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MITIE posts strong half-year results

MITIE has reported a 5.6% increase in revenue to £1,026.6m for the six months ending 30 September 2012 and has a strong order book going forward.

19 Nov 2012

Breathing Buildings gets £1m funding injection

Breathing Buildings has won additional funding to expand its business both in the UK and internationally in recognition of the energy-saving potential of its e-stack ventilation system.

19 Nov 2012

Kershaw plays key role in Waitrose store refurbishment

Kershaw Mechanical Services has been involved in a major refurbishment and extension project at the Waitrose store in Bath.

19 Nov 2012

Trane chillers get ECA listing

Trane's AquaStream high efficiency air-cooled scroll chillers have been added to the Energy Technology List of the Government's Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme on 1 November.

19 Nov 2012

J&E Hall provides cold room for university research

J&E Hall has completed a project to design and build a dual-compartment cold room at Plymouth University to support cutting-edge research into climate change.

19 Nov 2012

ECA and ESC announce major partnership

In a move designed to bring the electrical contracting industry more closely together, the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) created the Electrical Safety Register. In addition, from 1 April 2013, the NICEIC and ELECSA will be operated by a new organisation called Certsure.

19 Nov 2012

Nuaire wins environmental accolade

Nuaire has won the Go-Green environmental award at the Institute of Welsh Affairs Business Awards.

19 Nov 2012

SFL celebrates business growth award

SFL Flues & Chimneys has won the EEF South West Region Business Growth Award, for bucking market trends and achieving 24 per cent growth over the last year.

19 Nov 2012

A-Gas unveils strategic appointments

A-Gas (UK) has announced that managing director Ken Logan will be relocating to the USA from the beginning of 2013 to take overall responsibility for three US businesses - RemTec, Coolgas and A-Gas Performance Chemicals.

15 Nov 2012

Balfour Beatty backs BIS report on apprenticeships

Balfour Beatty is the latest company to welcome the Apprenticeships - Fifth Report published by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS), calling for apprenticeships in the UK to be focused on delivering quality rather than quantity.

15 Nov 2012

Radiators more efficient than underfloor heating, finds Swedish research

Modern low water content radiators are more efficient than underfloor heating as an emitter for low temperature systems, according to Nick Whitwell, managing director of Quinn Radiators.

15 Nov 2012

Overclean goes the extra mile for sailing charities

Overclean, a specialist in ventilation hygiene and member of the B&ES, has helped the Baton Charity and the Jubilee Sailing Trust to get the Lord Nelson ship ready to circumnavigate the globe.

15 Nov 2012

SummitSkills seeks employers to test drive talent

SummitSkills, the sector skills council for the building services engineering sector, is looking for businesses nationwide to offer work experience to talented students as part of its new 'Test Drive Talent' initiative.

15 Nov 2012

Computer gaming graphics could benefit BMS

Initial findings from a new report by IMS Research show that there is a growing trend in building automation systems towards photorealism and greater end user interaction.

15 Nov 2012

NSCC announces fair payment champs

As part of the five-year anniversary of the Fair Payment Campaign, the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) has revealed its 'fair payment champions' who are recognised for "their outstanding contribution to improving payment practices in the construction industry".

14 Nov 2012

Victaulic makes three key appointments

Victaulic, a leader in mechanical pipe joining systems, has made three new staff appointments.

14 Nov 2012

Apprenticeships: quality not just quantity, BIS report says

A BIS report on apprenticeships has concluded that the UK should focus on quality, not just quantity and this has been welcomed by SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services engineering.

14 Nov 2012

BEAMA calls for Government to back a coherent sector strategy

BEAMA is calling for a manufacturing policy focus that will help deliver the UK's 2050 Energy Strategy objectives and has published its Case for a Government-backed Smart & Low Carbon Electrical Infrastructure Sector Group.

14 Nov 2012

B&ES - 'BIM offers members business opportunities'

The Building and Engineering Services Association (B&ES) believes that the four-year implementation strategy for building information modelling (BIM) introduced by Government will result in radical change to the dynamics of the construction supply chain leading to more efficient and more collaborative working methods, and positioning the UK to lead the world in BIM technology.

13 Nov 2012

Council consults over possible £75m Green Deal contract

West Sussex County Council is calling on contractors to consult on a possible £75 million contract to upgrade properties under the Green Deal.

13 Nov 2012

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MITIE posts strong half-year results

Breathing Buildings gets £1m funding injection

Kershaw plays key role in Waitrose store refurbishment

Trane chillers get ECA listing

J&E Hall provides cold room for university research

ECA and ESC announce major partnership

Nuaire wins environmental accolade

SFL celebrates business growth award

A-Gas unveils strategic appointments

Balfour Beatty backs BIS report on apprenticeships

Radiators more efficient than underfloor heating, finds Swedish research

Overclean goes the extra mile for sailing charities

SummitSkills seeks employers to test drive talent

Computer gaming graphics could benefit BMS

NSCC announces fair payment champs

Victaulic makes three key appointments

Apprenticeships: quality not just quantity, BIS report says

BEAMA calls for Government to back a coherent sector strategy

B&ES - 'BIM offers members business opportunities'

Council consults over possible £75m Green Deal contract

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