Business Energy Update from Professional Energy Purchasing
Tue 20th October 2020
It’s that time of year again when the winter woollies come out, the clocks go back, and the heating gets turned on. Because of the pandemic, energy suppliers are still unwilling to quote for certain sectors that have had the most severe impact.
BCC responds to the Prime Minister’s Conservative Party Conference speech
Tue 6th October 2020
Commenting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech, outlining the government’s clean wind energy plans at the Conservative Party Conference today, BCC Director General Adam Marshall said:
DJB Recycling enjoy post-lockdown expansion with new services
Wed 30th September 2020
DJB Recycling has expanded its operations during the Covid-19 pandemic and now offers glass recycling, food waste collection and skip hire for the first time.
Sheffield University engineers to help major manufacturer eliminate fossil fuels in its supply chain
Tue 8th September 2020
Engineers from the University of Sheffield will help one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cleaning and laundry products remove fossil fuels from its supply chain under a new initiative announced on Wednesday (2nd September 2020).
Business Energy Update - Controlling Your Energy in an Unstable World
Wed 2nd September 2020
On average, a business wastes about 20% of the energy it uses. Add this to the predicted changes in future energy supply leading to frequent price volatility and the cost to businesses could potentially be huge.
80 per cent of Indonesian rainforest vulnerable to palm oil destruction is not protected, research shows
Thu 27th August 2020
More than 80 per cent of the Indonesian rainforest, mangroves and peatlands most vulnerable to being cleared for palm oil production is completely unprotected by the country’s Forest Moratorium, according to new research.
Researchers unlock secrets of the past with new international carbon dating standard
Mon 17th August 2020
Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects.
Make Flexible Working Work for You
Wed 22nd July 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed traditional production shift working to new flexible shift patterns to keep the business operating and staff safe. This can provide untapped saving opportunities on electricity costs if managed effectively.
Applying rock dust to croplands could absorb up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, research shows
Fri 17th July 2020
Adding crushed rock dust to farmland could draw down up to two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air per year and help meet key global climate targets, according to a major new study led by the University of Sheffield.
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