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Gas Safety Trust sponsors The Risk Factory

The Risk Factory is to receive a boost from the Gas Safety Trust as it pledges to sponsor the community safety education centre for the next three years.

2 Sep 2010

National Energy Action Award for South Tyneside Homes refurbishment

A major refurbishment project encompassing the installation of Daikin Altherma heat pump and solar thermal renewable technologies in 60 South Tyneside Housing properties wins National Energy Action (NEA) award in the North East Region.

2 Sep 2010

Growth slows for UK construction sector

August data signalled a further expansion of the UK construction sector, with the seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index£ (PMI£) posting 52.1.

2 Sep 2010

Rok signs contract with Inter Partner Assistance

Rok plc, the maintenance and building services group, has signed a contract with Inter Partner Assistance, a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Assistance, one of the world's market leaders in assistance, to provide home emergency services to its UK customers.

31 Aug 2010

Eu.bac opens office in Brussels

Eu.bac, the European association of manufacturers for intelligent building systems, is opening an office in Brussels.

31 Aug 2010

Henderson Green goes back to school to build the team

Employees at a leading south coast building services engineering consultancy shut down their computers and picked up a paint brush to take part in a community team building event.

31 Aug 2010

Uponor pipes up with impressive sales results

Underfloor heating specialist Uponor has defied challenging trading conditions in the plumbing and heating industry to boast a 15% increase in overall sales for the first six months of the year and predicts further growth for the remainder of 2010.

31 Aug 2010

Drop in Completion certificates raises concerns over black-market installations

There is mounting concern in the heating industry that the demise of Home Information Packs is leading to a marked reduction in the number of completion certificates being issued for controlled service installations.

31 Aug 2010

Four new trustees for Gas Safety Trust.

Four new trustees have been appointed by the Gas Safety Trust to strengthen its core expertise and help create effective partnerships and programmes that are pivotal to its gas safety strategy and new direction.

31 Aug 2010

IBD appointed as approved distributor for Polypipe Ventilation

IBD Distribution, the Dorset-based distributor of energy efficient HVAC systems, has been appointed as an Approved Solution Provider and nationwide distributor for the Polypipe Ventilation range of whole house ventilation and heat recovery systems.

31 Aug 2010

Freedom Heat Pumps opens for business

Freedom heat pumps the UKs first dedicated heat pump distributor has opened for business, supplying air source heat pumps from Samsung, LG and Hitachi.

27 Aug 2010

Plumb Center stocks up with drainage plastics

Plumb Center has reinforced its leading position as a supplier of drainage products with all major manufacturers now being stocked in branches across the UK.

26 Aug 2010

Briggs & Forrester completes Cressex School contract

Briggs & Forrester has recently completed the Cressex Community School in High Wycombe, working in partnership with BAM Construction.

26 Aug 2010

Deadline looms for half-price training

SummitSkills is reminding building services engineering employers in England that the deadline is looming for access to potential funding of half the cost of training related to environmental technologies.

25 Aug 2010

Plant and machinery safety zone introduced at H&S 2010

The Health and Safety 2010 exhibition has introduced a dedicated plant and machinery safety zone at its Northern edition this October.

25 Aug 2010

AMA Research reports on Western Europe electrical wholesale market

The Eurozone generally has had a difficult period with particular problems in Greece, Spain and Ireland, the latter two experiencing particularly severe downturns in their construction markets after strong housing booms during the last decade.

25 Aug 2010

EIC secures Tesco maintenance contract

Building services specialist EIC has secured a maintenance contract with the UK’s number one supermarket, Tesco.

25 Aug 2010

Andy Green steps up as technical manager, Baxi Commercial Division

Andy Green has been selected for the role of technical manager at Baxi Commercial Division.

25 Aug 2010

Wolseley sells Brandon Hire

Wolseley has sold its Brandon Hire business to private investment company Rutland Partners.

24 Aug 2010

Huge savings with Plumb Center boiler bundles

Plumb Center has relaunched its current offers on boiler and heat packs and customers should look out for the all new Boiler Bundle offers in the magazine and on branch displays from September.

24 Aug 2010

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Gas Safety Trust sponsors The Risk Factory

National Energy Action Award for South Tyneside Homes refurbishment

Growth slows for UK construction sector

Rok signs contract with Inter Partner Assistance

Eu.bac opens office in Brussels

Henderson Green goes back to school to build the team

Uponor pipes up with impressive sales results

Drop in Completion certificates raises concerns over black-market installations

Four new trustees for Gas Safety Trust.

IBD appointed as approved distributor for Polypipe Ventilation

Freedom Heat Pumps opens for business

Plumb Center stocks up with drainage plastics

Briggs & Forrester completes Cressex School contract

Deadline looms for half-price training

Plant and machinery safety zone introduced at H&S 2010

AMA Research reports on Western Europe electrical wholesale market

EIC secures Tesco maintenance contract

Andy Green steps up as technical manager, Baxi Commercial Division

Wolseley sells Brandon Hire

Huge savings with Plumb Center boiler bundles

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