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Grafton raises almost £130,000 for charity

Grafton Merchanting GB (GMGB) raised £129,339 for Macmillan Cancer Support during 2011, which was also the charity's centenary year. 
 29 Feb 2012

Gas fitter prosecuted for Irlam blast

A gas fitter from Warrington is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an explosion in Irlam, Manchester, on 2 November 2010, which injured 15 people, including five children, and left one woman with severe burns. 
 28 Feb 2012

Calor threatens legal action

Calor Gas has warned that it will take legal action against those who post advice online as to how to tamper with its gas cylinders in order to make wood burners. 
 27 Feb 2012

Job losses follow MJN Colston administration

M&E contractor MJN Colston's fall into administration has led to the loss of 148 jobs, but administrator Deloitte hopes that a buyer can be found for the company. 
 24 Feb 2012

BESNA is dead, HVCA confirms

BESNA - the Building Engineering Services National Agreement - has been abandoned. 
 24 Feb 2012

Judd comments on BESNA

HVCA chief executive Blane Judd has released a statement about the Building Engineering Services National Agreement (BESNA). It reads as follows: 
 24 Feb 2012

Vokera heat pump MCS accredited

Boiler manufacturer Vokèra's AriaPRO air source heat pump has received Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditation. 
 23 Feb 2012

Plastic pipe group appoints new director

The Plastics Pipes Group (PPG) of the British Plastics Federation has appointed Caroline Ayres as its new director following the retirement of Frank Jones at the end of 2012. 
 23 Feb 2012

Major industry speakers lined up for NEMEX

This year's National Energy Management Exhibition (NEMEX) opens at the NEC Birmingham in May, featuring a new second conference theatre to mark its 30th anniversary with a host of top-level keynote speakers who will be expanding the ideas and available advice for energy professionals. 
 23 Feb 2012

UFW joins Flogas

Oil and LPG business DCC Energy has acquired Leicester-based renewable energy technologies company UFW, which will sit alongside Flogas in its portfolio. 
 23 Feb 2012

New group md for Nuaire

Ventilation equipment manufacturer Nuaire has appointed Mark Huxtable as group managing director. He will be responsible for the management of the business and will oversee all core company functions including sales, marketing, finance, product development, procurement, and manufacturing. 
 23 Feb 2012

Willkommen for Elta from Ziehl-Abegg

A team from Elta Fans has spent three days in Germany as guests of Ziehl-Abegg as part of the new strategic alliance between the two businesses which will see a number of fans within the Elta range powered by Ziehl-Abegg motors and impellers. 
 23 Feb 2012

Baxi's biomass boiler range achieves MCS

The full range of Baxi biomass boilers now carries Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) approval. Products that are MCS certified and fitted by MCS qualified installers ensure the householder qualifies for any grants and financial assistance that are available. 
 23 Feb 2012

KSB takes over Danish pump manufacturer

Pumps, valves and related systems manufacturer KSB has taken an 80 per cent share in Copenhagen-based T. Smedegaard A/S. 
 23 Feb 2012

MJN Colston in administration

Major m&e contractor MJN Colston has gone into administration placing the jobs of more than 500 directly employed staff and craftsmen at risk. 
 23 Feb 2012

NG Bailey withdraws from BESNA

NG Bailey has become the second major contractor to withdraw from the beleaguered Building Engineering Services National Agreement (BESNA). 
 23 Feb 2012

Technical product manager for Glen Dimplex

Martin Jones has been appointed to the newly-created role of technical product manager at Glen Dimplex Boilers. 
 23 Feb 2012

Government plans to take solar tariffs appeal to Supreme Court

The Government has lodged an application with the Supreme Court seeking permission to appeal against two court decisions in December and January, which ruled that its plans to cut solar power subsidy payments were unlawful. 
 22 Feb 2012

Glen Dimplex appoints technical products manager

Glen Dimplex Boilers has appointed Martin Jones to the newly-created role of technical product manager. His appointment follows a period of accelerated growth by the company. 
 22 Feb 2012

BESNA reps in talks with Unite

HVCA chief executive Blane Judd and Martin Bailey of NG Bailey - one of the six companies still involved in the contentious BESNA (Building Engineering Services National Agreement) - are understood to be meeting Unite Union general secretary Len McCluskey today to discuss taking back the BESNA contracts and modernising payment terms for m&e workers. 
 21 Feb 2012
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