Cementing its position: Severfield revels in record order book with plans for Everton F.C’s new stadium November 23, 2021 Severfield has enjoyed a record order book of across Europe with plans to construct bridges, industrial centres and a football stadium.
From CapEx to Carbon Neutral: How lifecycle costing can benefit your builds November 3, 2021 Chris Clarke, director of performance and improvement at leading public sector procurement authority SCAPE, explains how a shift in how we cost built environment projects can help save the planet. We have little under 10 years to start implementing the significant changes needed to reduce carbon consumption so that both we and future generations are [...]
Business rates have made American candy stores a blight on our streets July 1, 2022 The emergence of large numbers of American-styled candy stores across the West End over the last year has become a cause for concern amongst high street retailers, leisure businesses and hospitality owners alike. Having weathered the storms of the pandemic, which saw footfall and revenues plummet during lockdowns, the West End was beginning to show [...]
Ocado deploys lorry drivers to help with national shortage as more names ask government for help July 7, 2021 Ocado has had to deploy some of its own lorry drivers to help its suppliers get stock to its warehouses amid a national shortage of lorry drivers. CEO Tim Steiner told trade magazine The Grocer that Ocado itself was handling the ongoing driver shortage well, but that some of its suppliers were struggling. “We are [...]
‘Resource nationalism’ is here to stay argues EV Metals boss May 30, 2022 "Resource nationalism" is here to stay following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, argued EV Metals Group chief executive Michael Naylor.
VEXO’s X-POT – simple, sophisticated and reliable May 23, 2022 Not all great innovation need be complicated. That can necessarily be the case, of course, but sometimes the simplest ideas can be the most brilliant. As Leonardo da Vinci so succinctly put it: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. And no less an engineer/scientist than Edsger Dijkstra believed that “simplicity is the prerequisite for reliability.” And [...]
Exclusive: Business tax reliefs jump to record £94bn as number of available reliefs grows to 57 February 14, 2022 The value of tax reliefs claimed by UK businesses reached a record £93.7bn last year, up another 5 per cent from the £89.3bn claimed the year before, according to new data shared exclusively with City A.M. today. The growth in the value of business tax reliefs claimed has been driven by the rise in the number [...]
Fresh woes for Boris Johnson as Tory MPs renew calls for PM to step down over Partygate May 24, 2022 Boris Johnson faces fresh woe today after Tory MPs renewed calls for the Prime Minister to resign. Peter Aldous said he had not withdrawn his letter of no confidence in Mr Johnson to the 1922 Committee as others are reported to have. “I haven’t, no. I thought long and hard back in late January, early [...]
Q&A: How global cities could benefit from green dividends July 30, 2021 One of the biggest challenges facing the real estate sector is how to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and become more sustainable and energy efficient. The sector has one of the highest carbon footprints of any sector. It currently accounts for 30% of global annual GHG emissions and consumes around 40% of the world’s [...]
Octopus Energy and RES commit £3 billion to build new UK hydrogen plants October 14, 2021 Octopus Energy and RES will invest £3 billion in the construction of new hydrogen plants across the country by 2030. The aim is to help the UK become more energy independent. The new plants will maximise electrons when they are generated in abundance on sunny and windy days by storing them as green hydrogen. In [...]