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Green roofs in sustainable drainage systems
How you can use a green roof as a sustainable drainage system to prevent pollution and flooding from your business.
Assessing your motors and drives
The typical motors and drives used by local industry and how cost savings can be made by your business.
Recycling incentives, awards and financial support
Details on national recycling awards, financial incentives available to businesses in Northern Ireland.
Separate and store business waste for recycling
How your business should separate and store your waste before it is sent for recycling, recovery or disposal.
What are my waste recycling options?
Recycling options available to your business involving plastics, tyres, wood, paper, textiles and metals.
Recycling waste in the hospitality industry
How to implement a recycling scheme to save your business money and reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill.
Recycling best practice and obligations
Recycling is an important waste management option for your business, and is even a requirement for some types of waste.
Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme
The UK guarantee scheme will be extended to cover all calls under Work Programme 2023.
UK officially rejoins Horizon Europe
On 4 December 2023, the UK signed an agreement with the European Union finalising association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes.
Allowing time off work
When staff have a statutory right to time off, when it must be paid, and how to deal with discretionary requests.
Time off work for training and certain job-related duties and activities
Time off for training for those to be made redundant, union and safety representatives, and pension scheme trustees.
Who has the right to time off work and when is it paid?
Time off for trade union work, TUPE consultation, pension scheme, and public duties is a paid, statutory requirement.
Time off work for information and consultation purposes
Time off to be a representative in redundancy and transfer situations, and to attend information and consultation meetings.
Time off work for personal commitments and emergencies
An employee's right to unpaid time off to look after dependants in an emergency, discretionary and extended leave.
Time off for public and judicial service and duties
Time off rights for employees taking part in activities relating to public bodies and the legal system.
Statutory time off work for parental reasons
Time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave or parental leave, and time off for pregnant employees.
Compressed air energy efficiency
How to reduce energy consumption and save money when you use compressed air in your business activities.
How to improve the performance of your compressed air system
Suggestions for changes you can make to your compressed air system to improve overall energy efficiency.
Uses for compressed air in business
Examples of how compressed air is used by industry, where wastage typically occurs, and how it's regulated.
How to cut compressed air costs
Straightforward steps you can take to increase energy efficiency without big changes to your compressed air system.