The North has a proud industrial heritage, and now it has a huge opportunity to become a world class leader in the emerging clean energy sector.

The UK water utilities industry is under greater stress than at any other time in its history. Chris Cartwright, Head of Critical Infrastructure at Capita Consulting, discusses the role of data in water conservation.

For the past five years the number of homeless people in the UK has been rising, with Crisis estimating that up to 200,000 families and individuals are now experiencing the most severe forms of homelessness, including rough sleeping.

Against a backdrop of varying policy support and shifting funding commitments, the rise of empowered communities across the UK is even more notable.

Capita today announces that it is making all meetings screen-based by default, even after Covid restrictions end, as it looks to reduce corporate travel by 75pc by the end of the decade.

Tackling a challenge on the scale of the global climate emergency will require collective action and for every part of society – from governments, to businesses, organisations and citizens – to come together, galvanised by the one, common goal of reaching Net Zero.

The UK Government has pledged that the country will become net-zero by 2050. Achieving this will require both huge changes to our energy system and innovative low carbon solutions supported by consumers.

The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated very clearly that “human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe”.

Since January 2021, global market forces and, more recently, soaring natural gas prices have forced no fewer than 14 smaller energy suppliers to cease trading.

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