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SummitSkills seeks new board director

SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the building services engineering (BSE) sector, is seeking an independent director to join its team of board members from 1 January 2011.

28 Sep 2010

Total Home expands staff

Leading specialist in central vacuum systems, heat recovery ventilation and air source heat pumps, Total Home Environment, has made a number of key appointments.

28 Sep 2010

Velux model home 2020 project breaks new ground

Velux marked the start of construction on its ModelHome 2020 project with a groundbreaking ceremony on the site where it will build two zero carbon homes in Rothwell, Kettering recently.

27 Sep 2010

New heating system keeps priceless treasures warm and dry

Harrow, London-based mechanical services contractor G & D Higgins has marked its 20th year in business by completing a major boiler replacement and heating system upgrade at The British Library, St Pancras, a complex project that turned out to be a text book operation.

24 Sep 2010

Solicitors fight for sufferers of asbestos-related illnesses

Liverpool-based law firm EAD Solicitors is raising awareness of the escalating levels of asbestos-related illness as it takes on an increasing number of claims for sufferers.

24 Sep 2010

Webster steps up to the board at Senior Hargreaves

Ductwork manufacturer and contractor, Senior Hargreaves, has appointed Darren Webster as the new operations director.

24 Sep 2010

More public sector cuts could cripple construction recovery warns Bibby Financial

News of property giant Connaught’s collapse into administration, coupled with the threat of potential further cuts in public sector spending outlined in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, has left the construction industry feeling anxious about its future, according to Bibby Financial Services.

21 Sep 2010

Government Green Deal must offer financial incentives

The public like the idea of the new Green Deal but will take it up only if government is prepared to offer significant financial incentives such as stamp duty rebates, council tax refunds, and low interest rates, according to new research by the Great British Refurb Campaign and WWF-UK.

21 Sep 2010

Parts Center's double-up plan on track

The UK’s largest specialist supplier of spare parts, Parts Center, is more than doubling its locations across the country by adding new trade counters or increasing its spares stockholding in all Plumb Center branches.

21 Sep 2010

Bow Bells ring for Birmingham building services provider

Birmingham building services provider JS Wright is to play a major role in London's regeneration by fitting out a new £4.5million mixed-use development in Bow.

21 Sep 2010

SummitSkills announces SkillPIPE winners

Three apprentices from the heating and ventilating industry are celebrating after scooping the top three awards at the UK final of one of the four Skill M&E competitions, SkillPIPE.

21 Sep 2010

Baxi Commercial donates boilers to Leeds homeless charity

Baxi Commercial Division has donated two Potterton Commercial high efficiency condensing boilers for the recent redevelopment of St. George’s Crypt, one of the UK's foremost homeless charities.

21 Sep 2010

Majority of local authorities satisfy asbestos management rules in "system build" schools

The majority of local authorities in England with system-build schools have procedures and precautions in place to manage asbestos safely, according to a survey and follow-up inspection programme.

21 Sep 2010

Applied Energy appoints group commercial director

Applied Energy Products has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Kevin Bergin as group commercial director.

21 Sep 2010

Weatherite Manufacturing promotes Cartledge to sales director

Weatherite Manufacturing has strengthened its board with the promotion of Steve Cartledge from business development executive to sales director.

21 Sep 2010

Pioneering employers' contribution pension scheme for H&V operatives from October 2010

Phase two of the current two-year H&V Operative Wage Agreement - which was negotiated by HVCA and Unite the Union - includes what the parties describe as a pioneering and forward-thinking provision in relation to occupational pensions.

21 Sep 2010

A win-win situation for Medem UK customers

Gas safety panel manufacturer Medem UK has announced the winner of its first quarterly online prize draw: Adam Fleming, senior mechanical design engineer received an LCD television on behalf of the Isle of Anglesey County Council.

17 Sep 2010

VKR Holdings buys Exhausto

VKR Holding has acquired 70% of the shares in the Exhausto Group. The acquisition includes Novema Aggregater, which became part of the group in January 2010, whereas the affiliated company Exhausto CDT is not covered by the transaction.

17 Sep 2010

Report urges government rethink on irresponsible renewable heat incentive

A new report released today by the environmental consultancy Renewable Energy Forum, urges a government rethink on what the authors, Dr John Constable and Dr Lee Moroney, describe as the irresponsible plan for a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

16 Sep 2010

FPB calls on public sector to stick to 10-day payment target dispite new 30-day Euro standard

The Forum of Private Business is calling on the UK’s public sector to retain its target of paying small firms in 10 days following a new ruling to make 30 days the standard across the European Union (EU).

16 Sep 2010

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SummitSkills seeks new board director

Total Home expands staff

Velux model home 2020 project breaks new ground

New heating system keeps priceless treasures warm and dry

Solicitors fight for sufferers of asbestos-related illnesses

Webster steps up to the board at Senior Hargreaves

More public sector cuts could cripple construction recovery warns Bibby Financial

Government Green Deal must offer financial incentives

Parts Center's double-up plan on track

Bow Bells ring for Birmingham building services provider

SummitSkills announces SkillPIPE winners

Baxi Commercial donates boilers to Leeds homeless charity

Majority of local authorities satisfy asbestos management rules in "system build" schools

Applied Energy appoints group commercial director

Weatherite Manufacturing promotes Cartledge to sales director

Pioneering employers' contribution pension scheme for H&V operatives from October 2010

A win-win situation for Medem UK customers

VKR Holdings buys Exhausto

Report urges government rethink on irresponsible renewable heat incentive

FPB calls on public sector to stick to 10-day payment target dispite new 30-day Euro standard

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