Barchester Green Investments

UK Feed-in-Tariffs comes into effect

johnditchfield — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:11:28 +0000

On 1 April 2010 the Government Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) scheme, a financial support mechanism to increase the uptake of small scale renewable energy generation (less than 5 megawatts) came into effect. The introduction of FITs is intended to help deliver the UK’s target of sourcing 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020.

The Tariffs are index linked and are set to deliver a return of 5-8% for well sited installations and will run for 20 years.

The Economics of Happiness

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:19:36 +0000

The Economics of Happiness February 1 - 19, 2010. One, two and three week options available. Teachers: Andrew Simms, Nic Marks, Tim Kasser, Dasho Karma Ura & Per Espen Stoknes This course looks at the connection between money and happiness at a psychological and a systemic level. Subject areas include: Materialism and Well-being, Gross National Happiness (GNH): Lessons from Bhutan, Psychology and Money, and Transforming our Economic System. More information can be found here: http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/a-radically-different-yardstick-of-progress-and-development.

Barchester Chronicle No.16

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:13 +0000

Ethical and sustainable investing- after the crunch, where now?

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:55:01 +0000

A panel discussion featuring leading experts from within the ethical and environmental finance industry.

On the panel: Steve Waygood (UKSIF/AVIVA Fund Management), Seb Beloe Henderson Global Investors, Sarah Pennells writer and Broadcaster author of “Financial Intelligence- Green Money” and James Vaccaro of Triodos.

Each panelist will be asked to speak for between 10-15 minutes considering lessons learnt from the financial crisis and how they see ethical and environmental investment developing in the years to come we will then take questions from attendees.

Booking is required.

Please email info@barchestergreen.co.uk

Naturesave Insurance

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:04:20 +0000

NATURESAVE INSURANCE and BARCHESTER GREEN have arranged an agreement whereby, if you are a client of ours you will qualify for a 10% discount on all household buildings and contents insurance.

AND if you have combined buildings & contents insurance, no claims, voluntary excess and ‘eco-lifestyle’ (i.e. energy saving bulbs, double glazing, water butts, wall and loft insulation, energy efficient appliances, solar panels and wind turbines) you’ll get even more discounts!

To find out more, go to www.naturesave.co.uk or call 01803 864390 for a quotation.

ISAs and Tax Efficient Investment

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:22:38 +0000

Sustainable Investment Funds 2008

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:53:42 +0000

This short guide looks at the performance of environmental funds during 08

HFM

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:09:43 +0000

HFM are a small friendly and efficient tax and accountancy firm helping individuals and small businesses.

January 2010: Licenses issued for £100bn wind farm schemes

johnditchfield — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:04:19 +0000

A range of companies including Europe’s leading energy groups have been awarded licenses to develop wind farms off the coast of Britain.

The £100bn investment programme, which would make Britain a world leader in offshore wind has been compared, in terms of it’s scale and wider economic impact, to the development of North Sea Oil in the 1970s.

The big winners were Centrica, Scottish and Southern Energy, RWE of Germany and Iberdrola of Spain.

Although the announcement is certainly a step-forward for development of the UKs renewable energy capacity the development of the projects will still depend upon their commercial viability; the development costs associated with off-shore wind energy schemes are very substantial.

Sarwjit Sambhi, managing Director of power generation at Centrica, said “Developing wind energy assets in the Irish Sea zone could dramatically increase our wind energy output.. but these projects are still considered very risky by the investment community.”

John Ditchfield 10/01/2010

Sustainable Investing

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:57:34 +0000

Sustainable Investment – National Ethical Investment Week 2009 8-14 November 2009

As part of a week of events to mark NEIW 09 we will be organising a seminar with leading industry speakers from Triodos, Henderson Global Investors and AVIVA.