Utilities

Internet 'More Important' Than Heating Or Water Says Study

PA | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Tech

Workers are more concerned about losing their internet connection at home than having no heating or water, a study suggests. Nearly 40% of people b...

Charlie Thomas

Fears About Impact Of Chinese Investment In UK Water Dispelled

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK

A takeover of listed UK water companies in the immediate future is unlikely, despite share price spikes and market rumours, analysts have told the Huf...

To Put Park Lane Into a Tunnel Should be to Recover the Lost Parkland, Boris, Not for Building Upon

Peter Martindale | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

I read with interest recently, enthusiastic support for London Mayor Boris Johnson as visionary for proposing to sink Park Lane (Mayfair, London) into a tunnel and to build on the land thus freed-up. Oh dear, environmental awareness certainly escapes Boris!

Solar In The UK: Facing The Full Force Of Big Energy Blowback

Jeremy Leggett | Posted 09.02.2012 | UK
Jeremy Leggett

We have learned that we live in a very unfair land, where there is no such thing as Big Society, where a Prime Minister's talk of countervailing austerity-related job losses via UK participation in the green industrial revolution is just so much talk.