The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s leading gardening charity, is launching National Gardening Week for 16 to 22 April 2012, to get the nation growing.

This year’s IOG SALTEX programme of activities for arboriculturalists not only embraces an exciting, informative and comprehensive series of demonstrations, workshops and seminars, but also the ‘Climb a Mile’ tree-climbing relay race in aid of the Help for Heroes charity.

Reed Exhibitions is delighted to announce that it has acquired Media Generation Events Ltd (MGE), the organisers of All-Energy, the UK's largest alternative energy exhibition and conference, held annually each May in Aberdeen to which so many interested in all forms of microgeneration and on-site renewables travel to attend the exhibition and the special microgeneration conference sessions.

 Thermally efficient Swistherm External Wall Insulation (EWI) from Alumasc has been used on the pioneering, energy-saving refurbishment of a Bristol apartment block.

 The £1.5million upgrade of 16-storey Rawnsley House is thought to be the first in the UK to benefit from the Community Energy Savings Programme, a Government fund delivered to homes in low income areas through partnerships between Local Authorities, Community Groups and Energy Companies.  Landlord Bristol City Council worked closely with EDF Energy and carbon reduction company Sustain to deliver the scheme.

Lifetime Recycling Village’s Managing Director, Neil Gallacher, speaks out on the importance of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) UK Renewable Energy Roadmap, published this week

“It is essential for the UK renewables industry that the Government clarifies steps to support further investment and growth.  Without this, we have little hope of achieving a transition to a low carbon economy.

Waste management facility operators need to be aware of the approaching deadline for Continuing Competence under the CIWM/WAMITAB Operator Competence scheme for England and Wales. 

 This scheme is one of the two routes approved by Defra through which operators can demonstrate their technical competence and it includes a requirement for individuals to keep their competence up to date.  At present, the Continuing Competence aspect of the scheme applies to existing holders of a Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) and those individuals who have previously been ‘deemed competent’. In the future, it will also apply to all those who gain a competence qualification.

Redhills (part of Silverdell PLC) has announced the promotion of Mandy McIntyre to Regional Manager of their Scottish operations from 01 July 2011.

 Leading asbestos and environmental consultancy, Redhills recently announced the promotion of Mandy McIntryre to Regional Manager as she takes on the role to head up their growing presence in Scotland.

Barnsley College is currently looking for partners at the forefront of sustainable building technologies to collaborate with them on the Barnsley College 'Think Low Carbon' (TLC) project located at the Honeywell site in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. This project is supported financially by the European Union and has attracted £2.75 million investment from the European Regional Development Fund through the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme 2007-2013. The remainder of the project is being funded by the College.