News Archive - April 2018
Aldous Bill published ahead of second reading
26 April 2018
The Construction (Retention Deposit Schemes) Bill has been published prior to its second reading reading on Friday April 27 2018....
Ideal Commercial grows team in Scotland
24 April 2018
Ideal Commercial Boilers, a UK market leader in commercial heating solutions, has appointed Murray Low of MRL Sales as a sales agent in Scotland....
Industry unites to bring fair payment petition to PM
24 April 2018
A petition on fair payment and retentions, representing over 355,000 businesses, was delivered on April 23 to Prime Minister Theresa May by Peter Aldous MP and a delegation of industry leaders....
Distech Controls makes new hires after rapid growth
23 April 2018
Following strong growth in the UK market, Distech Controls has expanded its team with two new appointments....
ADEY wins third Queen’s Award for Enterprise
23 April 2018
ADEY has received a third Queen’s Award for its pioneering work in maintaining and protecting central heating systems in the UK and around the world....
Rehau named BusinessGreen finalist
20 April 2018
In recognition of its strategic approach towards sustainability, Rehau has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2018 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards....
FETA chairman addresses industry challenges at annual lunch
20 April 2018
On April 19, the Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) held its annual lunch at The Brewery, London, hosting guests from a whole range of relevant institutes, associations and government departments....
Rehau heads for All Energy 2018
18 April 2018
Rehau will be exhibiting at this year’s All Energy show at the SEC Glasgow from May 2-3, presenting its district heating solutions to the market and making connections with customers looking to install reliable, low carbon heating systems....
Baxi Heating helps MECC Trust heat up
18 April 2018
When the MECC Trust in Balsall Heath found their boiler to be broken and beyond repair, help was at hand from the Baxi Heating Charitable Trust....
Fernox to exhibit at Installer2018
18 April 2018
Fernox will be exhibiting at the Installer2018 show from May 8-10 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry....
Heatrae Sadia champions easy access drinking water
18 April 2018
With Sunday’s Earth Day focusing on plastic pollution, Heatrae Sadia’s Ethan Thompson is reaffirming the importance of ensuring everyone has access to a reliable source of drinking water in order to alleviate the need for single-use plastic bottles....
Continuous growth as Stiebel Eltron hits 10 year milestone
17 April 2018
Stiebel Eltron UK has celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month with record growth for 2017 and three new appointments to expand its sales team....
CIBSE Technical Symposium considers sustainable future environments
17 April 2018
Technologies and techniques to deliver sustainable future environments was the overarching theme of the first day of the 2018 CIBSE Technical Symposium....
Ziehl-Abegg recognised for quality training
13 April 2018
Ziehl-Abegg has come out on top in a study examining the quality of training provided across 20,000 German companies....
Waterloo Air is Manufacturer of the Year 2018
13 April 2018
Waterloo Air Products has won the Manufacturer of the Year award at the Kent Invicta Chamber Business Awards 2018....
ICOM conference tackles decarbonisation challenge
13 April 2018
The biennial ICOM Spring Conference was held in London this week where members were updated on some critical issues that will affect the commercial and industrial heating industry.
Industry leaders to present Aldous Bill petition to Number 10
13 April 2018
A petition on fair payment and retentions will be delivered later this month to Prime Minister Theresa May by Peter Aldous MP and a delegation of industry leaders....
Baxi targets training in 2018
12 April 2018
Baxi Heating, which includes Andrews Water Heaters and Potterton Commercial, is celebrating the launch of its new Commercial Training Academy which aims to be the go-to programme for training in the commercial heating sector....
BSRIA Brexit survey results revealed
12 April 2018
A recent Brexit survey conducted among BSRIA members found almost 70 percent of respondents believe that Brexit has had a negative impact on their business, while half of those who contributed favour a 'soft' Swiss model Brexit....
Three new faces at Alpha
10 April 2018
Alpha Heating Innovation has appointed three new technical sales managers to its team....
New managing director for Swegon UK and Ireland
10 April 2018
Robin Vollert has taken over as managing director of Swegon Group UK and Ireland following the retirement of Kevin Munson....
Duo of key appointments at Remeha
10 April 2018
Leading commercial heating manufacturer Remeha has appointmented two new area sales managers to strengthen its national sales team across the North of England and North Wales....
New director level appointment at Nuaire
09 April 2018
Ventilation manufacturer Nuaire has announced its promotion of Andy Mudie to the newly created post of marketing and business operations director....
OFTEC decries lack of gender diversity in heating industry
09 April 2018
With female technicians accounting for less than one percent of OFTEC’s 9,000 plus registration base, the trade association has said action must be taken to encourage more women into the profession as a vital step towards combatting the industry’s ...
Transtherm hires first application engineer
09 April 2018
Transtherm Cooling Industries has strengthened its building construction product design and sales offering with the appointment of its new applications engineer....
Baxi Heating event welcomes new regulations
06 April 2018
Representatives from all areas of the heating industry, along with trade bodies, consumer groups, housing associations and the media joined Baxi Heating at an event in Westminster to herald the introduction of Boiler Plus.
HHIC releases guide to Boiler Plus legislation
06 April 2018
Boiler Plus, announced in October 2017 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), launched today April 6 2018. The new legislation encourages energy efficiency by mandating requirements for heating systems....
Elta to undertake major Asian expansion
05 April 2018
Elta Group, an international leader in fans, air movement, filtration and distribution, has announced a major expansion of its Asian operation with the creation of Elta Fans India alongside the recently rebranded Elta Fans Malaysia, formerly ...
New appointment to boost BSRIA training offering
05 April 2018
BSRIA has announced the appointment of Mike Lee to its membership team in the role of training development manager....
Fujitsu makes new top level appointment
05 April 2018
Fujitsu General Air Conditioning (UK) has appointed Ian Carroll as its chief operating officer....
Jet Environmental expecting strong growth
05 April 2018
Jet Environmental is on track for an impressive 50 percent growth from last year according to latest figures....
Key growth drivers in hydronic controls market identified
04 April 2018
Connected thermostats, connected thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) and pressure independent control valves (PICVs) will be the biggest growth drivers in a generally rather “patchy” European market according to BSRIA’s latest study of the hydronic ...
Rehau puts focus on energy and district heating
04 April 2018
As conversations around sustainability, energy and district heating continue, Rehau is set to participate in key energy and district heating events across the country this month....
Polypipe removes sign-up fees to encourage skills growth
04 April 2018
Polypipe is removing the annual registration fee for its Registered Heating Engineer Network (RHEN) to provide small heating engineer and plumbing businesses with better access to training courses and events....
CIBSE Technical Symposium programme announced
03 April 2018
Climate change, the environment, security and digitisation are all challenges facing built environment professionals and will be addressed in many of the presentations at the 2018 CIBSE Technical Symposium on April 12 and 13 2018....
All change at Hamworthy Heating
03 April 2018
Sales agent Mike Crouch has retired after working with Hamworthy for almost 28 years, while service engineer Dave Ward has moved from the Hamworthy service to the sales team to replace him....
New face at LG Electronics
03 April 2018
Neil Hopkinson has joined LG Electronics in the role of sales manager, heating solutions for the North and Scotland....