Ground-breaking HBEES scheme to cut business carbon emissions hits target ahead of schedule

The Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme (HBEES) has reached its carbon saving target six months ahead of its closure. HBEES offers grants of up to £15,000 to SMEs in Hull looking to update outdated equipment or install new heating, lighting, solar or EV charging points, meaning they are saving tonnes of carbon – as well as money on their energy costs – each year. By its closure in June 2023,...

Arco wins gold medal for improving sustainability rating

Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, has been awarded a gold medal by EcoVadis, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. The gold award sees Hull-based Arco improve on the silver rating it has held in previous years, with the fifth-generation family business improving its scores in areas like the environment, by improving energy performance reporting...

MP visits Hull firm at the heart of heating decarbonisation

Dame Diana Johnson, the Hull North MP, visited one of the city’s biggest employers, Ideal Heating, last week to find out about how it is leading on the transformation of homes across the UK. As well as a vast environmental and product expansion focus, the firm has invested £16m in expanding manufacturing at its National Avenue site and is soon to open a new £1m training centre specialising in...

Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme offers firms grants of up to £15,000

A scheme for Hull businesses looking to save energy is helping local businesses save thousands of pounds a year on their energy costs – and still has grant funding of up to £15,000 available to eligible businesses. The Hull Business Energy Efficiency Scheme (HBEES) is a Hull City Council-led scheme that offers a host of measures to assist small and medium businesses in reducing their energy...

The Waterline Summit paves the way to prosperous green future with shared Humber vision

The region’s flagship climate change summit has brought the Humber together behind a shared vision for a prosperous net-zero future. The Waterline Summit 2022 has concluded with businesses, public sector organisations, academic institutions and community groups agreeing to work towards three specific goals. Those goals, which were highlighted on the third and final day of this year’s summit,...