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Light savings
Quick off the mark in seizing a promotional opportunity, RS Components, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of electronic components, today offered David Willetts, UK Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills, 30 free energy efficient lamps
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Some good news
Recent market analysis points to evidence that some opportunities are materialising in some markets and for some types of assets and fund styles
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Swift action is required after the Rugg review
The UK Government’s response to the Rugg review covers all the ground we believe should be tackled and we now need swift action to put in place the measures identified
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Racing for life
An all-female team from property consultants Sanderson Weatherall are swapping their corporate suits for running gear to raise funds for Cancer Research UK this July
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Power struggles
I am on the train up to London and reading through the letter in response to ‘Noughts and Crosses’
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Harness the energy all around us
Millions of road vehicles and thousands of trains and aircraft operating in the UK could generate huge amounts of free and even profitable energy
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Hemp construction
A warehouse built for the Wine Society in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, has become the UK’s first warehouse building to be constructed using preformed wall panels made out of hemp
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Flipping and flopping
“We haven’t broken any rules,” they cry
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Making tracks
Infrastructure projects have been in vogue since the world economies began to derail last year
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Smart meters for all by 2020
Every home in the UK is to be equipped with smart meters by the end of 2020, under new plans announced by the Government.
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UK house prices start to fall
House prices in the UK fell for the first time in more than a year
According to Land Registry data, the average residential property dropped 0.2% in value during May, sparking concerns of a second downturn in the housing market.
The South East and London gained 0.9% and 0.7% respectively, however, industrial areas such as North Tyneside and Sheffield suffered declines of up to 1.5%.
Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight said: “Housing market activity remains well below long-term norms despite edging up recently.
“The economic fundamentals of high unemployment, still falling full-time employment and low earnings growth are hardly ideal, a major fiscal squeeze is starting, credit conditions remain tight and house price-to-earnings ratios have moved back up.”
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