Market Briefing – July 2009 issue

- Resource efficiency: consultancy opportunities amid recession. A combination of falling revenues and increasing costs for energy and waste disposal are strengthening, at long last, the business case for resource efficiency services. Geraint Roberts reports on consultancies’ efforts to convince clients to look seriously at optimising water, energy and materials usage and at intensifying waste minimisation

- Metoc's Kevin Deeming on niche opportunities in marine renewables and water. For Metoc, it’s water, water everywhere. Erin Gill speaks with Kevin Deeming, managing director of the niche consultancy that has been known to measure waves – and has recently been making some of its own

- Environment Analyst research underlines challenging conditions ahead. The environmental consultancy sector is experiencing its first major brake on growth since it began two decades ago to ride the wave of environmental protection and management, according to ground-breaking research conducted by Environment Analyst. Liz Trew presents key findings

- Tony Rice of Equiteq on how consultancies can ride the storm. What differentiates winners from losers during recession? Tony Rice of Equiteq explains how environmental consultancies can reduce the risk of falling profits during trying times

- Halcrow Environment reveals rationale behind restructuring. Halcrow Environment’s senior management team reveal to Liz Trew the rationale behind the recent restructuring of the business, the advantages of strategic alliances and the challenges of positioning for new growth opportunities whilst coping with recession