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Women engineers will be key to recovery

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for renewed focus on improving gender diversity across engineering to help deliver the economic recovery....

10 Jun 2020

Roddy Monroe, chair of the the Energy and Utilities Alliance, Gas Storage Operators Group (GSOG)

Ofgem’s decision risks increased prices to consumers – GSOG

Ofgem’s amendments to the Gas Transmission Charging Regime are set to significantly increase costs on gas storage operators, which will lead to consumer price spikes according to the Energy and Utilities Alliance, Gas Storage Operators Group (GSOG)....

10 Jun 2020

Wright Maintenance maintenance manager Tom Hill and operations supervisor Tom Perks

Senior appointments at Wright Maintenance

Wright Maintenance has strengthened its position as a rapidly growing facilities maintenance provider with two major appointments....

9 Jun 2020

NBS and BESA join forces

NBS, the specification platform for the construction industry, has announced its partnership with the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to help drive digital adoption throughout the building lifecycle....

9 Jun 2020

Xylem reports broad sustainability advances

Xylem, the global water technology company, has announced it has succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) intensity, exceeding its planned target....

9 Jun 2020

Charter Place Heat Network operated and maintained by Switch2 Energy

Long-term plan for heat networks

At the launch of the Heat Networks Industry Council on June 3, Switch2 Energy joined with other founding members to set out a long-term plan for developing the UK's affordable, sustainable heat network infrastructure....

8 Jun 2020

Magna IM sales and marketing manager Tracy Armstrong

Magna IM expands team to match growth ambition

Magna IM, a Warwickshire-based heating, plumbing, electrical, refurbishment and general maintenance services company has appointed a new sales and marketing manager....

5 Jun 2020

Heat pump group launches training strategy amidst growing calls for a ‘green recovery’

The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has launched a Training Strategy that lays out how the heating industry needs to transform to enable the wider adoption of heat pumps throughout the UK building stock. The upskilling of heating installers provides the ...

5 Jun 2020

EPAL and Edina go for growth in UK and India

EnergyPro Assets Ltd (EPAL), parent company of combined heat and power specialist Edina, has been named as the fastest-growing Indian-owned company in the UK. Edina is supporting EPAL's domestic growth while building its exports to India....

3 Jun 2020

Member of the Management Board of NürnbergMesse Petra Wolf

Chillventa cancelled, but virtual event planned for autumn

Chilventa, one of the leading air conditioning and refrigeration trade shows, has been cancelled as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, but a virtual event is expected to take place in the autumn....

3 Jun 2020

SEC urges rapid implementation of recovery plan

The Specialist Engineering Contractor’s (SEC) Group – representing the largest value sector in UK construction – has welcomed publication of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Industry Recovery Plan (‘Roadmap to Recovery’)....

2 Jun 2020

Paul Reeve, ECA director of CSR and member of the CLC working group on health and safety

Engineering Services bodies update COVID-19 site safety guides

Leading engineering services bodies BESA and ECA have released a joint sector guide on work-related travel and updated their guides on working in close proximity and in areas of increased risk of transfer of COVID-19, such as healthcare settings....

2 Jun 2020

Construction industry sets out plan for recovery

Plans for a post-Covid-19 revival of the UK construction sector have been published by the Construction Leadership Council’s COVID-19 Task Force....

2 Jun 2020

Multi-million pound investment into hydrogen deployment welcomed

Britain’s five gas networks have outlined plans to spend more than £900m on zero-carbon energy infrastructure and hydrogen deployment across the UK, subject to Government approval on funding, and this is being welcomed within the heating sector....

1 Jun 2020

Industry comes together to minimise product shortages

As government and industry seek to quickly and safely increase construction activity up and down the country, a Construction Leadership Council (CLC) led group is helping to build confidence, dispel rumours and minimise supply and demand constraints....

1 Jun 2020