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Tesco, the latest UK Supermarket to tackle food waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips

February 9th, 2012 | No Comments

Tesco is following the lead of Marks & Spencer and is trialing a packaging strip developed by It’sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste.

China prohibits airlines from EU tax plan

February 6th, 2012 | No Comments

The Chinese government has barred the country’s airlines from complying with a European Union charge on carbon emissions

Bam Nuttall wins King’s Lynn incinerator contract

January 25th, 2012 | No Comments

Bam Nuttall wins King’s Lynn incinerator contract

Doubts over future borrowing power of Green Investment Bank

January 24th, 2012 | No Comments

Serious doubts have arisen over whether the Treasury will allow the Green Investment Bank to begin borrowing money, as scheduled, in 2015/16.

Bank of England governor urged to address “systemic risk” presented by ‘carbon bubble’ risk

January 24th, 2012 | No Comments

A group containing some of the UK’s most influential green business leaders and campaigners has written to Bank of England governor Mervyn King, calling on him to address the “systemic” risk to financial systems presented by the potential over-valuation of high carbon companies.

Government offices to be offered to new startups

January 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

EMPTY Government offices will be offered to budding entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own businesses, David Cameron will say today.

Prime Minister considering Start-Up grants for young entrepreneurs

January 10th, 2012 | No Comments

David Cameron has said the government is considering introducing a student-loan style system which provides funding to young people to start a business.

Finance assistance for UK “Have Not” companies to purchase ‘Green’ equipment

January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Siemens is providing the financial backing; Carbon Trust Implementation Services will use its expertise in energy efficient technologies to independently assess the carbon, energy, and cost savings of any project. This should enable the financing to pay for itself through energy savings and result in no net cost to the customer.

Solar Industries High Court victory leaves PV installers in limbo

December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

While today was indeed a victory for the solar industry – which has not known if it’s coming or going since for the best part of two years – December 21 also marks the beginning of another period of great uncertainty. In the weeks leading up to the 12/12 deadline hundreds of megawatts of solar was added to the MCS database, the Solar Industry must work together with DECC to make sure any future changes to policy are made with industry’s best interests in mind. It is now time to leave events of the last 12 months in the past and repair this relationship – but the questions remains: is it already too late?

Using U.S datacentre’s & Backup services increasing risk of UK Data Protection Act prosecution

December 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Alarmingly, within the U.K there seems to be a an apathetic attitude towards the accessing of sensitive data by US authorities, many companies are entrusting their data to free services such as Dropbox despite the risk of prosecution under the Data Protection Act should it be proved that Clients information was accessed without permission – even if the 3rd party was the U.S government (yes UK companies are entrusting YOUR data to FREE U.S services! – perhaps you may want to ask how your data is handled before engaging with new companies! )