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Newcastle & Gateshead Clean Air Zone


These local authorities have implemented a new Class C Charging Clean Air Zone to cover most of Newcastle city centre - including routes over the Tyne, Swing, Redheugh & High Level bridges. Although the CAZ has begun, with signs & ANPR cameras installed, drivers are not yet being forced to pay until charging starts in January 2023. Unless you drive an exempt vehicle, you face a daily charge of £50 per day for HGVs and £12:50 for vans. Cars, motorbikes and mopeds are excluded.


Charging will be introduced in 2 phases: ¡ non-compliant HGVs being charged from 30 January next year. ¡ non-compliant vans and LGVs being charged from July next year to allow more time for owners to upgrade due to a national vehicle supply shortage.


Information on the boundary, exemptions and financial assistance to support firms to upgrade or replace older, more polluting vehicles is here: https:// www.breathe-cleanair.com/


BMF welcomes action on energy costs but long-term is more needed


The BMF has welcomed the Prime Minister’s plan to freeze average energy bills for households but believes more should be done to protect businesses from spiralling energy costs.


John Newcomb, BMF CEO, said: “While we are pleased that the new PM has acted swiftly to protect consumers from escalating energy costs for the next two years, it is disappointing that support for business energy bills is only certain to run for six months.“The extreme price volatility in the wholesale market over the summer has seen some firms experience electricity costs fluctuating by up to 300% on a day-to-day basis. This situation is likely to be exacerbated by Russia’s indefinite closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany, and


energy-intensive manufacturing businesses need the certainty provided by a longer-term support package.”


The BMF would also like to see the Government helping families to improve the energy and thermal performance of their homes. This would not only have a long- term effect on family budgets by reducing both energy use and heating costs, it would also create


MP visit highlights Merchant Industry role in home energy efficiency


MP for Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner, David Simmonds, has seen first-hand the role the building materials industry can play in improving energy efficiency – and driving down energy bills – for constituents. He toured Jewson Ruislip to gain an insight into the sector, as part of a visit organised by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and attended by BMF CEO, John Newcomb. Jewson managing director, Nadine Matthews hosted the event, alongside Regional Director Kris Winters and Dean Colwill, who is branch manager at the company’s store in West End Road.


Matthews explained how builders’ merchants can provide advice and support to homeowners looking to improve the energy efficiency of their


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meaningful jobs across the country. John Newcomb said: “There is an urgent need to address home energy-efficiency in the UK, where a high proportion of homes are rated EPC Band C or below. We need Liz Truss to understand the enormity of the capacity and capability of the workforce needed as part of a National Retrofit Strategy to decarbonise buildings and electrify heating – required to achieve Net Zero.


“One of our key asks of Government is to commit to a comprehensive, properly-funded national plan of investment in training to boost the number of competent, qualified people equipped to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes and to install low- or zero-carbon solutions.”


“The built environment accounts for almost 40% of global carbon emissions, so while fitting energy-efficient, low emission and water- saving measures in properties will be key to achieving net zero by 2050, there will also be financial benefits for householders who invest in the right measures to improve energy efficiency in their home.”


property and save on energy costs. Simmonds’ constituency is home to many builders and house-proud owners wanting to improve their homes.


She also outlined how energy efficient materials and product ranges have a key role to play in supporting the drive to carbon net zero by 2050.She said: “Our ‘Making Better Homes’ range includes the latest innovations in lower carbon materials alongside a variety of efficient, sustainable products and solutions.


John Newcomb said: “There is an urgent need to address home energy-efficiency in the UK, where a high proportion of homes are rated EPC Band C or below.


“One of our key asks of Government is to commit to a comprehensive, properly-funded national plan of investment in training to boost the number of competent, qualified people equipped to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes and to install low- or zero-carbon solutions.”


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