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News 2007

 * May 8 - Business in the Community launches consultation on the climate change questions of its leading corporate benchmark, the Environment Index, Business in the Community / Climate change UK news


 * May 6 - Business in the Community’s Environment Index 2006 shows nearly 80% of companies choosing to publicly report their performance on climate change, Business in the Community / Climate change UK news


 * May 2 - Over a 1,000 businesses commit to act on Climate change, Business in the Community / Climate change UK news

News 2006

 * August 2 - Major UK Supermarkets Sign Up to Take Action on Palm Oil. FoE
 * February 22 - "Birmingham and Manchester need mayors with tax and spend powers", says thinktank, ippr
 * SMEs set to save thousands with advanced metering, November 28 2005

Comment

 * New Start editorial November 1 2006, The legacy of mining has frequently been benefit dependency, heroin addiction, and negative equity. It has taken concerted efforts by regeneration agencies to begin to restore hope.
 * New Start editorial October 25 2006, Three years ago a friend of mine moved from Swansea to Sheffield to work for the Finnish steel company, Outokumpu. Within a few months his main responsibility was to make people redundant.
 * New Start editorial April 19 2006, A colleague of mine has taken to describing lavish helpings of chocolate cake as ‘an apple’. Suddenly you can tick all the healthy eating boxes and indulge yourself shamelessly at the same time.
 * New Start editorial April 5 2006, If you’re reading this in London or Edinburgh, congratulations. You are an official member of an ideopolis. If you’re in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow, don’t despair: you’re well on your way.