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Zero Carbon Bus Tour comes to the West

The Zero Carbon Bus Tour is in the West this week and next, with events scheduled in Swindon, Bristol and Cheltenham. Planet Mark, a sustainability certification body has officially partnered with #...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 10.09.21
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World EV Day 2021 - driving change

World EV Day, a celebration of all things electric mobility, is taking place today (Thursday 9th September). The global movement made its first appearance in September 2020 as an annual event that...
Sara Sloman
Sara Sloman
Elmtronics
Posted on: 09.09.21
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The Gloucestershire businesswoman helping people go green

Every so often in talking to businesspeople I come across somebody who really inspires me with their ideas and passion. Wendy Thomson of Stonehouse - or Wendy Goes Green as she has called her company...
Ian Mean
Ian Mean
Business West
Posted on: 08.09.21
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Do you have enough on your plate running a business? A smart meter could help

Running your very own restaurant, coffee shop or bar might be a dream, but you are up against huge competition, and it can be tough out there. For survival and success, you may want to consider the...
Posted on: 01.09.21
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Hydrogen is an opportunity that Swindon and the South West needs to seize

The announcement of a UK hydrogen strategy on Tuesday has attracted enormous interest and not a few misleading headlines. This much delayed strategy provides government sanctioned targets for the use...
Dr Jack Frost OBE
Dr Jack Frost OBE
Business West
Posted on: 19.08.21
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West poised to prosper from government's hydrogen strategy

Yesterday (17 August) was the eagerly awaited launch of the government’s hydrogen strategy . It sets out the approach to developing a low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK to meet the government’s...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 18.08.21
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Business West response to UK government’s hydrogen strategy

Responding to a long-awaited hydrogen strategy for the UK’s burgeoning hydrogen sector Head of Climate Strategy at Business West Nina Skubala comments: “The much-awaited hydrogen strategy rightly...
Posted on: 17.08.21
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Who understands what 'net zero' means?

The acceleration in addressing climate change has brought with it a dictionary of new terms. The British Chambers of Commerce partnered with O2 in a recent survey which found that one in five...
Posted on: 12.08.21
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Businesses consider climate change a core business issue, but need resources to act

Nearly 70% of South West businesses consider climate change to be a core ‘business issue’, but lack resources to act on it.
Posted on: 09.08.21
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