Newsletter
Week 43, 2008
STOP PRESS......
Carbon Trust doubles energy efficiency loans
The Carbon Trust has doubled the maximum size of its interest-free Energy Efficiency loans from £100,000 to £200,000 – and increased the overall loans pot by 45 per cent to £31 million this year.
The move is in response to the difficult market conditions and will enable small businesses to implement energy saving projects on a far more ambitious scale than previously possible. It is expected that the new scheme will generate 20 per cent more carbon and energy savings this year than would have been possible under the previous limit. Click here for more details.
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TIP OF THE WEEK
Re-examine Your Company’s “Truths”
Whenever everyone in an organization believes that something is “true” to the exclusion of any other options, the company is in trouble. United views are very important for making everyone work towards the same objectives and goals, but when these beliefs go unchallenged they can prevent companies from adapting to change.
How can you balance this tension? Regularly challange every belief that is deeply held in your by asking what the opposite view would look like. If that takes you to a very different market place or direction, then try to explore how you could exploit these new opportunities.
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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
How did "Square" Lenders escape the banking crisis
How do you keep your head when all those around you are loosing theirs? This has become a defining challenge for leaders in an age of technology bubbles, private-equity overreach, and, most recently, the mania (and meltdown) in the mortgage market. So just what it is that small businesses can learn from the heartache and misery of the banking industry?
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NEWSFLASH OF THE WEEK
Department of Energy and Climate Change established
Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, today welcomed the creation of a new department to tackle the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. "The new department reflects the fact that energy policy and climate change are directly linked....We will do all we can to ensure affordable fuel bills for people, put Britain at the forefront of creating green jobs and play our part in ensuring every country meets the climate change challenge" said Mr Miliband.
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EVENT FO THE WEEK
Onlien couress on Intellectual Property
When: various
Where: The British Library, London
Cost: free
The British Library Business & IP Centre <http://www.bl.uk/bipc> has developed a programme of e-learning courses in partnership with Nelson Croom that will take you step-by-step through the protection and development of your idea. Each step is designed as an easy-to-use course that can be undertaken at your leisure. Click here to register.
Week 43, 2008
STOP PRESS......
Carbon Trust doubles energy efficiency loans
The Carbon Trust has doubled the maximum size of its interest-free Energy Efficiency loans from £100,000 to £200,000 – and increased the overall loans pot by 45 per cent to £31 million this year.
The move is in response to the difficult market conditions and will enable small businesses to implement energy saving projects on a far more ambitious scale than previously possible. It is expected that the new scheme will generate 20 per cent more carbon and energy savings this year than would have been possible under the previous limit. Click here for more details.
.
TIP OF THE WEEK
Re-examine Your Company’s “Truths”
Whenever everyone in an organization believes that something is “true” to the exclusion of any other options, the company is in trouble. United views are very important for making everyone work towards the same objectives and goals, but when these beliefs go unchallenged they can prevent companies from adapting to change.
How can you balance this tension? Regularly challange every belief that is deeply held in your by asking what the opposite view would look like. If that takes you to a very different market place or direction, then try to explore how you could exploit these new opportunities.
.
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
How did "Square" Lenders escape the banking crisis
How do you keep your head when all those around you are loosing theirs? This has become a defining challenge for leaders in an age of technology bubbles, private-equity overreach, and, most recently, the mania (and meltdown) in the mortgage market. So just what it is that small businesses can learn from the heartache and misery of the banking industry?
.
NEWSFLASH OF THE WEEK
Department of Energy and Climate Change established
Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, today welcomed the creation of a new department to tackle the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. "The new department reflects the fact that energy policy and climate change are directly linked....We will do all we can to ensure affordable fuel bills for people, put Britain at the forefront of creating green jobs and play our part in ensuring every country meets the climate change challenge" said Mr Miliband.
.
EVENT FO THE WEEK
Onlien couress on Intellectual Property
When: various
Where: The British Library, London
Cost: free
The British Library Business & IP Centre <http://www.bl.uk/bipc> has developed a programme of e-learning courses in partnership with Nelson Croom that will take you step-by-step through the protection and development of your idea. Each step is designed as an easy-to-use course that can be undertaken at your leisure. Click here to register.
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