The UK retail industry is the 5th highest consumer of energy in the UK, using more non-renewables than the construction industry. After installing the UK’s largest retail solar installation in August 2017, the White Rose shopping centre in Leeds h...

Following the publication of Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a safer future’ report, which James Brokenshire, Housing Minster described as a ‘watershed’ for construction safety, there have been calls for the report to have gone further. The review...

Yesterday (14 August) James Brokenshire announced the government’s social housing green paper, which lays out plans to improve social housing across the UK. The proposal includes, more flexible ways for people to buy their own homes, improving the...

The number and size of infrastructure development projects throughout the UK, (e.g. HS2, Thames Tideway, Crossrail, Heathrow) is putting increased demand on the environmental consultancy talent pool, especially across; environmental impact assessm...

The Crown Estate has released plans for the development of 18 zones in UK waters, which could support up to 7.5GW of new renewable energy capacity. This latest round of seabed leasing, is scheduled to get underway early next year (subject to final...

The UK construction industry grew last month, at its fastest rate for over a year. With both house-building and employment in construction showing their biggest increase since the end of 2015. The latest figures from the HIS Markit/CIPS constructi...

Britain’s town centres have been failing for the last 20-25 years according to various reports and studies undertaken by the NRPF (National Retail Planning Forum), BIRA (British Independent Retail Association) and many others. The problems have be...

Tougher fines for health and safety breaches were introduced in the UK in 2016, which focused on the culpability of employers for the level of harm or risk caused by a breach of safety regulations. The intention of the Sentencing Council was to en...

Victoria station have come up with a new way of grabbing commuter’s attention, by getting a nine-year-old to make the safety announcement. Megan, who’s parents both work at the tube station, is recorded saying “Hello everybody and please listen up...

Holiday makers are becoming more aware of conservation choosing to book their holidays with companies that value sustainability and animal welfare. Thomas Cook have said that over 90 percent of their customers are concerned about animal welfare st...