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SAMARITANS has launched a new, free Self-Help app during Mental Health Awareness Week to encourage people to be kind to themselves and look after their emotional well-being, offering practical ways to cope and stay safe if they’re going through a difficult time. Samaritans CEO, Ruth Sutherland, commented: “We're pleased to be able to launch our new self-help app and provide...

AMTE Power and Britishvolt have announced plans to investigate collaborating to build the UK’s first full cycle battery cell GigaPlant, servicing the automotive and energy storage markets. Both parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on each others complementary ambitions to create and expand an onshore manufacturing supply chain. Kevin Brundish, CEO at AMTE Power, commented on the announcement:...

CONSTRUCTION of new University of Birmingham sustainable energy research and innovation centre has begun at Tyseley Energy Park. The centre seeks to promote innovation in waste, energy and low carbon vehicle systems across the West Midlands. The £7 million Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre is funded by the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. It will be the home of R&D, benchmarking...

RENEWABLE hydrogen has a key role to play in the UK’s successful transition from fossil fuels to renewables, alongside a huge expansion of wind energy and other clean power sources, according to a new report published today by RenewableUK. Powering the Future: RenewableUK’s Vision of the Transition sets out a wide-ranging vision of how the UK’s energy system is set...

THE GOVERNMENT is launching a new effort to support green start-up companies across the UK, joint-funding a £40 million venture capital fund to supercharge the development of next generation clean, low-carbon technologies. The Clean Growth Fund will contribute towards the UK’s plans to reach Net Zero by 2050 and will be accessible to UK-based companies driving green technology across the...

26% of construction industry professionals thought about taking their own lives in 2019 – before the COVID-19 pandemic had hit the industry – and 97% recorded being stressed at least once in the last year, according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Building. Job insecurity, long hours, time away from families, lack of support from HR and...

UK homes lose heat significantly faster than their European neighbours, even when factoring in outside temperature, a new study by intelligent home climate management company tado° has found. The study, conducted between Dec 2019 and Jan 2020 in 80,000 homes, found that a UK home with an indoor temperature of 20°C and an outside temperature of 0°C loses on average...

RESEARCH which reveals how the impact of COVID-19 has changed our approach to food waste has been launched by Just Eat and the Sustainable Restaurant Association. The new research finds a £1.8bn worth of takeaway food is thrown away every year in the UK. Of that, £376m worth of food waste occurs in takeaway outlets while households account for £1.4bn in...

THE CORONAVIRUS crisis is set to change our future, and the question of what this will mean for the environment remains unanswered, Economics Editor Silvia Pavoni writes in her column for The Banker. Ms Pavoni writes: "Some argue that dealing with this emergency inevitably puts everything else on the back burner. "In some cases, it might go as far as reversing...

RESEARCH conducted during lockdown reveals how more than a quarter of 16-to-25 year olds (29 per cent) feel their future career prospects have already been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, while 46 per cent say that finding a job now feels “impossible”. The Prince’s Trust and YouGov report, Young People in Lockdown,with research supported by L’Oréal Paris, shows how 43 per...