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2015 was a transitional year for the renewables industry in the UK in many ways, as a succession of policy changes altered the subsidy regime and shook investor confidence. The [...]

One of the more common questions that generators and funders have around the new Contract for Difference - the 400-page behemoth that governs the new subsidy regime for large-scale renewables [...]

DECC published the latest version of the Contracts for Difference in April. The new subsidy regime, which transitions from Autumn this year to March 2017, will have a seismic impact [...]

AND so as we approach the start of the all-important Six Nations the obvious question is, who has made the hard decisions with the bigger picture in mind? For England, [...]

It doesn't take a medical degree, just a little considered thought, to work out that avoidance of food or water-borne illnesses and insect-borne diseases is 90 per cent of the [...]

All over the UKthe atmosphere is heavy in sixth form commonrooms as thoughts focus on revisionand exams. But there's lighton the horizon - the prospect of a longand well-earned summer [...]

In a fast-moving world where everyone is looking for short cuts and quick fixes, the 'bottom line' is a much sought after concept. Health issues are no exception and, although [...]

Up to 5m travellers from the UK each year visit areas of the world where malaria is endemic. Individuals who take no precautions might reconsider their approach when confronted with [...]

Only other people ever contract sexually transmitted infections (STIs). So it may come as a surprise to hear that 333m people are so afflicted each year, according to figures from [...]

Health scares may come and go but for the traveller there is a ubiquitous threat that is regarded as an occupational hazard. 'Montezuma's revenge', 'Delhi belly', or a host of [...]

Continuing its commitment to making Scotland a world leader in the generation of energy from renewable resources, the Scottish Government has launched two new consultations. The proposals, if implemented, should [...]

In our e-update of 5 August, Community Renewable Schemes: A Grant or FITs - But Not Both? we undertook to update you on guidance to be issued by the Department [...]

Speaking at the Royal Highland Show over the weekend, Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced a feasibility study being undertaken on behalf of the Scottish Government, looking at financing options [...]

Despite the new Government's pledge to be the 'greenest government ever', their first Budget failed to include any specific measures for the renewable energy industry. Instead, the Government confirmed it [...]

The published Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition deal contains a number of points of agreement of relevance and interest to the energy sector. These include: The establishment of a smart grid and [...]

In September 2009 we reported on a consultation which was taking place in relation to amendments to the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009. (Click here to see that e-update). The [...]

In an e-update on 27 March 2009 we reported on the passing of the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009, which took effect on 1 April 2009. We advised at that [...]

Adverts featuring older people don't necessarily appeal to older people says Nick Johnston-Jones A few years ago I was in the cinema with my mum. Among the commercials was a [...]

With pester power on the up, Nick Jones urges marketers to appeal to adults and kids We recently investigated the attitudes of primary school children towards certain corporate identities and [...]

EILEEN GU is a wholesomely beautiful teenager who, when not performing death-defying feats on a snow-clad mountain, models for designer fashion brands such as Louis Vuitton and Estee Lauder. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SERIOUS snowfalls seldom hit Zhangjiakou. Though this grim industrial city folds into the rugged Yin Mountains, 2,000 ft above sea level, and the mercury plunged to -16c this week, in February the weather is invariably bone-dry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMANDA Knox was freed to make millions from her life story last night after a court cleared her of murdering Meredith Kercher. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAMANTHA Lewthwaite - the 'White Widow' being hunted in the wake of the Nairobi mall massacre - is secretly married to a former officer in the Kenyan Navy, a confidential Scotland Yard file on her reveals. The dossier throws new light on the shadowy world of the mother of four who converted to Islam as a schoolgirl and is now the world's most wanted woman. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A SERIES of anguished text messages from honeymoon murder victim Anni Dewani - revealed for the first time today - show how desperate she was to escape her troubled relationship with the man accused of murdering her. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RACHEL CHANDLER shot. Please call urgently ... That was the dramatic and brutally short text-message sent to us by our Somali contact last weekend. And like every such missive about the British couple held by pirates in the Horn of Africa, it demanded to be checked. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AS OSCAR PISTORIUS awaits his trial for the killing of his lover, Reeva Steenkamp, another attractive young blonde is constantly at his side. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

INTERPOL is to issue a worldwide arrest warrant for fugitive British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite after police discovered vital new evidence on a computer left in her Kenyan hideout. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An interview with Nick Jones, hotel designer and founder of the Soho House Empire, is presented.

NORTHCHURCH ROAD in Hackney is home to many properties where front gardens have been replaced to let residents park their cars off-street. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MEDICAL staff at a London hospital are set to be trained as special police constables to tackle crime on the wards. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]