Environmental News and Information
This section aims to provide Environmental Specialists with news and information about the sector in which we work, developments in technology or companies as well as stories from acrross the East of England region.
UK Government launches £125m Environmental Innovation Fund
Submitted on January 29, 2010
New government-backed clean-tech investment fund to target start-ups committed to improving resource efficiency.
The government has recently formally launched the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIF), with the first of a new £125m fund for investing in cutting-edge environmental technologies.
The UKIF was announced last June and was followed by the appointment of Hermes Private Equity and the [...]
Recession leaves legacy of resource efficiency as East of England businesses undergo major ‘thrift shift’
Submitted on January 22, 2010
The recession could leave a legacy of improved resource efficiency in the East of England as businesses adopt an increasingly ‘thrifty’ mindset - that’s according to a new report published by sustainability experts Envirowise.
The Envirowise Business Thrift Shift Report, which encompasses responses from more than 500 UK companies, reveals that 83% of respondents in the [...]
New integrated trade and inward investment business support arrangements from April 2010
Submitted on January 14, 2010
Companies across the East of England, and those looking to set up in the region, will benefit from new arrangements for fully integrated trade and inward investment business support from 1 April 2010.
EEIDB Ltd has been selected as preferred provider for both the East of England Development Agency’s (EEDA) inward investment activity and UK Trade & [...]
East of England: a global economic force
Submitted on January 12, 2010
The East of England is an economic force to be reckoned with compared to other top-performing global regions but investment in high-level skills and infrastructure is holding back greater growth.
A report from Insight East, the economic experts at the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), compares the region with other international world-leading regions across 23 [...]
WWF Green TV ‘Inside Cop15′
Submitted on December 15, 2009
The critical Copenhagen climate change conference is now well underway.
‘Inside Cop15′ is a WWF Green TV initiative at the conference, producing six podcasts and a live show (at 18:00 GMT; 19:00 CET) every day. ‘Inside Cop15′ will be reporting the highs, lows and everything in-between in the negotiations for a global climate deal.
All of this [...]
