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Our Chairman Peter Rolton has been featured recently with Business Green, in an opinion piece exploring the rising popularity of electric vehicles and just how widespread the energy challenges associated with them are.

It’s only a matter of time before electric vehicles become a great deal more common on UK roads – the passenger vehicle fleet in the UK accounts for 69% of all vehicles on UK roads and by 2050, it’s predicted that this market will be saturated with electric vehicles – a huge impact with big implications for our ageing National Grid. The energy demands currently met by burning huge quantities of petrol and diesel will instead in the future be taken as electricity from the grid; a colossal change in capacity and load profile demands.

In this article, Peter discusses the vast scale of this technological advancement and how the increasing popularity of electric vehicles in the UK will affect not only the automotive industry, but a wide variety of businesses across all industry sectors.

To find out more, read Peter’s full article with Business Green : Electric vehicles – the time for energy transformation is now.

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Rolton contributes to new 2030 built environment workforce planning report

10 June 2026

Rolton is pleased to have contributed to the newly launched industry report, ‘Built Environment Strategic Workforce Planning for 2030’.

The comprehensive publication stems from the latest INSPIRE event hosted by the Built Environment Futures Assembly (BEFA). This powerful leadership forum was established by the University of the Built Environment (UBE) to break down professional silos, spark collaboration, and drive excellence across engineering, construction, and real estate.