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© tilialucida / Adobe Stock Many businesses rely on cold stores to keep perishable items safe, fresh and usable. In recent years, demand in the UK has been rising rapidly for these temperature-controlled storage facilities, but why is this?   Uses of cold stores Cold stores are used by a wide range of sectors to store items that would...

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Photo Credit: Karppinen When singer and songwriter Vanilla Ice released Ice Ice Baby, it was the first rap song to reach the coveted number one spot in the American Billboard Hot 100 chart back in 1990. This brought the 23-year-old rapper instant fame, which soon turned into notoriety - when he had to pay royalties to British rock legends Dav...

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Situated at the South Pole, Antarctica covers an area of around 5.5 million square miles, making it the fifth largest of the world's seven continents. Roughly a circular shape, it has a long "arm", the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches towards South America, which is the nearest land mass at 600 miles away. Its size and land mass increase - a...

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As the world's largest land-based carnivore, the Polar bear is in danger of becoming extinct as a result of climate change. This mighty animal is at risk from global warming, as the Arctic ice on which it depends is gradually melting away. As the sea ice melts, increasing numbers of polar bears will starve, according to a new scientific study, t...

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The rock band Foreigner is still going strong after 42 years on the road – featuring original members and the current line-up, a reunion show for August has just been announced. When Foreigner formed in 1976, Gerald Ford was president of the United States, Labour's Jim Callaghan was the UK prime minister and Great Britain was gripped by a prol...

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Everyone likes to keep their energy bills low, but did you know there's a cool way to save on energy costs? Improving the energy efficiency of your fridge and cold store will help keep your bills down and you should start to notice significant savings. The way in which you operate your equipment plays a major role in how big your energy bills ar...

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The Arctic is a polar region north of the Arctic Circle - the most northern point of the earth's five major circles of latitude. It’s made up of the Arctic Ocean and adjoining seas and parts of Alaska, northern Canada, Iceland, Finland, Russia, Greenland, Norway and Sweden. Much of the land in the Arctic region has snow and ice cover all year ...

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