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Gas price hike heats up argument for heatpumps

British Gas may have announced almost £1 billion profits but it has raised the gas price it charges its customers by 35%.

31 Jul 2008

A load of rubbish powers E.ON's CHP plant

Foster Wheeler, the construction engineering firm, is to supply a rubbish-powered boiler island to generate steam and electricity for E.ON’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Sweden.

31 Jul 2008

HVAC students attend Second Life school

HVAC students at a UK college were stunned when their gas and heating lecturer Martin Biron rented 4,000 m2 of space in the online world Second Life to run 3D virtual classrooms.

31 Jul 2008

Tesco builds Britain's first straw CHP plant

Supermarket giant Tesco is to build Britain's first straw-powered Combined Heat and Power plant to fuel its business.

30 Jul 2008

Dimplex is game to support Bristol Club

Heating manufacturer Dimplex has lent its support to social housing maintenance provider Connaught to help refurbish a community centre for young people in Bristol.

30 Jul 2008

RDM acquires Taiwanese manufacturer

HVACR controls firm Resource Data Management (RDM) has bought Taiwan-based component and electronics manufacturer, FYC Co Ltd.

29 Jul 2008

Ian Livsey appointed SummitSkills' new chairman

Ian Livsey has been appointed as the new chair of SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for building services engineering (BSE).

29 Jul 2008

Charitable Storey: Plumbing head cycles to Paris

Simon Storey, who runs SES Plumbing and Heating Services, has done the London Marathon and the Great North Run, and is now cycling from London to Paris for charity.

29 Jul 2008

Firms, contractors, HVAC men, lend us your names!

The government may have no grip on the grid and no ears for a CHP feed-in tariff, but our CHP petition has won praise in Parliament (from the building services industry.)

28 Jul 2008

Hot debate at London HEVAR 08

September's London HEVAR 2008 is hosting a CPD accredited seminar programme for building services professionals to debate the industry's hottest issues.

26 Jul 2008

Bosses offered £170 million in training grants

From August 1, construction bosses can apply for a slice of an £170 million pie for training.

23 Jul 2008

Wolseley UK MD replaced by Europe head to cut costs

The managing director of Wolseley UK, Nigel Sibley, has been replaced by the chief executive of Wolseley Europe to cut costs in the face of tough UK market conditions.

22 Jul 2008

JS Wright launches maintenance division

Building services provider JS Wright has created a new maintenance and facilities management division.

22 Jul 2008

More construction firms in corporate distress

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Nearly five times as many construction firms are experiencing "critical problems" in 2008 compared to last year, according to figures from Begbies Traynor, the UK business rescue specialist.

22 Jul 2008