Category: Newswire

Urban Electric’s Pop-up EV Charging Hub

Deployed as fast charging hubs in residential streets and on-street public parking bays, the fully retractable UEone hubs will facilitate overnight smart charging of the biggest EV battery packs, whilst minimising the impact on the power grid and the urban streetscape.The new funds will support a £3.8-million (€3.67-million) Innovate UK backed project to install up to 18 second generation ‘demonstrator’ pop-up charging hubs comprising more than 100 charge points in Dundee and Plymouth, prior to a full commercial launch.The UEone “has the potential to be rolled out across the whole of the UK.”

Henkel cuts outlook, blames lower Q2 sales on beauty, adhesives units

GERMAN consumer goods company Henkel lowered its full-year outlook for sales and earnings on Tuesday, blaming disappointing performance at its beauty unit and a hit to its adhesives business from falling industrial production.Sales of beauty care fell 2.4 per cent, sagging in western Europe and North America, and hit by stock issues in China, although the professional haircare business kept growing strongly.The laundry and home care division is still expected to grow 2-4 per cent in the full year after expanding 2 per cent in the second quarter, helped by a global relaunch of Persil detergent and a drive to sell more online-friendly products.