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Speedy Hire buys rival Hewden for £115m
Timesonline
(14th June 2007)
Speedy Hire, Britain's largest tool hire company, is spending £115 million to buy Hewden Tools, to add another 188 depots to its empire in a fast consolidating sector.
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Website FSC sales - look for the ID code!
Forestry Stewardship Council
(11th June 2007)
There has been a huge growth in consumer internet sales sites and at the height of the garden furniture season, there are many using the FSC logo and name to promote their garden furniture - or perhaps what they are claiming is FSC furniture, but maybe without a code number to show that it is genuine.
News: Environment, Climate and Attitudes
EasyJet unveils 'ecoJet'
The Gaurdian
EasyJet has urged plane manufacturers to produce greener planes after unveiling the prototype for an aircraft that could slash carbon dioxide emissions by half.
G8: European countries must stand up to Bush on climate
Friends Of the Earth
(7th June 2007)
June 4th 2007, Brussels - Friends of the Earth Europe warned today that unless European leaders take the lead and stand up to US President George Bush on climate change at the G8 talks in Heiligendamm, Germany this week, the eight most industrialised nations will let down the world's poorest nations
News: Society, Health, Community & Responsible Business
BUILDING THE DREAM
Daily Express
(June 2007)
Whether it’s because of a desire to have a place you have planned and designed yourself or because you can’t find your dream home on the open market, or even because you’ve seen programmes like Grand Designs, thousands of us are turning our hands to building our own property.
World Environment Day 2007
WWF
(5th June 2007)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has marked World Environment Day by launching a major new report Snow & Ice.
News: Finance & Economy
50-year mortgage to be promoted to home buyers
(12th June 2007)
First it was mortgages equal to five or six times a homebuyer's salary. Now the half-century home loan beckons
New body calls for urgent action over house prices
The Independent
The next generation of homebuyers could face average house prices that are 10 times their salaries unless the number of homes being built increases, an independent housing body warned today.
