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WAG: A pioneering new public transport service for rural Wales is now up & running thanks to funding from the Welsh Assembly Government. The Bwcabus scheme, which operates between communities in north Carmarthenshire, the Teifi Valley and South Ceredigion, enables passengers to book bus rides from home (via the phone or internet) to link up with conventional bus & train services.
The project had been awarded almost £440,000 of European Convergence Funding from the Welsh European Funding Office. WAG revenue support funding of £350,000 is being provided over 3 years, plus £159,000 in the form of a Transport Grant. In addition, Carmarthenshire County Council is providing around £83,000.
Press release ~ Bwcabus scheme ~ WAG: Public Transport ~ Match funding for the Bwcabus Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) pilot initiative
DH: Stem cell researchers in the UK can now benefit from a new online resource that will allow them to plan a regulatory route for their research. The Medical Research Council’s mini-website known as the ‘UK Stem Cell Tool Kit’, will allow researchers to build a customised ‘map’ outlining all of the regulatory steps to take their ideas for a new treatment from the laboratory to patients.
Researchers will be asked 7 key questions. Depending on their answers, a unique ’route’ generates on-screen, which provides them with all the regulatory requirements, information & points of contact within the relevant organisations to enable them to take their projects forward. Welcoming the launch Dr Sandy Mather, Director of Regulation at the Human Tissue Authority (HTA), said: "For the first time scientists have access to a single resource that will help them navigate regulation from the bench to the clinic”.
Press release ~ UK Stem Cell Tool Kit ~Medical Research Council ~ Human Tissue Authority (HTA) ~ UK Stem Cell Bank
ScotGov: First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed the announcement of a joint-venture by Pelamis Wave Power, the Edinburgh technology developer, and Vattenfall, one of the largest utilities in Europe. The new venture, called Aegir, aims to develop the first wave power project off the Shetland Islands.
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