for, the delivery of more town centre housing.
It highlights the benefits of bringing more housing and people into our town centres to help support the creation of strong and sustainable places and key policy aims around:
- active travel
- affordable and independent living
- walkable neighbourhoods
- the wellbeing economy
- net zero
- the re-use of existing built assets
Town centre living can underpin the resilience of many of Scotland’s places, but it needs to be done in a way that delivers the right homes, in the right places, for the right reasons.
The most attractive towns – from a town centre living perspective – are those that offer good physical environments and green spaces in safe and attractive places with good transport and other services, and a mix of housing choices.
This approach supports the Scottish Government’s ambitions for 20-minute neighbourhoods, where people can meet their needs within a 20-minute walk from their house - enabling people to live better, healthier lives and supporting net zero ambitions, and aligns with many of the principles set out in our work on carbon conscious places.
Learning from town centre living projects in Scotland
The report includes a number of examples of successful town centre living projects that have, or are being, delivered across Scotland, and that have broad applicability and an approach that could, at least in part, be replicated elsewhere.
Projects like Midsteeple Quarter in Dumfries, which involved the redevelopment of a full town centre block to create a new mixed-use neighbourhood in existing and new buildings for residential (c. 60 flats), commercial and community spaces. The development is being led by a community benefit society with funding from a cocktail of public/ private/ philanthropic investments.
Abbey Quarter in Paisley where c. 150 new build homes are being delivered in a development that has preserved, reused and revitalised a prominent listed building at the heart of the town centre.
And recently completed housing at Primrose Street in Alloa, which involved the redevelopment of a long-term vacant site to enable delivery of new town centre living housing designed for elderly tenants who want a better option for independent living. There the town centre location was a key priority to maintain access for residents to services and public transport.
The report includes examples of successful town centre living projects in Scotland such as the award-winning Primrose Street development in Alloa, which meets the needs of an ageing population and provides positive impact on the surrounding area.
Town centre living projects like these can deliver substantial benefits to our towns and town centres, helping to create active and attractive places and delivering wellbeing. With less reliance on private car transport, for example, these wider benefits might include better physical and mental health for residents due to increased levels of walking.
The caring place work suggests important issues to consider for our towns and town centres to address ageing in place - including care and housing provision, sustainability and transport to amenities, and accessibility - as part of a person-centred, whole-place approach in line with the Place Principle.
Building on this work, and our work on carbon conscious places, we provided support to Clackmannanshire Council working with Scottish Futures Trust and the Alva community on the Alva Pathfinder project.
The pilot project tested the role of collaboration in providing a ‘whole place’ brief and a catalyst for town centre regeneration, turning a housing initiative into a multi-faceted community project linked to a series of subtle stitching and repair projects across Alva town centre.
The report makes a number of recommendations for continuation of the work of the Town Centre Living Working Group. In the immediate term there is an opportunity to support project officers (from public and private sectors) to take a collaborative whole place approach to the development and delivery of town centre living to help build skills and expertise, and develop an evidence base for town centre living.
How we can help
Architecture and Design Scotland champion’s a whole place collaborative approach by working with local authorities, design teams, communities and key stakeholders. We provide design advice on projects across a variety of scales and typologies, including town centres and housing. If you would like to explore how we can help, please get in touch with us.


Registration now open for the Annual Energy Transition Conference in Berlin
On June 30th, 2016, the interdisciplinary annual conference of the Leibniz Research Association on Energy Transition will take place between 10:00 – 18:00 in the Social Science Center in Berlin. (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Reichpietschufer 50)
The IPN, as a member of the Energy Transition group, will also be actively contributing to this group of topics.
Between the priorities of centralized and decentralized structures, decisive questions relating to a reorientation of the German Energy system are currently being posed. This is equally valid for issues focusing on market design such as the reframing of special contexts and the handling of distribution issues. Which functional connections are meaningful for different energy markets? Which actors are or are not integrated in these markets? Which scopes of action and local identities could arise or be minimalized as a result of decentralization? What seems meaningful from an economical or technologically feasible perspective can run contrary (and vice versa) to issues such as spatial development or social cohesion.
The conference will explore challenges which arise in practice between the poles of central and decentral structures. Moreover, possibilities to encounter these challenges from a technological, political, regulatory and civic perspective will be discussed. Four sessions will be dedicated to the following topics:
A: Coordination through (de-) centralised markets?
B: Social splitting as a result of (de-) centralisation?
C: Which role does power-to-X play in (de-) centralised energy systems?
D: New spaces and transformed use of land in (de-) centralised energy systems?
In a concluding panel discussion, the following guests will discuss the conference topic:
Dr Patrick Graichen, MD, Agora Energiewende
Dr René Mono, CEO, Bündnis BürgerEnergie e.V.
Dr Dr Tobias Paulun, Board member of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) AG (requested)
Dr Oliver Weinmann, Head of innovation Management, Vattenfall Europe AG (requested)
Programme (German only):


A major goal of StoryPrima DAO is to incubate story-focused NFT projects.
The project application and selection process has not yet been developed, but holders of the PRIMA governance token will have the right to approve projects for incubation.
StoryPrima DAO will benefit from the success of incubated projects via royalty or revenue shares from supported initiatives. PRIMA holders can also vote to sell NFTs of incubated projects held in the DAO Treasury for additional revenue.
A portion of revenues generated by the DAO will be used to periodically buy and burn PRIMA. The PRIMA buy and burn criteria and schedule will be developed in the future and ratified by PRIMA governance token holders before implementation.
Currently-incubated NFT Projects #
Legends of Cypher #
Legends of Cypher is a multimedia project that tells the story of a future human civilization fighting for individual freedom. On one side is Hash and his “gift”, a technology that can free humanity from bondage. Malarian, a high-ranking agent of the inter-planetary Centopoly empire, will stop at nothing to prevent Hash and his allies from giving humanity its freedom.
The story will be presented in a series of comics that will be released across multiple “seasons.” Fans will be able to collect artifacts from the Legends of Cypher universe via NFTs, short stories, films, music, and art across a variety of mediums.
Team: Legends of Cypher is a NFT project developed by the StoryPrima DAO founding team.


ATLANTA – Aug. 30, 2023 – Art Pharmacy, a healthcare social prescribing solution, announced today that it has been chosen out of a record-breaking 550 applicants as one of the top technology companies in the Southeast to present at Venture Atlanta 2023 from Sept. 27-28 at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall.
The 16th annual conference selects the most promising tech companies to pitch to the top investment firms across the nation.
“Art Pharmacy is honored to be selected to participate in Venture Atlanta and educate its impressive roster on the emerging social prescribing movement,” said Art Pharmacy Founder and CEO Chris Appleton. “The healthcare industry is ever-evolving, and our team is leading the charge with this solution that payors, health systems and providers can implement to improve behavioral and mental health outcomes through engagement with arts and culture activities.”
Art Pharmacy’s proprietary smart-matching technology considers clinical needs, patient preferences and decades of research to address the shortage of mental health providers and improve patient health. The company integrates into the care continuum by incorporating an assessment along with patient monitoring and adherence programs. Art Pharmacy remains committed to reducing the operational and cost burden for payers and providers.
“Venture Atlanta 2023 continues to bring attendees all the events they love, including informative panels, big-name keynotes, and networking opportunities,” said Venture Atlanta CEO Allyson Eman. “This year, we’ve also reimagined our schedule to give more stage time to promising tech companies and centered even more of our programming around fostering connections.”
Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 760 companies and raise $7.5 billion in funding to date, spinning out $17 billion in successful exits. Venture Atlanta boasts a roster of highly successful alumni, including Bitcoin Depot, CallRail, Car360, Clearleap, Flock Safety, Florence Healthcare, Kabbage, ParkMobile, Pindrop Security, Salesforce Pardot, Salesloft, SingleOps, Stax, and Terminus.
To learn more about Art Pharmacy, visit www.artpharmacy.co. For additional information about Venture Atlanta, to register for the event, or to view the conference schedule, please visit www.ventureatlanta.org.
About Venture Atlanta
Venture Atlanta, the Southeast’s technology innovation event, is where the region’s most promising tech companies meet the country's top-tier investors. As the Southeast's largest investor showcase helping launch more than 760 companies and raise $7.5 billion in funding to date, the event connects the region’s top entrepreneurs with local and national investors and others in the technology ecosystem who can help them raise the capital they need to grow their businesses. The annual nonprofit event is a collaboration of the Atlanta CEO Council, Metro Atlanta Chamber, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). For more information, visit www.ventureatlanta.org. For updates, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and visit our blog.
About Art Pharmacy
Art Pharmacy’s proprietary smart-matching technology considers clinical needs, patient preferences and decades of research to address the shortage of mental health providers while improving patient health. Art Pharmacy offers a closed-loop referral system, care plan integration, and outcomes monitoring. Art Pharmacy remains committed to reducing the operational and cost burden for payors and providers. To learn more about Art Pharmacy, visit www.artpharmacy.co.
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Destination Africa is a one of a kind, major, international and specialized B2B sourcing event for the textile industries in Africa capitalizing on the growing global trend to have Africa as a sourcing destination and showcasing the diversity and opportunities Africa is offering. The event promotes African made apparel, home textiles and textiles to the international and African markets. It also enhances the regional trade activities between the different African countries, capitalizing on tariff advantages and location. The event’s first edition took place on the 11th and the 12th of November 2016, at the Nile Ritz Carlton Hotel – Cairo, Egypt, with 77 manufacturers from 11 African countries that exhibited their products to 127 international buyers from major USA and EU companies.
For its second edition, Destination Africa 2017 B2B as well as the international Conference will be held at the Nile Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cairo – Egypt, on the 11th and 12th of November 2017. The 2-day event consists of 3 simultaneous activities: a regional exhibition with African country pavilions; an international conference and seminar; and last but not least networking functions. This year’s edition of Destination Africa includes 100 manufactures from 15 African countries (eg. Egypt, South Africa, Lesotho, Tunis, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, …etc) specialized in ready-made garments, home textiles, yarn & fabrics over a space of more than 1,000 square meters.


Weev, the Belfast-based startup on a mission to bring better charging to Northern Ireland, has received a funding boost.
Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Energy Group, is investing up to £50 million and says the capital was to address the shortage of charging infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
In its funding announcement, Octopus states EV drivers in Northern Ireland were “disproportionately underserved” in charging infrastructure. According to the British Department for Transport, the region had only 20 public charge points per 100,000 people, substantially lower than the UK average (60).
These findings were also what made Weev come out in April 2022.
The startup at the time was planning to invest £20 million in a new privately-operated public charging network with 1,500 charge points at over 350 locations across Northern Ireland.
Today, Philip Rainey, CEO of Weev, added that the investment from Octopus enabled a “major expansion to the size and scope of the rollout we announced at launch last year. We can now increase our focus on providing more rapid and ultra-rapid charging hubs in response to growing demand from EV drivers. In total, the capital will enable us to install and maintain a network of thousands of EV charging points over the next five years using locally-based teams and expertise.”
Initial plans saw Weev roll out six fast charging hubs.
The company has yet to detail new targets with fresh capital.
This will be the first investment for Octopus Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (OSIF), a strategy with cornerstone investment from the UK Infrastructure Bank. OSIF will provide growth capital to the next generation of infrastructure companies with proven technology and transformative potential critical to meeting the scale of the UK’s net zero ambitions, so Octopus.
At Octopus, Lukasz Michalak, Investment Director, Sustainable Infrastructure, called Weev the perfect example of companies doing just that.
“By backing Weev, we see a great opportunity to deliver a positive impact to Northern Ireland’s communities while meeting the financial objectives of the fund.”


More Lenders Lower Mortgage Rates: Natwest Cuts Interest by Up to 0.6% on Some Transactions as Borrowing Costs for Homeowners Continue to Fall
- Natwest is now offering a 5-year fixed deal for 5.38% down from 5.98%
- Lenders including HSBC and Virgin Money have also been cutting rates.
- The cost of borrowing has fallen since Liz Truss stepped down and gilt yields have fallen
Natwest and Darlington Building Society are the latest lenders to update their mortgage rates, with Natwest cutting prices by as much as 0.6 percent.
Major lenders are starting to cut mortgage rates, after the mini-budget pushed them up and added hundreds of pounds to some homeowners’ bills.
Earlier in the week, HSBC and Virgin Money changed the price of products, lowering the cost of borrowing.
For existing customers, Natwest has reduced the price of its 25 percent deposit, five-year fixed rate agreement by 0.6 percent, from 5.98 percent to 5.38 percent.
Concerns: Rising borrowing costs have raised fears of a foreclosure crisis, as those with fixed-term agreements have to re-mortgage
The same product for borrowers with a 40 percent deposit has also been reduced by 0.6 percent, from 6.20 percent to 5.60 percent.
On a £200,000 mortgage, the rate reduction would save borrowers over 25 years £73 per month or £876 per year.
The bank has also lowered several of its rates on two-year fixed deals. For a 40 percent deposit deal, they fell 0.43 percent to 5.66 percent from 6.09 percent.
The drop means the product is now £53 cheaper per month or £636 less per year on a £200,000 mortgage taken out over 25 years.
Darlington Building Society has also re-entered the fixed rate market with products for new and existing customers.
The building society offers a five-year fixed rate of 6.09 per cent for those with 10 per cent deposits, costing £1,105 per month for a £170,000 mortgage.
Existing customers can get a two-year fixed rate of 6.04 per cent with a 40 per cent deposit, which costs £776.09 per month with a £120.00 mortgage.
Chris Brown, Director of Product and Marketing at Darlington Building Society, said: ‘The Darlington Building Society is redoubling its commitment to the mortgage market by reintroducing fixed rate mortgages, after remaining on the market with a range of variable rate options.
“We know that this is a difficult time for buyers right now, and we hope that bringing our fixed-rate mortgages back to the market provides peace of mind and additional options for those looking to buy their own home or re-mortgage with the Society.
“On top of this, all of our borrowers who apply for a mortgage continue to be considered by a person, not a computer.”
The average two-year fixed rate across all deposit sizes is now 6.48 percent, down from 6.65 percent last week, according to Moneyfacts.
The average for a five-year fix also fell to 6.34 percent from 6.43 percent in just a few days.
Earlier in the week, Accord confirmed that it was cutting 5 percent deposit product rates by as much as 0.52 percent, and 10 percent deposit product rates by as much as 0.53 percent.
The slightly higher deposit products of 15 percent and 25 percent will be reduced by as much as 0.35 percent.
The lender also launched a ten-year term product.
What to do if you need a mortgage
Borrowers who need to find a mortgage because their current fixed-rate agreement is coming to an end, or because they have agreed to purchase a home, have been urged to act but not panic..
Banks and building societies continue to lend and mortgages are still being offered and applications accepted.
However, rates are changing rapidly and there is no guarantee that the deals will last and not be replaced by mortgages that charge higher rates.
This is the best Money Mortgage Rate Calculator powered by L&C that can show you offers that match the value of your mortgage and property
What if I need to re-mortgage?
Borrowers should shop around and talk to a mortgage broker and be prepared to act to secure a rate.
Anyone with a fixed-rate agreement ending within the next six to nine months should consider how much it would cost to remortgage now and consider closing a new agreement.
Most mortgage deals allow fees to be added to the loan and are then only charged when you withdraw. By doing this, borrowers can lock in a rate without paying expensive setup fees.
What if I am buying a house?
Those with agreed home purchases should also aim to lock in rates as soon as possible, so they know exactly what their monthly payments will be.
Homebuyers should be careful not to overstretch themselves and be prepared for the possibility of house prices falling from their current high levels, due to higher mortgage rates limiting people’s borrowing capacity.
How to Compare Mortgage Costs
The best way to compare mortgage costs and find the deal that’s right for you is to talk to a good broker.
You can use our best mortgage rate calculator to display offers that match your home value, mortgage size, term, and fixed rate needs.
Keep in mind, however, that rates can change quickly, so the advice is if you need a mortgage, compare rates and then speak to a broker as soon as possible, so they can help you find the right mortgage for you. .
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In Parts of Canada, Landowners Battle Prospectors
By IAN AUSTEN
2 September 2008
The New York Times
Late Edition - Final
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.
SOUTH FRONTENAC, Ontario -- When Peter Griesbach discovered someone had
chopped down trees at his weekend house to make crude posts staking out
a mining claim, he assumed he could rid his land of the uninvited
prospector relatively quickly. He was wrong.
Indeed, seven years later Mr. Griesbach is still campaigning to change
the provincial law that allows anyone who pays the equivalent of $23.50
to dig for pretty much any mineral on private property in much of rural
Historically high mineral prices have set off a new wave of prospecting
in Canada, and with it new battles over mineral laws, some of which
date to the 19th century. Under the so-called free entry system,
effective in much of Ontario, prospectors and miners have had
relatively unfettered access to private land in many areas.
Now, after decades of promises to modify the law from successive
governments, Mr. Griesbach and other landowners may finally find some
measure of relief.
After a highly publicized clash between an Indian tribe and a mining
company this year, which led to the jailing of one native leader,
Ontario's government said it would alter the law by December. But
change is so controversial that even the broad details of any
modification will not be worked out for some time.
British Columbia has had a rise in conflicts between landowners and
prospectors, too, as it experiences a similar mining boom despite
recent legal reforms in that province that have made it harder to
invade private land.
But the controversy has been most intense in Ontario, where it has also
led to increased divisions along economic, regional and class lines.
Many owners of homes and ''cottages,'' as weekend or vacation homes are
known here, as well as farmers and ranchers in southeastern Ontario,
where Mr. Griesbach has his cottage, are not keen to have their trees
chopped down, land dynamited and soil turned over.
But in the vast, and relatively unpopulated, northern part of the
province (where summer homes are usually called ''camps''), many
residents see increased mining as one of the few ways to avoid economic
ruin from the collapse of the pulp and paper industry there. Anything
with the potential to curb mining's expansion will meet with
significant opposition in that region.
Still, even some mining companies have started to feel a bit
embarrassed by the controversy. ''There's a recognition from our
members that private property owners deserve more rights than exist
under the current act,'' said Chris Hodgson, president of the Ontario
Mining Association, which represents large mining companies. ''I have a
lot of empathy for a cottage owner that's discovered someone staking
The large mining companies represented by Mr. Hodgson, a former mines
minister, do conduct some exploration work. But most prospecting and
nearly all land conflicts involve small prospectors working on their
own or for tiny mining companies. In Ontario, anyone can become a
prospector provided they are at least 18 years old and have 25 Canadian
dollars, plus tax, to acquire a license.
''Claim staking is actually a pretty lucrative way of putting money
into your pocket,'' said Garry Clark, the executive director of the
Ontario Prospectors Association. But most people in the industry
acknowledge that the chances of any particular claim becoming a mine
The promise of becoming rich through a mining discovery is enough for
prospectors, or their clients, to raise money through Canada's venture
markets or private investments, even though such efforts usually end in
disappointment. ''The odds are really against people,'' Mr. Clark said
from his office in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the largest city in the north.
''All we do is take money, not all of it our own, and then we gamble it
on one in 10,000 prospects.''
There are about 5,000 licensed prospectors in Ontario, but Mr. Clark
estimates that only 2,000 people actively engage in the business, and
many spend some of their time plying other trades, such as trapping or
The one in 10,000 odds apply to staked claims that show evidence of
mineral deposits. Neither Mr. Clark nor anyone else in the industry
could quantify the overall number of staked claims that become mines,
although all agree that they are small.
Canada's constitution does not provide property rights like those under
most American laws. Unlike Canada and many other countries, original
land grants in the United States included both mineral and surface
rights, making the fictional tale of the Clampett family as told in
''The Beverly Hillbillies'' at least legally plausible. While the
mineral rights were sometimes sold by landowners over times, most state
laws place limitations on prospecting.
Over the years, the Canadian provinces have retained various rights to
land they granted to private property owners. On some private land, for
example, the government still owns white pine trees, a law dating from
the era when their timber was valued as naval ships' sailing masts. The
law is no longer enforced.
More commonly, particularly in the north, the government retained all
the mineral rights underneath privately owned land.
Some landowners, mostly in the populous southern and eastern parts of
Ontario, were given both the surface and mineral rights to their
properties, depending on when the land was settled. But in many cases,
the mining rights reverted back to the government after an owner at
some point over the last 150 years or so failed to pay mining as well
as property taxes.
What owners do once they find out the limitations of their rights
After learning that the prospector had the right to wander around his
cottage and chop down trees, Mr. Griesbach, a real estate appraiser who
lives near Kingston, Ontario, initially responded by taking out his own
Metal tags on the stakes on his land indicated that they had been
placed of behalf of A. David Houston, the president and chief executive
of Graphite Mountain, a company that was actually controlled by another
of Mr. Houston's firms, Diamond Lake Minerals.
(While incorporated in Utah, Diamond Lake was headquartered at Mr.
Houston's home in Warkworth, a town in eastern Ontario.)
Believing that Mr. Houston had not properly followed all of the
government's staking rules, Mr. Griesbach used his prospector's license
to file a counter claim on his own land. That challenge set off what
became a series of seven hour drives to Sudbury, Ontario, to attend
hearings before the Provincial Mining Recorder.
To further dissuade prospectors, Mr. Griesbach had part of his land
registered as a private firearms range with the federal government and
posted suitably frightening signs saying, in effect, that anyone
wandering on his land was in danger of being shot.
Down the road from Mr. Griesbach, Donald T. Loucks and his wife, Mary,
had also discovered Graphite Mountain's stakes on the lands surrounding
Long Pond Lake which they had gradually acquired over several decades.
The private lake had originally been the couple's summer cottage site
but they built a house and became full-time residents after Mr.
Loucks's retirement from the insurance business in Toronto.
The mining stakes were just the beginning. A woodlands preservation
group backed away from an agreement with the Loucks when it learned
about the mining claim. Shortly afterwards, Graphite Mountain moved
heavy mining equipment onto a claim across the road from the Loucks's
land and began blasting and drilling. For two summers, aerial survey
planes buzzed overhead.
''It was like being under siege,'' said Mrs. Loucks, whose husband died
just over five yearsago.
The situation drew to a legal stalemate and the exploration stopped.
While Graphite Mountain still holds claims in the area, the company
became inactive last September after the death of Mr. Houston.
By contrast, the dispute over a uranium mining claim not far from the
Griesbach and Loucks properties in North Frontenac, Ontario, continues
Frank and Gloria Morrison mounted a different counterattack than Mr.
Griesbach, after stakes from Frontenac Ventures appeared in 2006 on 100
acres of land they had retired to from Ottawa.
Much of Eastern Ontario, including North Frontenac, is the subject of a
complex and longstanding land claim launched by the Algonquin Indian
tribe. The Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, the local branch of the
tribe, soon joined in protests against the uranium mining project after
being contacted by Mr. Morrison.
Frontenac Ventures, a privately held uranium mining company based in
Oakville, Ontario, eventually obtained a court injunction to keep
protesters out of the areas it was exploring. But Bob Lovelace, the
chief negotiator for the Ardoch Algonquins and a lecturer at Queen's
University in Kingston, defied the order. He argued that he was
governed by Algonquin law. That defiance led to a six month jail
sentence and a 25,000 Canadian dollar fine against Mr. Lovelace.
Ultimately Mr. Lovelace served only 102 days in prison before the jail
order and fine were both struck down by an appeals court in a decision,
released in July, that rebuked the trial court for ignoring earlier
rulings related to native land claims. The appeals court also
criticized the current mining act for being ''remarkably sweeping.''
The ruling has not ended the dispute. Nor has it reduced Mr. Morrison's
resolve to block the project, a crusade that, he acknowledged, has
divided him from neighbors, generally lifelong residents of the area,
who see the mine as a potential source of jobs.
''We've got our life savings right here in this land and now it's
worthless,'' said Mr. Morrison, a professional musician and former
employee of the Canadian Police Association. ''I now understand what
makes a person an anarchist and what makes a person break the law.''
Exactly how the government will keep both the prospectors and
landowners happy with its revised mining act is unclear.
Michael Gravelle, the minister of mines, said the bill will only be
drafted following another in a long series of consultations now
underway. Any legislation, he said, will have to contain ''an
appropriate balance'' between landowner and mining interests.
George S. White, the president of Frontenac Ventures, which has spent
about 4 million to 5 million Canadian dollars on its project to date,
said it would be a mistake to limit miners and prospectors,
particularly in the current buoyant minerals market.
''The mining business in Ontario has been the backbone of the economy,
it has served the province well for 150 years,'' he said. ''In a
situation like this, the responsibility is on the landowner to find out
what they bought. We shouldn't be held up to ransom by somebody who
doesn't want mining.''
And although Mr. White has little sympathy for Mr. Morrison in
particular, the two men do share one thing: frustration.
''Had I known that this kind of opposition would develop, I would not
have got involved in the project,'' Mr. White said. ''It's something I
don't think anyone foresaw.''
PHOTOS: Peter Griesbach found trees on his property chopped down to
stake a mining claim. Years later, he is still fighting the
prospector.; A claim stake on Mr. Griesbach's property in Ontario.;
Like Mr. Griesbach, Mary Loucks also found claim stakes on her land.
After a legal wrangle, the exploration stopped. (PHOTOGRAPHS BY IAN
AUSTEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES)


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Description or summary of the audiobook: Misha Glenny's groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an 8-part AMC crime drama starring James Norton (War and Peace), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP. In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld-police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide.
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