23/09/2010

News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Andy Verity.

The world's largest offshore wind farm is opening off Thanet on the Kent coast - but will wind energy ever be a core part of the power sector?

New rules that force companies to first measure, and then reduce, their carbon emissions come into effect in a week, but British Gas says a third of big businesses and public bodies still need to register.

A new government backed lending scheme launches today to give people on low incomes an alternative to using doorstep lenders.

And the software giant Microsoft has found that nearly 90% of businesses don't offer work experience placements for young people.