Sector Support

We work with a wide range of partners who can assist you with your business needs.  Partners of particular interest to environmental technologies include:

Global Action Plan
Global Action Plan's Small Business Programme provides free expert environmental advice for SMEs in London. You'll receive specialist support, tailored to your organisation's needs.

Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME)
CEME is a partnership between Ford Motor Company, London Development Agency, Barking and Havering Further Education Colleges, the University of East London (UEL), Anglia Polytechnic University, Loughborough University, and The Warwick Business School.  CEME is a state-of-the-art facility focusing on innovation and offering training in exemplary advanced manufacturing and engineering methods.

East London Waste Authority (ELWA)
ELWA is a Joint Statutory Waste Disposal Authority responsible for the disposal of waste generated by four local authorities in east London. Shanks hold the 25-year integrated waste management contract for the ELWA, with support from the government's Private Finance Initiative and local authorities.

Eureka
Eureka is led by the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of East London and aims to help businesses implement sustainable processes, develop innovative clean technologies and access new markets. Eureka's specialist consultants can provide you with free advice and support to help you improve your business in areas such as: Waste material reuse; Product refinement and new product development; Renewable energy and related technologies; Sustainable construction methods and materials; Sustainable design; and Development of an environmental policy to assist in accessing new markets.

Contact eureka@uel.ac.uk or phone 0208 223 2508.

Knowledge East
Knowledge East offers companies in London Thames Gateway unique access to education and research leaders. The programme connects companies with leading universities and colleges for collaborative and partnership working and knowledge sharing opportunities.

The University of East London leads on Environmental Technologies for Knowledge East. A leading research centre on manufactured aggregates, UEL enjoys strong links with construction, waste handling and renewable energy sectors, and practical experise in waste management, organic waste and sewage systems. It offers specialist skills in water supply, treatment and conservation, with centres for renewable energy and energy conservation.

London Environment Centre (LEC)
The LEC creates, develops and delivers innovative services that help businesses implement practical environmental solutions enabling them to respond to challenges and opportunities. As part of London Metropolitan University, the LEC also taps into academic expertise to further support its client base.

The LEC has a strong track record of delivering business benefits as well as improving environmental awareness and business responses through direct consultancy support and training programmes.

London Remade
London Remade is a strategic partnership between business, London boroughs and regional government, waste management companies and the not-for-profit sector. Its principle objective is to develop and promote new markets and secondary industries based on the reprocessing and reuse of London's recycled materials.

London Technology Network
The London Technology Network promotes innovative collaborations and helps to stimulate ttechnology intensive innovation between universities and business. To do this, we have created a network of over 100 University-based research experts linking 6,000 academics across London, the East and South East to map their research in order to provide technology solution to business needs.

London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB)
LWARB is a statutory board set up in July 2008, under the Chairmanship of the Mayor of London, with the objective of promoting and encouraging the production of less waste, increasing the proportion of waste that is reused or recycled and the use of methods of collection, treatment and disposal of waste which are less harmful to the environment.

Part of the board's remit is the administration and allocation of the London Waste and Recycling Fund, comprising £60 million from government (over three years starting 2008/09) and up to £24 million provided by the London Development Agency over the period to 2011/12.

The Manufactured Aggregates Research Centre (MARC)
MARC at the UEL offers a national facility available to all for large-scale feasibility testing on aggregates designed and manufactured using a wide variety of waste materials. The technology available can transform wastes which are difficult or extremely costly to manage into useful, safe and valuable aggregates.

National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)
NISP is an innovative business opportunity programme that delivers bottom line benefits for its members whilst generating positive outcomes for the environment and society. Operating at the forefront of industrial symbiosis thinking and practice, the programme helps companies take a fresh look at their resources.

By bringing together companies of all sizes from all business sectors, NISP enables thousands of businesses to change how they practice and become more efficient in the disposal of waste resources. NISP London works with businesses throughout the city's 33 boroughs.

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
WRAP is a not-for-profit organisation funded by DEFRA and BERR. WRAP provides grants to companies to support strategic projects. In order to meet EU state aid rules WRAP is keen to support projects in assisted areas such as London Thames Gateway.

A healthy, vibrant and growing recycling industry is essential to the delivery of the UK's objectives on resource efficiency. By providing tools and financial help for businesses WRAP will continue to encourage the growth of the recycling  industry as it develops to meet new challenges.

WRAP also provides advice to help businesses find savings from improved waste management processes. These factors add up to significant positive economic impacts for the UK.