Whitbread is the owner of some household name brands including Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and Beefeater restaurants. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, ‘Good Together’, underpins all our business integrated thinking and aims to make us a force for good …
The Secretary of State today announced that there will be no further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, in a move to protect taxpayers. We’ve put together this blog to answer your questions. What does this mean for the …
DECC’s priorities are clear: keeping bills as low as possible for hardworking families and businesses and powering the economy while decarbonising in the most cost-effective way. These are a challenging and critical set of objectives. DECC has a long term …
Can the world see better living standards for a population of 10 billion, and hit the 2 degree goal? Yes, according to the “Global Calculator”, previewed at COP 20 in Lima. As the world’s governments gathered at the 20th Conference …
Sam Kennedy, Head of Consumer Demand and Products Policy, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) How much thought do you put into saving energy in your home? Our recent survey shows that three-quarters of people give it a lot …
We've had an efficiency agenda in place at The Canal and River Trust, for quite some time now. We became a charity in 2012, so we were always trying to save money, not from the perspective of leaving it in …
Since the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed we’ve been busy behind the scenes. This blog provides an update of our activity. Payments to GDHIF applicants GDHIF has been extremely popular with over 21, 000 applications to the scheme when …
In late July we announced plans to change regulations in the private rented sector by imposing minimum energy efficiency standards. In this blog, we explain why and how these changes can help consumers to take control of their energy bills …
July was one of the biggest months ever for the Green Deal and we’ve released our regular monthly statistics to keep you up to date on the latest figures for Green Deal Assessments, Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF), Green …