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Government pledges £1bn for energy efficiency measures
Kwasi Kwarteng relaxes planning rules for renewables and makes acceleration of infrastructure projects a priority
Rocketing energy bills threaten UK busines
The Federation of Small Businesses calls for government help as SMEs report more than five-fold increases in their energy bills
Construction output shrinks for first time since October
Activity fell by 1.4% in June, following seven consecutive months’ rise
Insulating homes must be priority, says Labour
Incoming Prime Minister must make insulation a priority
Workers average 1.5 days in the office
UK office staff are still spending far less time at work and more working from home
Pressure to adapt buildings after heatwaves and drought
Building resilience must mitigate impacts of extreme heat, says UKGBC
Grid constraints holding up developments in West London
Requests for electricity connections from data centres creating a logjam
Truss and Sunak’s climate credentials under scrutiny
Leadership candidates back net zero, but Truss vows to halt green energy levies
Lord Callanan takes over as construction minister
Former minister Lee Rowley resigned from Boris Johnson’s government
First operational Nabers UK rating awarded to Leeds office
Grosvenor’s Toronto Square earns 4.5 stars under energy-rating scheme