Says John Vidal: Job creation Politicians, too, see the attractive side of climate change. Last month senator Obama pledged to invest $150bn to create five million new "green collar" jobs by 2020 if he becomes US president. But he may be underestimating the potential of the environment to beat a recession. Economist Roger Bezdek last year concluded

The Labour party has created the environment for another three British companies to leave the UK for sunnier tax climbs. Two have moved to Ireland and one to Luxembourg. Yet again the economically illiterate left whose politics of spite and envy have robbed UK business off its competitive edge. As a result they will be forced to steal more money off less people to pay for their non-jobs and other ...

So its been announced that BERR and Defra are to merge and Ed Miliband will be the new Environment and Energy Secretary. I had thought that Peter Ainsworth (Conservative Environment Spokesperson) would be demoted, and that Alan Duncan (Business Spokesperson) was in danger. I now think they'll both stay where they are, with Jeremy Hunt being the likely occupant of the shadow energy and environ...

The heir to the British throne will stage a multi-media assault on big business's destructive impact on the environment, including a television special to be aired on NBC in November

The Business Secretary insists he will not create an environment in which people feared for their jobs as he prepared to announce measures that will make it easier for companies to sack their staff.

Why oh why are we losing business to the Irish? The simple answer is - corporation tax. Surely it does not take a financial genius like Gordon Brown (joke) to work out that if companies say they are moving from the UK to Ireland because of "concerns over the [UK] tax environment" that we must follow the Irish lead and cut our corporation tax. Corporation tax in Ireland currently stands at 12.5% - ...

The newly formed Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is providing staff with access to core business applications via a new Citrix environment developed in partnership with IT consultancy Centralis.

Following the Assembly Environment Committee's vote of no-confidence in Minister Sammy Wilson, UUP Environment Spokesperson Roy Beggs MLA has called on the Minister to either commit himself to protecting the environment or to resign.

Environment Minister John Griffiths says the Welsh Government "means business" over the carrier bag levy, which is introduced on Saturday.

Although it must be hoped the Coalition is successful in reducing the nation’s deficit through savings and is able to increase economic activity to provide increased tax income, the unexpectedly high borrowing last month does not stimulate confidence. There is no doubt the Coalition is creating an environment more conducive to business activity and small