Today's North East business news from Insider |
Deal agreed for Aston Lark to join Howden | International insurance broking group Howden has reached an agreement to acquire Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Bowmark Capital. The transaction marks Howden's largest acquisition to date and creates a business with more than 5,000 employees at 160 locations in the UK and Ireland. Read More |
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Business Matters: The future challenges of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards | David Fairley, a partner at Sanderson Weatherall, says while it has been a legal requirement since 2008 to provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) whenever a property is built, sold or rented, it was the introduction of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations in 2018, that created the beginnings of a pathway for trying to improve energy efficiency within buildings. Read More |
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