There is a lot to know about the Green Deal. Since it’s inception, I have been following it’s progress up to this point. So, I thought I would compile a list of posts on which I have directly covered the Green Deal or mentioned it as part of one of my posts. This list is here for anyone who wishes to catch up on the progress of the scheme, for anyone trying to find out bits of information about or just generally finds this subject of interest! At the bottom I have included a few links to other helpful resources about the Green Deal. It goes from earliest post at the top, to latest post at the bottom:
February 2012
Will The Green Deal Be Ready For 2012?
The Green Deal has been hit by a number of massive setbacks over the past few months, by both independent research and the Government's own research body. The research has shown the both the Government, [...]
January 2012
>Green Deal Doomed To Fail
>The Green Deal has been on shaky ground ever since the details of the deal have been researched and found to be inconsistent at best. However, the Government's latest set of figures could spell the [...]
>Green Deal Hopefuls Show Poor Last Quarter Trading
>Argos down 8.8%. Thorntons down 4.2%. Halfords down 4.8%. Mothercare down 3%.Just yet another indication of how bad the retail sector has suffered over the last 12-18 weeks. Some have suffered so bad that they [...]
December 2011
>The Green Deal Will Fail
>The Guardian has published an article explaining how the Green Deal will significantly fail to meet up to the targets set by the Government.They claim that out of the 14 million households in need of [...]
November 2011
>Lenders Could Halt Green Deal
>The Government is working very hard and very quickly to make sure that the Green Deal covers as many areas as possible, and that it's implemented as soon as is viable. Effort which I have [...]
>Green Deal Will Need Massive Public Awareness
>If the Green Deal is to be a success (putting aside my skepticism that it will be dominated by the largest companies in the UK) then it will need to garner the same amount of [...]
>Making A Stand
>There are a lot of 'yes men' in our line of work. Those who say yes to things, but have no intention of following through on their promises.Take FENSA for example. It was alerted to [...]
September 2011
>Potential Green Deal Disaster
>The more you look at the Green Deal, the more you realise that small window companies (which make up a lot of our industry) are going to struggle to be able to take advantage of [...]
>5% VAT For Energy Rated Windows
>Finally, windows and doors look set to be recognized by our Government, by being included in the Green Deal, due to hit our shops October 2012. But this isn't going to be enough to help [...]
August 2011
>Green Deal Bad For The Industry?
>I heard an interesting comment during a meeting with one of our suppliers last week, in which it was mentioned that if the general public find out that windows are set to be included in [...]
Some (hopefully) useful links to other Green Deal resources on the web:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/tackling/green_deal/green_deal.aspx
http://www.which.co.uk/campaigns/energy-and-environment/the-green-deal/what-is-the-green-deal/