Tag Archives: Carbon Trust
Carbon Trust Survives The Spending Review: Waits For Another Review
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
After months of speculation, the Carbon Trust learnt it’s fate today in the UK coalition government’s Spending Review: that it was up for review.
Firstly, the fears that the Carbon Trust would be axed today proved unfounded, as recently predicted here at Energy-Saving News. With a raft of business support services all axed from the Department [...]
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Energy Saving Sweets: Carbon Trust Funds Confectionery Cuts
Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
The carbon footprint of Britain’s sweets could soon be cut (without sacrificing all those yummy calories!), thanks to a new energy-saving investment drive by the Carbon Trust in partnership with Dairy UK and the Food and Drink Federation.
In an eye-catching piece of publicity which will remind people that the Carbon Trust is still alive and [...]
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Carbon Trust Not Axed - Yet
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Ross.
Want to know if you can still apply for those fantastic Carbon Trust interest-free loans for your business’s energy efficiency projects? Need to know if the Carbon Trust is facing the axe under the UK government’s planned spending cuts?
Today a list of quangos facing the axe was leaked by the Cabinet Office, showing almost half [...]
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Which Companies Are In The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme?
Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Ross.
With the CRC deadline fast approaching, and thousands of companies still yet to register for the UK government’s new flagship cap-and-trade scheme, one of the biggest questions which is still to be answered is which companies are in the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme? Without a full list being available, let’s look instead at what we [...]
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Carbon Trust Cuts To Fund Green Investment Bank?
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Ross.
According to the Sunday Times, the Carbon Trust is now facing the axe as part of efforts to fund the new green investment bank that successive governments have touted. Whilst green start-ups will be initially excited at the prospect of less red tape and quangos, businesses around the UK look set to lose a vital [...]
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Manchester United Go Green With The Carbon Trust
Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Ross.
Football is no longer simply a recreational activity with jumpers for goalposts followed by a couple of pints at the local boozer, but a sport dominated by multi-million pound global brands with celebrity superstars and worldwide followings. Sport clubs are businesses like any other, and few sports clubs compare to the business muscle of UK [...]
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Carbon Trust Escapes Lightly From UK Budget Cuts
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Ross.
The Carbon Trust, which helps fund research into low carbon technologies as well as providing interest-free loans to businesses for energy efficiency, has escaped the worst of the UK government’s spending cuts but still will see a reduction in funding.
Since being elected to power this month, the Conservative-Liberal coalition government has been taking a much-needed [...]
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Carbon Trust Building The Low-Carbon Workplace:
Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Ross.
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Blue Chip Hits The Jackpot With 500k Carbon Trust Loan For Energy Efficiency
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Ross.
The Carbon Trust proved today that it means big business in the fight to improve corporate energy efficiency, awarding its first maximum
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Government Funding Ignores UK’s First Low Carbon Economic Area; Orecon Sinks
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Ross.
The government has turned a blind eye to a key pledge in the world’s first Carbon Budget by allowing funds for wave power companies to be allocated almost entirely outside of the geographic area designated to see the benefits of the technology. As a result, Cornish wave power company Orecon has been forced to close, [...]
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Carbon Trust Puts Energy Saving LED Lighting Against The Wall
Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by Ross.
When it comes to helping businesses save money and carbon through energy efficiency, the Carbon Trust has seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
Through interest-free loans via the Carbon Trust’s Big Business Refit to businesses looking to save energy, as well as helping the UK’s biggest companies slash energy operating costs, the Carbon [...]
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