EVENTS: The next Business In The Spotlight networking event takes place on Tuesday, February 7, in Sheffield.

The event has been organised by the Federation Of Small Businesses. It is part of their Business In The Spotlight events, which are open to all businesses and anyone who has an interest in supporting the business community.

Neville Martin, development manager for the Federation Of Small Businesses, said: "The concept is supremely simple: there are no star guests, no keynote addresses, no after-dinner speeches.

"It is just you and a hundred other organisations spreading the word about your respective organisations as you meet, mix and mingle."

The free event takes place from 4pm to 6pm at Costco Wholesale in Parkway Close, Sheffield. Visit www.eventbrite.co.uk for details or to book.

LEISURE: A Hull marketing agency has successfully pitched to design and print 400,000 copies of The Deep's main visitor guide.

Fred, which has clients across the UK, impressed the submarium's managers with proposals to create a guide focusing on the ever-popular shark as a central character to excite children.

The all-new guide will take potential visitors on a journey through the various exhibitions, including the new Bug Champions at Easter.

The Deep is described as one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world and is home to more than 3,500 fish, which includes sharks and rays.

Visit www.thedeep.co.uk for more information.

ENGINEERING: A radical overhaul of the way homes are heated is needed to meet targets in cutting carbon emissions without huge costs, according to industry experts.

The Royal Academy Of Engineering says domestic heating accounts for about a quarter of the UK's emissions and it would be impossible to cut carbon by the target 80 per cent by 2050 if houses continue to be heated mainly by gas boilers.

But simply installing heat pumps – which work like fridges in reverse, producing heat from their surroundings – and increasingly relying on electricity from renewables to heat homes and water would not be affordable.

Houses need "smart" measures, such as thermostats, to ensure they are heated efficiently, the academy said.