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Energy bills on Suffolk industrial estate driven down by peer-to-peer trading

Envirotec Magazine

Bucking the long-term trend of spiralling power costs across the UK, SMEs at Mildenhall Industrial Park in West Suffolk have saved between 20% and 90%. It comes after West Suffolk Council and Manchester-headquartered UrbanChain formed a partnership that centred on creating a local green energy market in 2021.

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£66 million package for technology, transport and housing to help kick start West Midlands economic recovery

Envirotec Magazine

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) working with the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP, the Black Country LEP and the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP delivered the region’s prioritised list of projects to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), which has been confirmed today. (L-R): The projects are: £15.1m

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First plan for the West Midlands natural environment launched

Envirotec Magazine

l-r) Simon Atkinson, Head of Conservation, The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and Black Country; Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands; Delia Garratt, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and Black Country; Jacqueline Homan, Head of Environment, WMCA; Cllr Ian Courts, WMCA portfolio lead for Environment and leader of Solihull Council.

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Rewilding British farms is bringing back threatened species, storing carbon and growing hope

Corporate Knights

Pink flower-flecked brambles proliferate in knurled mounds, scattered across 3,500 sun-soaked acres of West Sussex scrubland audibly humming with bees. The day lockdown was lifted, more than a thousand people rushed to see this marvel, Tree told me. We’re losing the foundation of all of our food production,” Leeson said.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Setting up strategic energy bodies or similar mechanisms to address market failure in energy systems, with a duty to co-operate between public bodies and the companies that run our energy infrastructure. Reducing the high costs of connecting electric vehicle charging networks to the grid. Full list in Editors’ Notes).

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White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

The figures are being published as a cross-party taskforce of 24 Mayors and local leaders, representing 24 million people across England have submitted a proposal to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to unlock £100bn as part of the Spending Review, which closed on 24 September. 100 billion green investment.

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The JUST Report: How Companies Can Support Working Moms

Just Capital

If you’re interested to learn more, this recent piece highlights our top six companies on paid parental leave in particular. Martin JUST Rankings Spotlight The week we are highlighting the Top 3 Companies for Working Moms from our 2023 Rankings. She was joined by our Head of Corporate Impact Tolu Lawrence.