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British Gas, the UK’s biggest energy supplier to small firms, is beefing up its non-domestic smart meter offering with a new service that it says will, for the first time, give its small business customers the information they need to take action to become energy efficient.
In what is being described as an energy efficiency first, occupiers of a refurbished commercial property in Guilford are to be shown how to manage their energy usage on an ongoing basis.
Heathrow Airport is to resume its normal flight operations Monday but warns cancellations and delays are still likely after a weekend of snow-related disruption.
Energy efficiency is one of the most effective ways to tackle energy costs in the workplace, but most businesses are still failing to implement even the most basic measures. Elaine Brass reports on the performance of some of the energy efficiency solutions out there and gets the low down from the users that advocate them.
Despite evidence that energy efficiency upgrades are saving businesses up and down the country thousands of pounds – sometimes with a payback of less than two years – one in three board directors remains unconvinced of the return on investment (ROI) on energy refits, new research shows.
An investment fund, which supports the green refurbishment of UK commercial properties, has raised £100 million.
There are potentially big savings to be made by businesses that invest in energy efficiency upgrades. But how does a company know which are the right ones to invest in and how will it be able to afford to pay for them anyway? James Axtell, investment director of clean energy at Ingenious, talks to Louise Bateman about the group's new Energy Efficiency EIS Fund – which he claims has the solution to both problems.
Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.
In the face of energy price hikes and the need to reduce carbon emissions, there is a growing imperative for businesses to cut their energy consumption and costs. But how are the energy suppliers – old and new – helping their business customers address the energy efficiency challenge? Peta Hodge reports.
For a business looking for an energy supplier to help it improve its energy efficiency, the quality of customer service the supplier can deliver is key.
UK businesses are losing over £100 million a year in energy costs through leaky or inefficient equipment that compresses air, the Carbon Trust has found.
A North East manufacturer of automotive parts has received £1.65 million of Government funding that will help it supply electric vehicle (EV) battery components to the Nissan LEAF.
Business are being warned not to be fooled by the price cuts being announced by the 'Big Six’ energy firms, and instead brace themselves for increasing energy costs in the non-domestic market.
There are undoubtedly 101 ways UK small businesses can save energy and lower their costs. But just how significant would it be if SMEs increased their energy efficiency?
The UK could stand "at most a week" of disruption if a natural or man-made disaster struck before severe problems, economic and social, that would bring chaos to the country, according to a new report from the international affairs thinktank Chatham House.