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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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Slowest construction fall for two years
Construction activity in the UK fell at slowest rate for almost two years in January
According to figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), the construction purchasing managers’ index stood at 48.6 during January, up from 47.1 in the previous month, signalling the smallest fall in activity during the current 23-month period of contraction.
Housebuilding was the only one of the three broad areas of construction activity monitored by the survey to record growth in January. However, further declines in commercial and civil engineering activity were reported, although the rates of decline eased.
“Firms are now measuring performance from such a low base level that there’s a general consensus things can’t get much worse,” said David Noble, chief executive officer at the CIPS.
“Construction continues to be the worst performing sector of the UK economy – struggling in the face of credit supply shortages and overall economic uncertainty.”
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