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Government confirms end to core funding for Carbon Trust

19 May 2011 •

Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust will have to take part in competitive tenders for government projects from next year

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today quietly announced that the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust will no longer receive core grant funding from next April. The two flagship...

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