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Local contractors invited to join housing framework

Circle Housing Group is inviting small local contractors nationwide the opportunity to join bigger businesses in a new build housing framework worth over £500million.

9 Apr 2013

Danfoss streamlines sales and marketing support

Danfoss has restructured its UK sales and marketing support to provide a faster service to specifiers, stockists and installers of its products, from electronic room thermostats to programmable TRVs.

8 Apr 2013

Woodford Heating and Energy recruits contracts director

Woodford Heating and Energy has appointed Steve Abbott as contracts director.

8 Apr 2013

Sabien Technology agrees distribution deal with Fireye

Sabien Technology has agreed a non-exclusive distribution deal with Fireye for the supply of its UL-approved M2G boiler optimisation controller.

27 Mar 2013

Specflue announces key appointments

Specflue Group has made two key new appointments.

27 Mar 2013

White paper highlights good practice in independent measurement and verification

Drumbeat Energy Management, the energy management business support service, has published a white paper on independent measurement and verification entitled IPMVP and improving energy-efficiency: The importance of independent measurement & verification.

27 Mar 2013

ACCA says SMEs backed by finance expertise are stronger

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) says that small businesses with well-developed finance teams achieve faster, more sustainable growth for longer and can attract investment to help them develop.

27 Mar 2013

Pre-qualification questionnaires are major industry bugbear, survey finds

According to Constructionline, the UK's largest and only government-backed pre-qualification service, the length of time it takes to complete pre-qualification questionnaires is the biggest challenge faced by construction companies when tendering for work.

27 Mar 2013

Renewable energy project reaches halfway point

A three-year research project that will help the European Commission to achieve ambitious renewable energy targets, is halfway to completion, according to Bluesky, the UK-based specialist in aerial imaging and remote sensing data collection and processing.

27 Mar 2013

Industry “bitterly disappointed” with government delay to domestic RHI

Following the Government's announcement (26 March) that it is delaying implementation of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) until April 2014, the industry has reacted with disappointment.

27 Mar 2013

Pegler & Louden appoints national sales manager

Pegler & Louden, the industrial valve division of leading distributor BSS Industrial, has appointed Andrew Fraser as national sales manager.

25 Mar 2013

Geberit launches new website

Geberit has launched a new website for the UK, which aims to provide one easy-to-navigate online resource for installers.

25 Mar 2013

Md calls for a halt to incentives for biomass waste

The managing director of CPV, a UK manufacturer of district heating pipe systems, is calling for an end to the way in which the Renewables Obligation is incentivising electricity producers to use biomass fuels in inefficient, conventional power stations and effectively squandering the waste heat produced.

25 Mar 2013

CIBSE ASHRAE Young Engineers' Awards 2013 call for entries

CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) is inviting entries for the CIBSE ASHRAE Young Engineers' Awards 2013.

25 Mar 2013

HSE clamps down on unsafe sites

Almost one in five construction sites visited have had enforcement action taken against them following visits from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

25 Mar 2013

SummitSkills reacts to Government response on Richard Review

SummitSkills, the sector skills council for the building services engineering sector, is urging the Government to remember the needs of employers of SMEs and micro-businesses following its response to the review of apprenticeships by Doug Richard, published last week.

21 Mar 2013

FMB calls on Government to back smaller firms

Responding to Chancellor George Osborne's Budget yesterday (20 March), the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) says that although positive steps have been taken to address the housing crisis, the measures announced may not be enough to enable smaller builders to deliver the energy efficient new homes that Britain badly needs.

21 Mar 2013

BBES delivers sustainable m&e installation at Intertek

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has completed a comprehensive mechanical and electrical installation at the headquarters of energy services firm Intertek, in Aberdeen.

21 Mar 2013

NSAET offers free tips for SMEs

The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies (NSAET) has produced a free, online sales and marketing plan generator with the aim of helping small to medium-sized businesses think of new ideas and find cost-effective ways to promote their services.

21 Mar 2013

BSRIA comments on Budget

Reacting to yesterday's (20 March) Budget, BSRIA ceo Andrew Eastwell acknowledged that it "contained quite a lot for construction".

21 Mar 2013

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Local contractors invited to join housing framework

Danfoss streamlines sales and marketing support

Woodford Heating and Energy recruits contracts director

Sabien Technology agrees distribution deal with Fireye

Specflue announces key appointments

White paper highlights good practice in independent measurement and verification

ACCA says SMEs backed by finance expertise are stronger

Pre-qualification questionnaires are major industry bugbear, survey finds

Renewable energy project reaches halfway point

Industry “bitterly disappointed” with government delay to domestic RHI

Pegler & Louden appoints national sales manager

Geberit launches new website

Md calls for a halt to incentives for biomass waste

CIBSE ASHRAE Young Engineers' Awards 2013 call for entries

HSE clamps down on unsafe sites

SummitSkills reacts to Government response on Richard Review

FMB calls on Government to back smaller firms

BBES delivers sustainable m&e installation at Intertek

NSAET offers free tips for SMEs

BSRIA comments on Budget

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