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SFL celebrates business growth award

SFL Flues & Chimneys has won the EEF South West Region Business Growth Award, for bucking market trends and achieving 24 per cent growth over the last year.

19 Nov 2012

A-Gas unveils strategic appointments

A-Gas (UK) has announced that managing director Ken Logan will be relocating to the USA from the beginning of 2013 to take overall responsibility for three US businesses - RemTec, Coolgas and A-Gas Performance Chemicals.

15 Nov 2012

Balfour Beatty backs BIS report on apprenticeships

Balfour Beatty is the latest company to welcome the Apprenticeships - Fifth Report published by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS), calling for apprenticeships in the UK to be focused on delivering quality rather than quantity.

15 Nov 2012

Radiators more efficient than underfloor heating, finds Swedish research

Modern low water content radiators are more efficient than underfloor heating as an emitter for low temperature systems, according to Nick Whitwell, managing director of Quinn Radiators.

15 Nov 2012

Overclean goes the extra mile for sailing charities

Overclean, a specialist in ventilation hygiene and member of the B&ES, has helped the Baton Charity and the Jubilee Sailing Trust to get the Lord Nelson ship ready to circumnavigate the globe.

15 Nov 2012

SummitSkills seeks employers to test drive talent

SummitSkills, the sector skills council for the building services engineering sector, is looking for businesses nationwide to offer work experience to talented students as part of its new 'Test Drive Talent' initiative.

15 Nov 2012

Computer gaming graphics could benefit BMS

Initial findings from a new report by IMS Research show that there is a growing trend in building automation systems towards photorealism and greater end user interaction.

15 Nov 2012

NSCC announces fair payment champs

As part of the five-year anniversary of the Fair Payment Campaign, the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) has revealed its 'fair payment champions' who are recognised for "their outstanding contribution to improving payment practices in the construction industry".

14 Nov 2012

Victaulic makes three key appointments

Victaulic, a leader in mechanical pipe joining systems, has made three new staff appointments.

14 Nov 2012

Apprenticeships: quality not just quantity, BIS report says

A BIS report on apprenticeships has concluded that the UK should focus on quality, not just quantity and this has been welcomed by SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services engineering.

14 Nov 2012

BEAMA calls for Government to back a coherent sector strategy

BEAMA is calling for a manufacturing policy focus that will help deliver the UK's 2050 Energy Strategy objectives and has published its Case for a Government-backed Smart & Low Carbon Electrical Infrastructure Sector Group.

14 Nov 2012

B&ES - 'BIM offers members business opportunities'

The Building and Engineering Services Association (B&ES) believes that the four-year implementation strategy for building information modelling (BIM) introduced by Government will result in radical change to the dynamics of the construction supply chain leading to more efficient and more collaborative working methods, and positioning the UK to lead the world in BIM technology.

13 Nov 2012

Council consults over possible £75m Green Deal contract

West Sussex County Council is calling on contractors to consult on a possible £75 million contract to upgrade properties under the Green Deal.

13 Nov 2012

Energy Efficiency Strategy falls short of expectations says UK-GBC

While welcoming the Government's acknowledgement of the key role energy efficiency must play in future-proofing the economy in its long-awaited Energy Efficiency Strategy, the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) said it was disappointed that the document did not lay out a clear plan to enable the built environment sector to invest.

13 Nov 2012

National Skills Academy launches trained installer register

The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies has introduced a new register of trained installers which aims to give local authorities and householders confidence when selecting a renewables tradesperson in their area.

13 Nov 2012

BIG-EU and OPC agree cooperation deal

BACnet Interest Group Europe (BIG-EU) and the OPC Foundation have signed a cooperation agreement.

13 Nov 2012

Wilo recruits area sales manager

Wilo UK has appointed Colin Mochan as area sales manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

12 Nov 2012

Construction output lowest level for more than a decade

The latest construction output figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that output in Q3 has fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, with falls being experienced across almost every sector of the industry. Output is now at its lowest level since the second quarter of 1999.

12 Nov 2012

Chiller sales set to dip

The world chiller market is highly likely to experience a slight dip in value in 2012 following the continued problems in global financial sector from US$8.4 billion in 2011 to US$8.3bn in 2012, according to BSRIA.

12 Nov 2012

Natural ventilation company wins LCIF funding

Breathing Buildings has secured an investment of £400,000 from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) as part of a total funding package worth around one million pounds.

12 Nov 2012

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SFL celebrates business growth award

A-Gas unveils strategic appointments

Balfour Beatty backs BIS report on apprenticeships

Radiators more efficient than underfloor heating, finds Swedish research

Overclean goes the extra mile for sailing charities

SummitSkills seeks employers to test drive talent

Computer gaming graphics could benefit BMS

NSCC announces fair payment champs

Victaulic makes three key appointments

Apprenticeships: quality not just quantity, BIS report says

BEAMA calls for Government to back a coherent sector strategy

B&ES - 'BIM offers members business opportunities'

Council consults over possible £75m Green Deal contract

Energy Efficiency Strategy falls short of expectations says UK-GBC

National Skills Academy launches trained installer register

BIG-EU and OPC agree cooperation deal

Wilo recruits area sales manager

Construction output lowest level for more than a decade

Chiller sales set to dip

Natural ventilation company wins LCIF funding

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