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Cheshire council cuts could cut carbon

18/07/2023

Cheshire East Council is set to cut back on street lighting and hike parking charges to achieve what it says are essential ‘savings’.

Amey scores new Scottish success with lighting deal

19/08/2021

Amey has secured a new three-year contract with East Renfrewshire Council to upgrade, maintain and repair street lights for the authority.

Surrey looks to future with £20m LED conversion

29/10/2020

Surrey County Council is to convert all of its 89,000 street lights to LEDs over the next three years at a cost of £20m.

Amey scoops £35m Bradford street lights deal

13/08/2020

Bradford Metropolitan District Council has awarded Amey a contract worth around £35m over four years to upgrade its street lighting and help it develop as a smart city.

Part-night lighting would help moths, scientists say

24/01/2019

Switching off street lights for part of the night would help moths and other nocturnal pollinators, new research has found.

Part-night lighting would help moths, scientists say

24/01/2019

Switching off street lights for part of the night would help moths and other nocturnal pollinators, new research has found.

Bedford carries out £6.3m LED lighting upgrade

06/09/2018

Bedford Borough Council has all but completed a £6.3m project to replace its highway streetlights with LED lanterns.

Council forced to deny street light cancer rumour

10/04/2018

Gateshead Council has been forced to hit back at a conspiracy theory which claims it is carrying out secret Government trials using its street lights.

Public Health England issues LED street lighting warning

03/04/2018

Public Health England has warned that high levels of blue light in LED street lighting can be uncomfortable and are 'known to cause damage to the retina’.

McCann to carry out £6.5m Hillingdon street light upgrade

19/01/2017

McCann will replace and maintain street lighting in London’s second largest borough, Hillingdon, after being awarded a £6.5 million contract.

LED upgrade for Cheshire West and Chester

17/01/2017

More than 24,000 street lights will be upgraded in Cheshire West and Chester at a cost of £5 million.

Worcestershire makes bids for extra highways funding

11/03/2015

Worcestershire County Council has submitted two bids that could result in almost £20 million of improvements to the county’s roads and street lighting.

Lighting software helps Gloucestershire Council

23/09/2014

Gloucestershire County Council is using software from Yotta to help with the management of its street lighting.

Wireless street light control system goes live in Essex

07/05/2014

A wireless street lighting control system is now fully operational across the county of Essex.

Ringway contract for Milton Keynes launched

28/04/2014

Ringway has started work on a seven year highways contract for Milton Keynes Council.

Scottish town invests in lighting technology

15/04/2014

Harvard Engineering has won a contract to install a wireless monitoring and control system for street and outdoor lighting in the largest planned new town in Scotland.

Ringway wins £70m highways contract

07/04/2014

Ringway has been awarded a highways and street lighting contract with Bracknell Forest Council.

Piggotts wins street lighting contract

18/03/2014

Piggotts has won a street lighting contract for the car parks at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex.

Buckley to head up Piggotts street lighting team

07/03/2014

Martin Buckley will head up the street lighting team at Piggotts after being appointed as general manager.

Philips and Ericsson to offer smart street lighting

24/02/2014

Philips and Ericsson have joined forces to launch a new connected LED street lighting model.

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