News that youth unemployment in the UK has hit a record high has coincided with a promise by government to carry out a full evaluation of a fund used by hundreds of social enterprises to create thousands of jobs for young people.

The Future Jobs Fund (FJF) was a £1bn initiative set up by the

The UK’s first zero-energy cost business park will be built in Wigan following investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The £2.7million business park, to be built at Swan Lane in Hindley Green Industrial Estate, will provide nine business units where tenants will not have to

The Carbon Trust and Siemens have launched a scheme to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to £550 million over the next three years.

This major new deal will boost green growth and unlock business investment in the low carbon economy – key to the UK’s recovery. T

 The renewable heat incentive is aimed at increasing the amount of heat that households and businesses can generate from low-carbon sources.

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