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Climate Change and Energy Minister announces cut in Feed-In Tariffs (FITs)
Reduced subsidies for domestic solar electricity production have been proposed as part of an urgent effort to keep the FITs scheme budget under control and reflect the plummeting costs of the technology. Climate Change and Energy Minister Greg Barker said: “My priority is to put the solar industry on a
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Nov
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change defends renewables industry
RenewableUK, the country’s largest wind and marine energy association, has welcomed the Secretary of State’s vigorous defence of the renewables industry in his keynote speech at their annual conference. In his speech, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, highlighted the 9,000 jobs created and the
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28
Oct
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New build registrations up but remain well below government targets
NHBC registrations show that private sector new home registrations rose 6% between July and September 2011 against the same period last year. In September, private sector registrations rose 2% annually, whilst public sector applications fell 16%. However, overall registrations with the NHBC covering both private and public housing dropped 12%
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27
Oct
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CPA forecasts further construction decline
The Construction Products Association (CPA) 2011 – 2015 forecast has report that the construction industry has seen no growth in economic activity since the third quarter of 2010, so with the government committed to cut capital expenditure by 20%, construction is set to endure a further two years of decline
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17
Oct
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Government wants 250,000 homes built before end of parliament
According to parliamentary private secretary to the housing minister, Jake Berry MP, the government hopes to reach its goal of building 250,000 homes before the end of its parliamentary term. Speaking at the Housing Market Intelligence conference, Berry said: “All the measures that the government was taking to stimulate house
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17
Oct
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EC Harris goes Dutch
Dutch engineering consultant Arcadis is to buy built asset consultancy EC Harris to create a Euro 2.3 billion consultancy of almost 19,000 professionals with the strength and intention to invest and further develop as leading global built asset consultancy. EC Harris CEO, Philip Youell, said: “The deal will accelerate the
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