News Category: Staff
Martin Gillespie – Planning Consultant in Renewables
1st July 2021
Emerging technology, as we know, will be critical to the UK achieving its binding carbon targets. It’s therefore a real privilege that planning consultants like me get to play a hugely influential role in this. I graduated from the University of Glasgow in December 2016 with a MSc in International Planning Studies. This included a…
Read MoreAcoustics Team Attend Edinburgh Science Festival Careers Hive
18th May 2021
Every year, Edinburgh Science Festival hosts a week-long careers education event aimed at giving school students a glimpse into the interesting world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM). The Careers Hive connects professionals from a wide range of STEM industries with school students aged between 11 and 14 through demonstration activities, seminars and “speed…
Read MoreArcus Achieve 100% in Recent Achilles Audit
11th May 2021
We are delighted to have achieved an overall score of 100% in our recent Category C Audit by Achilles UVDB. The Achilles Audit looks at Health & Safety, Environmental, Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility and how we manage these. It provides a number of benefits to us as a Company and also ensures that our…
Read MoreArcus Shortlisted for Planning Consultancy of the Year Award
27th April 2021
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Planning Consultancy of the Year at the 2021 Planning Awards https://www.planningawards.com/planning-shortlist-2021/. Our Planning Team supports and enables some of the biggest renewable energy projects throughout the UK. Clare Walters, Technical Director and Planning Team Lead says “The Renewables planning industry has faced significant challenges over the last…
Read MoreLockdown, One Year On
16th March 2021
It’s now almost one year since the first lockdown was announced, and since then the vast majority of Arcus staff have been working from home. We have taken the time to reflect on what has been a challenging and different year to what any of us could ever have expected. In the past year we…
Read MoreAndrew Mott Celebrates a Decade at Arcus
25th January 2021
We are pleased to announce that Associate Director Andrew Mott has recently celebrated a decade as part of the Arcus team. Andrew joined Arcus in 2011 as an Environmental Consultant initially working on delivering the coordination of planning applications for a large pipeline of Feed-in-Tariff wind turbine applications in England and Scotland. This grew into…
Read MoreTim Wheeler Discusses New Directions in Policy for Onshore Wind in Scotland
17th November 2020
The Committee for Climate Change has published its latest report on progress in reducing emissions in Scotland (https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/reducing-emissions-in-scotland-2020-progress-report-to-parliament/). The report rightly notes the significant progress which the power sector has made towards reducing carbon emissions in Scotland and the UK as a whole. The switch to low carbon generation has contributed two thirds of the…
Read MoreArcus Featured in Scotland on Sunday Article “The future of the energy sector is green – and it’s female”
10th September 2020
Arcus was featured in the Scotland on Sunday on 30th August 2020 as part of an article on women in renewables. We are incredibly proud to be recognised as a company that actively encourages females in the industry as well as supporting graduates throughout their studies. The article states that women currently make up around…
Read MoreLiz Russell and Eve Browning join Arcus
8th September 2020We are pleased to welcome Liz Russell, Senior Planner, and Eve Browning, Senior Environmental Consultant, to Arcus. Liz is a Chartered Town Planner and IEMA Associate Member with over seven years’ experience in environmental planning with a focus on renewable energy projects. She joins our growing North East Office to help support the Planning Team.…
Read MoreJames Youngs – Planning Year in Industry Intern – Shares his Year at Arcus
24th August 2020
I was fortunate enough to secure a ‘Year in Industry’ work placement at Arcus Consultancy Services Ltd, during my third year at the University of York. I have had the honour to work closely with both the York and Glasgow planning teams, whilst also working alongside the environment, noise, hydrology and ecology teams across all…
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