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  • 17 May 2013

    Shanks' waste business hit by slump in construction industry

    The recession and a slump in construction sent profits falling at leading sustainable waste management company Shanks Group Plc, years end results show.

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  • 16 May 2013

    Green building: why it is vital construction SMEs keep up with the latest regulations

    Tony Howard, head of New Business Development at CITB, explains the importance to construction small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of keeping up to date with developments regarding Building Regulations Part L.

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  • 15 May 2013

    On the buses: retrofit hybrid engine innovators scoop Shell Springboard Award

    Two young British entrepreneurs who have designed a diesel-electric hybrid engine that can be retrofitted to double-decker buses have been crowned winners of the coveted Shell Springboard Award.

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  • 15 May 2013

    Brands want ‘UK Dream’ to make sustainable ‘sexy’

    Big brands, including M&S, Unilever and Mars, are embracing a new sustainability initiative that aims to make sustainable 'sexy’ to disinterested UK consumers.

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  • 14 May 2013

    Britain’s SMEs drive low carbon export boom

    The number of UK small businesses exporting low carbon goods and services has more than doubled in the last two years, according to a major new study to be launched today.

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  • 09 May 2013

    Urban Wind snaps up troubled Myriad Wind

    Glasgow-based Urban Wind has acquired the Preston-based small wind division of renewable energy firm Myriad CEG.

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  • 08 May 2013

    30 firms share in £16m low carbon energy innovation funding

    As many as 30 UK firms are to share millions of pounds of funding in a major Government programme that aims to accelerate commercialisation of low carbon energy technologies.

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  • 02 May 2013

    Sustainable business: how we can learn from India’s ‘frugal’ innovators

    India’s culture of jugaad, or frugal innovation, has helped produce a wide range of sustainable breakthroughs. Are there lessons there for the rest of the world? Ian Thornton meets the innovators.

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  • 01 May 2013

    Six energy firms to be investigated for missing CERT and CESP targets

    Six energy firms – including three of the 'Big Six’ – are to be investigated by the energy watchdog after failing to meet targets on energy efficiency under Government initiatives to cut consumers bills and reduce carbon emissions.

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  • 01 May 2013

    Naked Energy to begin UK trials of its ‘two-in-one’ solar system

    Naked Energy, the UK cleantech firm that has developed a super-efficient 'two-in-one solar’ energy system, will shortly begin trialing its patented technology with two commercial partners.

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