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Macro to micro: How will volatile global markets affect UK construction?

 
21st January 2015    |     Chris Evans: Deputy Managing Director, Rolton Group

With Chinese investors treating their stock market like a weekend at the Venetian in Macau, it came as no surprise to see the country’s regulators step in this week to hand a three-month ban to their three biggest brokers on opening new margin accounts, which allow investors to bet big with borrowed money.

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Tax Payers Alliance Misses the Point on Renewable Energy

Rolton Group

 
26th July 2012    |     Peter Rolton

A recent article by the Tax Payers Alliance claims a report by BIS, its ‘International Comparison of Energy and Climate Change Policies Impacting Energy Intensive Industries in Selected Countries,’ shows that DECC policies are killing British Industry by increasing energy costs.

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Business needs to see clear commitment to going green

Rolton Group

 
20th December 2011    |     Peter Rolton

As the challenge to the government’s decision to effectively dismantle the subsidies for solar PV heads into the high court this week, it’s worth reflecting on the scale of the problem we face in reducing carbon emissions globally.

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First Steps: Acknowledging the Problems We Face

Rolton Group

 
15th December 2011    |     Peter Rolton

One of the tenets of personal development is that people can not change what they don’t acknowledge. On that basis we’ve seen heartening news in the last week that public attitudes to climate change may be growing more realistic.

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