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14-05-2013
Micro business boost will transform the economy
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| Lord Young, the Prime Ministers Enterprise Adviser, publishes Growing your Business: A report on Growing Micro Businesses. |
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10-05-2013
Working together: how to mobilise investment in green technology
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| Speech by Greg Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change, at the Responsible Business Summit (7 May 2013) |
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29-04-2013
UK backs bid to tackle deforestation
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| Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker pledged UK support to the Tropical Forests Alliance 2020, a partnership set up by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the US Government, during a meeting in Washington this month. |
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03-04-2013
Industry agree stretching energy efficiency targets with government
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| The new Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme has started, providing an extension to the Climate Change Levy rebate for energy intensive industries until 2023. |
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03-04-2013
Budget introduces employer tax relief on health benefit
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| Chancellor George Osbourne confirms the introduction of a targeted tax relief to help businesses recoup some of the costs of back-to-work interventions recommended for absent employees. |
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27-03-2013
Government announces plan to cut emissions from heating
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| The Government has announced its action plan to drive a nationwide shift to low carbon heating alternatives. One year on from the launch of the first ever UK heat strategy; the next steps have been set to ensure affordable, low carbon heating plays an important role in our future. |
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26-03-2013
Building trade given £30m boost
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| Small construction businesses have welcomed news of a £30 million government backed scheme to help them secure credit. Businesses previously restricted to a £3,000 credit limit from B&Q and Screwfix stores via their TradeUK credit scheme, can now apply for credit accounts worth £25,000. |
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19-02-2013
Mariner field opens new chapter in UK oil and gas development
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| The UK Government has given Statoil consent to drill one of the biggest developments ever in the North Sea |
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15-02-2013
Secretary of State Edward Davey speech to the AVOID symposium at the Royal Society
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| Ed Davey, Secretary of State, has delivered a speech to the AVOID symposium on climate change, stressing that the responsibility of avoiding dangerous climate change falls on all of us, but ........! |
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23-01-2013
The new home on the web for the Department of Energy & Climate Change - gov.uk/decc
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| DECC has now moved its content to the new GOV.UK website joining its colleagues from FCO, BIS, MoD, DCLG and DfT. All remaining ministerial departments are due to move over in the first few months of 2013. |
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14-01-2013
£125m Green Deal cashback scheme opens
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| "Energy saving has never been so attractive" - that's the message from Edward Davey today as he announced the Green Deal Cashback Scheme is open, with hundreds of pounds of cash available to householders in England and Wales who make energy saving home improvements. |
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14-01-2013
UK leads EU scheme to drive bioenergy innovation
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| The UK has pledged up to £10million (12.5M euro) to a scheme to develop innovative bioenergy projects, in partnership with seven other EU countries. The cash will help stimulate millions of pounds of further private investment in the technology. |
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09-01-2013
£292,000 boost for bioenergy entrepreneurs
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| Seven British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of £292,000 to spur on innovation in bioenergy, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announced today. |
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19-12-2012
Government decision on international aviation and shipping emissions
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| Government will defer a decision on whether to include international aviation and shipping emissions in carbon budgets until the setting of the fifth carbon budget in 2016, by which point there should be more clarity on how aviation emissions will be tackled at an EU and global level. |
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18-12-2012
Solar and biomass support packages published
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| The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and biomass developers were today given certainty on projects to be supported under the Government |
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13-12-2012
Private finance is key to tackling climate change - Barker
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| UK Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker and CEO of UAE's Masdar, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, today announced a new roundtable for the world's largest public and private sector investors in low carbon industries, to scale up investment to combat climate change in developing economies. |
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13-12-2012
New controls announced for shale gas exploration
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| Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey today announced that exploratory hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas can resume in the UK, subject to new controls to mitigate the risks of seismic activity. |
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13-12-2012
Key milestone for smart meters rollout
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| Plans for the installation of smart meters for millions of homes and businesses in Great Britain took a step forward with the publication of Government decisions on rules for consumer engagement, privacy, and security. |
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11-12-2012
CRC simplified to save businesses millions of pounds
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| The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) will be dramatically simplified in order to save participating businesses and public sector organisations millions of pounds in administrative costs. |
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29-11-2012
An Energy Bill to power low-carbon economic growth, protect consumers and keep the lights on.....
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| the Bill sets out radical reforms to the design of the electricity market that will kick-start a renaissance in construction of low-carbon energy infrastructure and in low-carbon manufacturing supply-chains |
