Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a 10-point plan that will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs.
Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s plan is particularly crucial in the run up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next year.
The UK is hosting COP26, the next UN climate conference, and we’re delighted to be the first of a number of Principal Partners of this important global climate event.
COP26 will be biggest summit the UK has ever hosted, with around 30,000 attendees expected in Glasgow from 1 to 12 November 2021; including prime ministers, presidents, high-level government officials and global businesses.
COP26 is arguably the most important climate event since the 2015 Paris Agreement as governments around the world will be reporting back on progress and agreeing new actions to cut carbon emissions.
As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid plays a vital role at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future.
Based on his career, leadership and work currently being delivered in Metering - Chris is now part of an exclusive group of professionals in the health and safety industry.
As the Winter months close in on us, there is nothing worse than being cold, which is exactly what a school in Essex were facing. The school had no form of heating and with their students returning on the 2 November, the half term break provided a short window for National Grid Metering to work with local gas network to solve the issue.
St William, a joint venture between National Grid and the Berkeley Group, is working together with the War and Conflict Subject Specialist Network, a partnership programme led by Imperial War Museum, to create the Gasworks and War Heroes Book of Remembrance, a virtual memorial that pays tribute to the 500 workers from the Gas Light and Coke Company, London’s first and eventually largest gas producer and supplier, who fought and lost their lives during World War II.
Every year on National Veterans’ Day on 11 November, Jason, his wife and two children place flags on fellow service members’ graves alongside the Syracuse Valle
This National Veterans’ Day, Kyle is looking forward to spending the federal holiday with his wife Carrie and their two children – Ada, five, and Thomas, three – on a well-earned break and attending a parade together.
In the latest funding round, Mark Cricket Club was delighted to have been awarded a grant of £20,000, which it will use to start developing the club’s new ground and pavilion.
Chairman Tim Moxey said: “We’re delighted that National Grid has recognised the Club’s contribution to the local community in this way. We’ll now be able to press on with our plans to broaden the range of cricketing opportunities available to the local community and the surrounding villages.”
The Trust runs the local retirement community at Sandford Station and the shop is run by the residents for the benefit of the community. BAM Foreman, Frazer Hodgkins, took charge of the shop fitting works to close off an existing door and create a wheelchair friendly access in a more suitable location.
Future plans include building a coffee bar and refurbishment of an old telephone box for use as an information point.
