SMEs
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WRAP is to work more closely with small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) when it becomes the new single Government ‘superbody’ on resource efficiency for England next month.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) today told 170 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) how they could exploit the fastest-growing low carbon markets in the world as it produced figures showing that the low carbon sector is already worth some £112 billion and employs 900,000 people in the UK.
Despite their greater commitment to resource efficiency, UK manufacturers – particularly SMEs – are reluctant to invest in ‘eco-design’ to reduce the environmental impact of their products.
The effectiveness of a range innovative new low carbon technologies, many of which have been developed by SMEs, are to be tested in 87 social housing projects across the UK, with the aim of making them carbon neutral.
The Energy Grant 500 aims to help SMEs in the South East improve their energy efficiency – and it's proving popular, with hundreds of applications being approved since it launched a year ago. Louise Bateman reports.
Envirowise, the Government-funded programme helping UK businesses be more sustainable, has created a virtual ‘Green Street’ providing companies with practical environmental advice.
More details of how small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can get involved in a £29 million project to develop low carbon vehicle technology in the West Midlands have been announced today.
An eco-friendly artisan bakery and a unique carbon offsetting company are among five UK small firms to have been recognised for their ethical business practices by a new online business resource, supported by Dragons' Den entrepreneurs Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis.
Business Link, the Government-backed business advice service, has launched a free online resource that aims to help farmers and growers run more environmentally friendly and efficient farms.
Leamington Spa-based low carbon engineering consultant Encraft is set to launch a new service that it claims will dramatically reduce sales and marketing costs of small and start-up producers and installers of renewable energy technologies.