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By Melanie Kendall-Reid On Monday, 14 October 2019 the UK Government announced its plans, during the Queen’s Speech, for the long overdue Environment Bill. The Queen stated that the bill, published the following day, will enshrine principles in law and set legally...

The water market de-regulated in England on 1st April 2017 to remove barriers to competition and deliver a resilient water supply network. It followed in the footsteps of Scotland, which became the first country in the world to deregulate its water market for...

Boris Johnson has requested that the EU reworks the terms of the UK’s future relationship with the union to allow Britain to significantly diverge from European rules after Brexit. Theresa May had committed to a level playing field in key areas such as the environment...

There has been much in the press around net-zero since the government announced its intention to become the first G7 country to legislate a zero emissions target. As one of the biggest contributors of carbon emissions, this legislation will have a major effect on the...

The UK government has announced new measures to accelerate investment in clean growth with a Green Finance Taskforce. The transition to a low carbon economy needs a multi-billion pound investment and is a key element of the government’s industrial strategy. It asserts...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has written to Defra to ask the Government for greater powers to tackle construction pollution, as industry experts call for urgent action to improve the state of sustainability in the UK built environment. With half of the capital’s...

Since the markets experienced full deregulation in the early nineties, we have witnessed periods of extreme pricing volatility, followed by long periods of stability. During that time, energy management as an agenda item has been in and out of the boardroom more times...

It is decision time! The General Election will take place tomorrow, Thursday 8th June 2017. In Theresa May’s speech announcing this, she referred to the “political game-playing” of other parties in Parliament and the House of Lords, which was causing...

Sub metering is often considered to be a relatively small part of a multi-let new build / re-development project. As a result, it is usually addressed at a later stage as part of the wider electrical and mechanical systems and is not given the attention it deserves....

It seems that today there is an art to the production of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to ensure that companies attain the best possible score. Gone are the days of just ticking the compliance box in order to secure a sale or letting. The introduction of the...

Bleary eyed and stunned, I sit and contemplate the result of the US presidential election. Rhetoric of the day before, ringing in my ears – ‘the path to the White House is simply too difficult for Trump to navigate’. I haven’t been so incorrect in forecasting the...

After months of debate and deliberation the UK population has voted to leave the European Union following 43 years of membership. The United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community (as it then was known) in 1973 having been vetoed on two previous occasions by...