News released last week shows that petrol prices on the forecourts have risen by 20p a litre since the beginning of 2009, and so the average tank will now cost £11 more to fill up than it did at the end of 2008.
If prices continue rising at this rate, they could top £1.05 a litre [...]
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Petrol prices are on the rise again
Government scrappage scheme a success?
Figures released this week show that the Government’s scrappage scheme, brought in to stimulate the ailing car production market, has been a success with 154,297 cars bought since it was introduced earlier this year. And, pleasingly, the data also shows that the scheme has led to a number of greener vehicles being purchased.
Data also [...]
Business parking charges set to go ahead
Following our blog post about councils introducing schemes to charge businesses for their parking spaces , it seems things have taken a step forward with Nottingham City Council set to introduce the scheme in 2012.
It will see all firms with more than 11 staff parking spaces being charged £250 a year for each space, with [...]
Twenty ideas designed to save the world
Last week in Manchester, an expert panel sat through a number of ideas designed to combat climate change. The Guardian, working with the Manchester International Festival decided to open up the floodgates and allow some of the more creative amongst us to submit their ideas for tackling global warming. Ranging from the more outrageous concepts [...]
G8 leaders convene in Italy
World leaders, including Gordon Brown and Barack Obama, are meeting this week in the Italian city of L’Aquila to agree new targets for limiting global warming and carbon emissions. The second day of negotiations today will open up discussions with Brazil, India, China, Mexico and South Africa, the developing nations who the G8 say have [...]
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