Renewable energy fund for farmers launched

A new fund has been launched to help farmers install renewable energy equipment on their land.

Research has found that more than a third of all farmers in the UK want to install renewable sources on their land, with 80% recognising that renewable energy can save costs and 60% seeing it as an additional form of income.

The loan fund is being provided by Barclays, and the bank expects that the majority of the projects will be solar panels or wind farms as these are the cheapest to build. The fund has an unlimited budget, with the first £100million available expected to support well over 100 projects.

It’s not just owners of large amounts of land who can benefit from installing renewable energy sources. Homeowners can fit renewable energy equipment such as solar panels and heat pumps to their homes to cut domestic energy bills and even as an additional income.

Many people believe that the costs of installing the equipment can be too expensive, but due to the government’s range of renewable energy grants homeowners can get help with installation costs so they can afford to fit the equipment and start saving money on their energy bills.

Richmond appealing to A List stars like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie move to the neighborhood

Angelina Jolie plus Brad Pitt are definitely the latest movie stars to move to the unassuming London suburb of Richmond.

Actors and actresses have already been known to try to find private lettings London in the neighborhood due to the proximity to the Shepperton Studios and also Central London.

Sandra Bullock lives in your neighborhood and stars like George Clooney, Johnny Depp and also Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have rented properties in Richmond in the past. The six bed property the Jolie-Pitt family members live in is rumoured to cost about £30,000 per month.

In the event that you’re looking for a house which is a little more affordable, London letting agency Benham and Reeves Lettings can help you discover the house of your dreams or apartment for your needs. With well over fifty years experience in the London property market, they are an established London lettings agency that can help virtually all tenants discover their own perfect property at the right cost.

 

Gran Refuses Property Removals After Authorities Threaten Demolition

A 76-year-old is declining to employ a removals firm and get out of her house regardless of being confronted by her local council with demolition.

The grandmother has been handed a compulsory purchase order by Stoke-on-Trent City Council meaning her home of 38 years in Middleport is set for demolition and the area landscaped. They claim the home is structurally unsafe.

But Mrs Sey was given 30 days to try and save the Ennerdale Close house from bulldozers and how vowed she is staying put. The former pottery worker bought the house brand new in 1973 and demands there’s nothing wrong with the land. She’s got a pacemaker and experiences continuous neck spasms.

A couple of her fellow neighbours were also told their properties were to be bull dozed but they hired removal companies and have already moved away.

The feisty OAP, who has six grandchildren, won’t move irrespective of her age and states the house can remain another 30 plus years. She says the home is packed with happy feelings and that if the council want her to leave, they’d have to carry her as she won’t move on her own agreement.

The council report found that the homes were constructed on a marl hole and offered Mrs Sey £83,000 for the home two years ago. A marl hole is ground beneath a house that is unpredictable but a surveyor reports that the property moved about an inch which is regular for houses.

Her son Robert states that moving house would be too much for his mother and that she would suffer. They are fighting the CPO but should they fail, begin a new life abroad and hire shipping companies to move overseas.