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HARLEY HADDOW LAUNCHES NEW DIVISION TO BOLSTER NET ZERO OFFERING

Harley Haddow, the multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, has launched a new energy division off the back of burgeoning demand for Net Zero services as government targets loom.  Following on from rapidly accelerating growth and a raft of high-profile Net Zero project wins Harley Haddow have invested in this Building Performance and sustainability division and are actively […]

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UK AQUACULTURE BUSINESS OPENS DOOR TO PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT

Seafields, a UK-based aquaculture business that aims to remove billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year by growing and harvesting floating seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean has opened its first-ever private, seven figure investment round.   Developing and testing new technologies focused on growing and capturing Sargassum, a seaweed that has escaped its

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DENTAL PRACTICE CELEBRATES CARBON EMISSION MILESTONE

One80 Dental celebrated offsetting more than 30 tonnes of carbon emissions, the equivalent of 74,430 miles driven in a car this past Earth Day. The specialist-led dental practice in Totley, Sheffield, strengthened its commitment to sustainability earlier this year by registering with social enterprise Ecologi, pledging to plant more than 100 trees per month. So

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CATERING SUPPLIER COULD FACE LARGE FINES DUE TO GLASGOW’S LOW EMISSION ZONE

Dunns Food and Drink says it faces tens of thousands of pounds in penalties as it will not be ready in time to comply with Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ). The firm said a delay in receiving new delivery vans meant some of its vehicles would not meet emission standards by the time the zone

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THIRD SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT SCOTLAND’S CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Leading responsible finance provider, Social Investment Scotland (SIS) is inviting leaders from Scotland’s social enterprise and third sector to join a new coaching initiative designed to develop Scotland’s circular economy. Funded by Zero Waste Scotland, Circular Economy 360+ is a programme of online and in-person training that will help organisations to embrace planet-friendly and sustainable

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ENERGY COMPANIES PARTNER ON UK’S FIRST SHARED SOLAR PARK

Ripple Energy has announced that Derril Water Solar Park in Devon will become Britain’s first shared solar park.  The green energy ownership movement has worked with renewable energy company RES to provide an alternative way to how solar parks can be owned and run by offering households a chance to buy and part-own the park.

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MYENERGI SECURES FUNDING TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Left to Right: Jordan Brompton, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at myenergi; Frances Howell, MD, Head of Corporate Midlands at HSBC UK; Lee Sutton, myenergi co-founder and Chief Executive; Melissa Hemming, Relationship Director at HSBC UK; and Emma Dutton, Chief Financial Officer at myenergi. High growth green tech specialist MyEnergi has secured a £30 million

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BURNS & MCDONNELL EXPANDS UK PRESENCE

Burns & McDonnell has increased its footprint in the U.K. transmission market by joining the SSEN Transmission engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) substations framework. Burns & McDonnell joins other selected suppliers to perform substation work providing the design, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of substations in Scotland. The framework includes a tranche of capital projects and

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FORWARD THINKING COMPANY INVESTS TO HELP CUSTOMERS CUT DOWN

A dynamic company in the far north-east of Scotland has just completed a remarkable investment which will give local construction companies and farm businesses access to vital resources without the necessity of clocking up huge supply chain mileages. Sustainable biomass supplier and timber products specialist GMG Energy has installed, at a cost in excess of

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RICHARD BRANSON GIVES ADVICE TO SEVERAL SCOTTISH STARTUPS

A group of Scottish business founders looking to scale-up and grow their new sustainable brands received advice from Sir Richard Branson as he attended the official launch of Virgin Hotels Edinburgh.   The six businesses, which have all had support from Virgin StartUp, Virgin’s not-for-profit incubator, were given the opportunity to show their products to the

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