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Discouraging Pensions Freedom Buy-To-Let

5th January 201723rd November 2016 by Chris

The British love affair with rental property combined with the new pension freedoms is … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters, Opinion Tags economy, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing

America’s First All-Renewable-Energy City

5th January 201721st November 2016 by Chris

Each day 1,800 tons of pine and timber slash, sustainably harvested within a 60-mile radius … …read more…

Categories Blog, Ecology Tags green, Green Issues, Sustainable Investing

Electric I-Pace launched by Jaguar

5th January 201715th November 2016 by Chris

jaguar-ipaceevJaguar has unveiled the I-Pace Concept – the company’s first all-electric … …read more…

Categories Blog, EV Tags Car battery, carbon emmissions, green, Green Issues, Sustainable Investing, zero emmissions, [EV] Electric Vehicle

UK Families Pay Record Levels Inheritance Tax

5th January 201731st August 2016 by Jan Oliff

HMTreasuryLogoFigures released by HMRC today show that they collected a record £4.7 billion in Inheritance Tax (IHT) payments during … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters Tags Financial-Advice, IHT, inheritance tax, investment, Later Life Advice, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing

Self Contained Power

5th January 201722nd August 2016 by Chris

Today IDutchWindmill received an e-mail offering me home power storage for £2,300 … …read more…

Categories Blog, Ecology Tags carbon emmissions, Ethical Investing, Green Issues, investment, Sustainable Investing

FOS Warns Public as Fraudsters Impersonate

9th March 2016 by Chris

WarningThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has issued its third warning in five years over … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing

Should Financial Planning Keep You Warm?

15th February 201615th February 2016 by Chris

AAcoinstack60transThere is a ‘rule’ that advisers should recommend their clients clear debt before … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Later Life Advice, Money, Sustainable Investing

People don’t understand what advice means

4th February 20164th February 2016 by Chris

AAcoinstack60transPensions minister Ros Altmann said she is concerned ‘people don’t understand … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Malvern Women in Business, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing

Banks Don’t Have Obligation to Promote Public Good

1st February 20161st February 2016 by Chris

AAcoinstack60transThey create money. They speculate wildly on markets causing economic and social … …read more…

Categories Business Matters, Opinion Tags banking, economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing

Buy-to-Let – Disproportionately Vulnerable to Very Large Price Falls

19th December 201516th December 2015 by Chris

BofElogoThe governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has again expressed concerns about high levels of … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Financial-Advice, Housing, Money, Sustainable Investing

Don’t We All Want a Place to Live?

23rd August 201628th November 2015 by Chris

bwhouseIn his Autumn Statement the chancellor addressed the issue of housing in a way … …read more…

Categories Blog, Business Matters, Opinion Tags economy, green, Green Issues, Malvern, Malvern Women in Business, Sustainable Investing, Worcestershire UK

Support for renewable energy stays sky-high – official poll

23rd August 201613th November 2015 by Chris

Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published today by Secretary of State … …read more…

Categories Blog, Ecology Tags Ecology, global warming, green, investment, Money, Polution, Sustainable Investing

First UK project backed by EUR 315 billion Plan

5th November 20155th November 2015 by Chris

European Investment Bank has agreed to provide £225million for … …read more…

Categories Ecology Tags Ecology, Ethical Investing, global warming, Green Issues, Sustainable Investing

Do You do Good Investing?

18th October 201518th October 2015 by Chris

Choosing whether to follow the heart or the head has often proven a challenge … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing, Worcestershire UK

UK ethical funds dodging the worst of FTSE’s fall

9th September 20159th September 2015 by Chris

UK equities have gone through a rough few weeks and the turmoil looks far from … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Malvern Women in Business, Money, Sustainable Investing

The Eco Problem of a Toothbrush!!

1st October 20157th September 2015 by Chris

One major focus of the Financial Conduct Authority is risk!  They clearly know what definition they … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, green, Green Issues, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing, Women in business

Salt Welcomes Julia Dreblow as Ethical Finance Columnist

1st October 201519th August 2015 by Jan Oliff

Although financial advisers are required to understand their clients’ … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing, Women in business

Ethical/SRI Beat returns by Traditional Funds

1st October 201513th August 2015 by Chris

The latest research from Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts showed … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Business Women, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, pensions, Sustainable Investing

Investment Diversification is the Key

1st October 201528th July 2015 by Jan Oliff

As an adviser during the early years of this century, the fashionable thing was … …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags economy, Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing, Women in business

A Moral or Ethical View but still want to Make Money

1st October 201527th July 2015 by Jan Oliff
In the last few days I have read articles about the lack of transparency in drug trials. A potential outcome being that we are not always taking the most efficient drug for the medical problem we suffer.

… …read more…

Categories Business Matters Tags Ethical Investing, Financial-Advice, Green Issues, investment, Money, Sustainable Investing, Women in business
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FotBlogMouse140Oslo, Norway’s capital, like most of the Scandinavian country’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars. The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change. Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people. Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation’s newly registered passenger cars. Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.

And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating. Earlier this year, Norway opened the world’s largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.

FotBlogMouse140 Hackney Council has installed the first publicly accessible on-street rapid charging posts for electrical vehicles in London, so increasing the charging options of EV users in the capital.
The three units, which are supplied by APT Technologies a leading innovator in EV charging solutions, are the very latest Tri-Rapid Chargers and are located in Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Central.

FotBlogMouse140China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.

FotBlogMouse140Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand http://bit.ly/1IOI0jV 
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too

 


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Driving an Electric Car

Most people drive less than 40 miles on a journey, including commuting. So, with a comfortable range for a Leaf of over 80 miles on a full charge and a possible range of rather more than 90, one charge at home, over night, gives enough for the following day's driving.
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