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Car scrappage scheme attracts elderly owners with their elderly vehicles

Motorists who own a car more than 10 years old can trade it in to qualify for a £2,000 discount on a new model. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA Elderly motorists have led the stampede to cash in on the £2,000 car scrappage scheme which starts today, ...

From TIM WEBB, DAVID TEATHER, Guardian Unlimited,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: Citroen,  Lord Mandelson

Chief calls for renewables subsidy

The government must draw up a masterplan to meet the UK's ambitious targets of providing 15% of the country's power from renewables by 2020, National Grid's chief executive, Steve Holliday, has warned. As investment in alternative sources of energy ...

From TIM WEBB, DAVID ADAM, The Observer,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: National Grid

UK 'needs urgent master plan on renewable energy'

Offshore wind projects are being scrapped because the slump in oil and carbon prices means they are no longer economic. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty The UK government must urgently draw up a "master plan" to have any chance of meeting the UK's ...

From DAVID ADAM, TIM WEBB, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: National Grid

Church joins row over Sunday shopping hours

Church and union leaders have condemned attempts by big stores to extend their opening times by four hours on the Sunday before Christmas. Retailers fear deepening economic gloom and a slowing housing market will spell disaster during their most ...

From TIM WEBB AND DAVID SMITH, Guardian Unlimited,  1 Dec 2007
Related Topics: John Hutton,  eBay Inc.

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