The highly successful plug-in car, van and truck grant has been cut by £500 and will now be restricted to cars under £35,000 to ‘allow more people to benefit’, the government says.
Phil Millar, Managing Director of Creative Apparel in Stockport, tells us about his plans to open a ground-breaking eco-factory-cum-technology-incubator in 2022 and support more creative jobs.
Senior Green Technologies and Services Advisor Katherine Burden breaks down the size of the market opportunity for green technologies and services as the UK drives towards net zero emissions.
A new strategy launched by government sets out over £1 billion to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals, with more than £100 million secured for projects in Greater Manchester.
The government has scrapped its flagship Green Homes Grant scheme six months after it launched, with some funding being re-routed to local authorities to cut emissions in lower income households.
A new partnership between local government, academia and industry aims to install a ‘hydrogen hub’ to produce sustainable hydrogen fuel at scale for the first time within the city region.
Thirty FTSE100 companies have now committed to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, while 60% of UK CEOs are planning to increase investments in sustainability over the next 3 years.
The Budget included a variety of announcements ranging from green bonds and infrastructure funding to new R&D initiatives, although there was disappointment about another fuel duty freeze.
A retail park in Bolton currently home to a trampoline centre is to be developed into a ‘centre of excellence’ for green technologies after being purchased by a local social housing provider.
The University of Manchester’s Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub has begun supporting SMEs in Greater Manchester looking to improve their understanding, consumption and disposal of plastics.
