Uk Budget

The Acorn carbon capture project at St Fergus, near Peterhead, has been dealt a major blow in yesterday’s UK Budget, with the UK Government cutting £200 million from carbon capture capital grants to help fund increased defence spending.

The leader of Inverclyde Council has welcomed UK Government investment of £20 million in Inchgreen Marine Park and historic dry dock.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves's announcement of a rise in employer National Insurance from 13.8% to 15%, alongside a lowered threshold for NI payments, has drawn strong criticism from the UK's plumbing and heating industry.

Arbroath is to benefit from ‘endowment-style' funding and support worth up to £20 million to deliver projects over the ten-year lifespan of the UK Levelling Up The Long-Term Plan for Towns fund, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday. The fund is designed to help local people de

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP yesterday outlined the UK Government's plans to tackle climate change and support its 2030 net-zero targets with a commitment of more than £1 billion to renewable technologies in the next auction round for Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of its Contracts for Difference