Business and Other Briefings

PwC: Companies could add between 5 – 11% to their energy bills if they don’t submit their first Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) report right first time, according to analysis by PwC of the potential costs of business getting their reporting wrong.

Over 3,000 organisations, mostly with energy bills of more than £500,000, are affected by the scheme, and must submit their first reports by the 31 July 2011.  The scheme relies on companies’ ability to gather the raw numbers related to their usage of electricity, gas, diesel & coal across all of their sites in a CRC Footprint Report and a CRC Annual Report. The report must be verified by the company and can be spot audited by the Environment Agency.
Press release & links
 
HO: The first monthly allocation of restricted Tier 2 (General) certificates of sponsorship took place on 11 April 2011. All valid applications received by 6 April 2011 were successful, if they scored at least 32 points. You can find details of the April allocation on the Allocations of restricted certificates of sponsorship page, which will also contain details of all future monthly allocations as they are announced.
Press release & links
Spotlight on women at Serco – Anita’s story