News Archive - June 2010
National shortage of PV inverters hits home 30-Jun-2010
British customers have been left with solar photovoltaic systems that don't work because UK installers are suffering the impa...
Birchall brings extra care to elderly Parkwood residents 30-Jun-2010
Leading Midland-based building services provider Birchall has been behind the successful launch of Britain s greenest and mos...
Marley Plumbing strengthens managment team 30-Jun-2010
Marley Plumbing and Drainage has refocused its commercial operation with a strengthened management team, following a six mont...
Smith's Environmental launches heat pump and emitter package 29-Jun-2010
Smith's Environmental has launched an air source heat pump and heat emitters central heating package.
Graduate joins Self Energy in Knowledge Transfer Partnership 28-Jun-2010
Energy management company Self Energy UK has appointed Daniel Matson as Sustainable Energy Performance Systems Developer unde...
SBAS logo lights boiler makers' fire 28-Jun-2010
Wood-based fuel suppliers can now be certified as part of the Solid Biomass Assurance Scheme (SBAS) launched by HETAS.
ENER-G plans Eastern European CHP growth 25-Jun-2010
Manchester-based firm ENER-G is expanding its CHP operations in Eastern Europe by partnering with Latvian m&e firm Vega 1.
Baxi's Osborne sees upside to LCBP closure 24-Jun-2010
The termination of the government-funded Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) "clears the way for a broader, more financiall...
Budget's green deal promises insulation jobs 23-Jun-2010
Tens of thousand of jobs are to be created in the insulation market promises the government's green deal announced in Chancel...
Colleges to bid for slice of £50m funding pie 23-Jun-2010
Colleges can bid for a slice of 50 million for facilities, now that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has r...
TROX UK gets new product development team 22-Jun-2010
TROX has restructured internally, forming a new product management team for the UK.
UK's poor insulation checks heat up 22-Jun-2010
Heat seeking vehicles have been driven through the streets Reigate & Banstead in a bid to find homes with poor insulation and...
Pre-2010 BSF spending decisions face the axe 17-Jun-2010
The chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander has announced the projects being suspended or cancelled as part of a re...
BAXI MD joins CIBSE board 16-Jun-2010
Paul Hardy, the managing director of Baxi Commercial division, has been elected to the board of CIBSE.
British Standard for collaborative working needs your views 16-Jun-2010
National standards body, the British Standards Institute is seeking industry views to help shape a new British Standard (BS 1...
DECC minister visits insulation academy 16-Jun-2010
Greg Barker MP, minister of state for Climate Change visited has insulation specialist Mark Group in Leicester to meet the 1,...
Serial cowboy pays £53,711 for dangerous gas work 16-Jun-2010
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted Chris Bradshaw, trading as Chris Bradshaw Heating and Plumbing, for repe...
Score free ads and back our boys in the footie challenge 15-Jun-2010
Things are heating up with everyone watching the football this summer but has your firm entered a football team in this websi...
Zero carbon targets are unrealistic, warns survey 15-Jun-2010
A survey of the UK development industry, shows that 75% of the industry - which accounts for nearly half of all UK carbon emi...
Henderson Green helps complete hospital annex 15-Jun-2010
The three-storey phase of a major new building at Southampton General Hospital featuring designs by building services consult...
ADCAS tells ductwork firms to stand up to steel bullies 14-Jun-2010
"Companies tendering for ductwork contracts are being bullied into cutting their prices to the bone and beyond" said Malcolm ...
Plumb trade honours from the Middle Ages 11-Jun-2010
A group of plumbers and electricians have been honoured by City of London livery companies that have represented tradesmen in...
Get your entries in for HVR Awards 2010 10-Jun-2010
Apply for your entry form now to get the chance to compete in London's HVR Awards 2010 this September.
Morrell backs CPA's energy efficient refurb guide 10-Jun-2010
Chief construction advisor Paul Morrell backed the launch a new refurbishment guide published by the Construction Products As...
Baxi-SenerTec UK joins Baxi Commercial 9-Jun-2010
Baxi-SenerTec UK, the business unit responsible for marketing the Dachs mini-CHP in the UK, is now part of the Baxi Commercia...
Worcester Bosch UK plans include new factory and HQ 9-Jun-2010
Bosch Thermotechnology plans to move its Worcester head office and factory to a bigger site in response to expected rising de...
Walter Meier appoints service sales manager 8-Jun-2010
Paul King has been appointed service sales manager with the service and maintenance division of Walter Meier (Climate UK).
Armstrong integrates UK operations under new name 7-Jun-2010
Armstrong has merged its two key UK operations -its off-site construction firm (in Halesowen) and its HVAC equipment arm (in ...
Workers’ asbestos risk lands firm in dock 7-Jun-2010
A company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to protect workers from possible exposure to asb...
Imtech scores Euro 2012 stadium order 7-Jun-2010
Imtech has secured an 18 million Euro technology order for Euro 2012 football stadiums.
Commercial buildings' energy efficiency investment remains strong 4-Jun-2010
Despite a global recession, investment in energy efficiency has remained strong according to the Energy Efficiency Indicator ...
Premier Energy Solutions gets heat pump deal 3-Jun-2010
Manchester-based heating firm Premier Energy Solutions beat 30 firms to win a three-year contract offering central heating, i...
BSS gets takeover offer from Travis Perkins 2-Jun-2010
Plumbing and heating supplier BSS has received a 553 million takeover bid from builders' merchant Travis Perkins.
Former boss buys heating firm back for free 2-Jun-2010
The man who sold Apollo Heating to outsourcing contractor Spice for 10m has bought the business back for free.
Fastest rise in construction activity since 2007 2-Jun-2010
The UK construction activity has grown at the fastest pace since September 2007, according to the Markit/CIPS Construction Pu...
EMAP to manage Installer Live 1-Jun-2010
Emap Connect has announced it has taken over the running of the Installer Live exhibition, the UK's national plumbing and hea...
New chairman at Institute of Gas Engineers 1-Jun-2010
The newly-elected chairman of Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers is Ian Dawson, the business development director at i...
Screwfix changes hours to British Football Time 1-Jun-2010
Plumbing equipment supplier Screwfix is changing its hours to fall in line with BFT - British Football Time - opening at 6am ...
