With the final deadline to apply for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) less than a fortnight away, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is urging farmers to apply as soon as possible before midnight on 10 June. Farmers still to apply for BPS this year incur a 1% penalty for every working day it is […]
A new exhibition at The Lighthouse in Glasgow will showcase stunning designs, created collaboratively by Scottish and international agencies, for a potential renewable energy project to be located at Dundashill in Port Dundas, on the banks of the Forth & Clyde canal in the city. The designs were based on the idea that such […]
A new contract to maintain and respond to issues on Yorkshire and the Humber’s motorways and major A roads has been awarded to highways specialist A-one+. The Highways England contract, which will run from 7 June, will ensure the region’s strategic roads are well maintained and safe to use for the 270,000 businesses and 5,000,000 […]
Declining productivity growth and rising inequality are two of the biggest obstacles to improved economic performance, according to a new OECD report. The Productivity-Inclusiveness Nexus explores the root causes behind each of these challenges, examining the extent to which they are connected, and at how to take a coherent policy response. In particular, it signals the […]
Aberdeenshire Council have been successful in securing £135,000 of grant funding from Transport Scotland’s 2016/17 Community Links programme and £50,000 from the Cycling Development Fund to support the Council’s ongoing Integrated Travel Town (ITT) project. The ITT project, aims to develop active & sustainable transport schemes, and will help to enable everyday journeys to be […]
Scotland can become a more productive country through “innovation, investment, internationalisation and tackling inequality”, Economy Secretary Keith Brown will say on 31 May. Ahead of opening the first economy debate of the new Parliament on 31 may, Mr Brown said Scotland’s economy had proven resilient in face of considerable challenges and is well placed to […]
The CBI will be running a series of globally themed events in the first week of July to champion UK export successes and showcase opportunities in international markets. #CBIglobalweek will kick off on Monday 4th July with an exclusive breakfast with British Ambassador to the United States Sir Kim Darroch with events taking place throughout […]
A consortium of local partners have celebrated the completion of a successful energy innovation trial that helped 26 homes, 5 schools and an office block in Bristol reap the rewards of more efficient renewable energy. The £2.8m SoLa Bristol project, the first of its kind in the UK, trialled battery storage devices charged by rooftop […]
Hounslow Council is leading the way in saving energy costs and being one of the greenest boroughs, by putting into place the largest solar panel installation using battery storage in Europe. Supported by the Mayor of London’s RE:FIT programme, the council has installed over 6,000 solar panels on the rooftop of the Western International Market […]
Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire, arrived in India on Monday 30 May to continue to strengthen the long-standing UK-India relationship. Mr Swire will meet senior Indian counterparts in Delhi to build on the successful visit of Indian Prime Minister to the UK in November 2015, where a series of agreements about cooperation on key foreign […]
