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Britain is 25th out of 27 EU nations on renewable energy
30 Nov 2010 | Filed under: Industry Comment, SustainabilityThe BBC reports that MPs are concerned that the UK is making “unacceptably slow” progress towards its renewable energy targets. The Committee of Public Accounts also said that there was no clear understanding of the cost and success of some alternative technologies. It said the Department of Energy and Climate Change needed “a greater sense [...]
The hidden cost of having late payers and how to deal with them
18 Nov 2010 | Filed under: ComplianceAs late payment becomes a growing problem, especially for start-up businesses, the cost of financing your customers’ businesses through slow payment is a hidden but significant overhead which should be avoided. The following article appears in The Start-up Donut at http://www.startupdonut.co.uk/ . Martin Dunne of Sayers Butterworth chartered accountants offers advice on how to deal with [...]
Building and running computers costs 2% of world energy consumption – but is a solution on the way?
12 Nov 2010 | Filed under: Efficiency savings, Sustainability, TechnologyThe BBC reports that building and then running computers uses 2% of the world’s energy but IBM are looking at ways to reduce this by keeping machines cool with water in future. A pioneering research effort could shrink the world’s most powerful supercomputer processors to the size of a sugar cube, IBM scientists say. The approach [...]
Beware of these rogue operators
09 Nov 2010 | Filed under: Industry CommentIf there is one aspect of my work which frustrates me beyond belief it’s those (thankfully relatively few) dodgy operators who prey on small businesses and individuals with offers of fantastic deals on their electricity and gas. These people use strong-arm tactics to intimidate consumers into rushing into deals under threat of disconnection and worse if [...]
£millions of outstanding credit unclaimed by consumers
25 Oct 2010 | Filed under: Compliance, Industry CommentThis press release has just been sent out by Ofcom: Ofcom today called on consumers to check that they aren’t owed money when they switch their communications services to a new provider. Ofcom has gathered data that suggests that over the past two years there have been around 2 million consumers who have left their [...]
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