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Ten-day public sector payment not being passed along supply chain, says Forum for Private Business

A public sector initiative to pay invoices within 10 days is not being passed on by main contractors to smaller suppliers, the Forum of Private Business has discovered.

14 Jul 2010

Gas Safety Trust reaches reporting agreement with OFTEC and HETAS

The Gas Safety Trust has reached agreement with OFTEC, the oil firing technical association, and HETAS, the solid fuel domestic heating association, to extend the process used to report domestic CO related gas incidents, to cover those resulting from solid fuel and oil installations as well.

14 Jul 2010

SEC welcomes Crossrail procurement strategy

The Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group has offered an enthusiastic welcome to the procurement strategies being adopted
on what has been described as "the largest construction project since the Channel Tunnel".

14 Jul 2010

Atag Heating's Bell raises £4,000 for British Heart Foundatiuon

ATAG Heating managing director Phil Bell has successfully completed a demanding unsupported 720-mile bike ride down through France on behalf of the British Heart Foundation and raised more than £4000 for the charity.

14 Jul 2010

Hiltons BS to work on Guide Dogs national breeding centre project

Nottingham-based building services specialist, Hiltons, in partnership with Imtec G&H, has been appointed to carry out the m&e and public health services work for Guide Dogs National Breeding Centre in Warwickshire.

14 Jul 2010

Tai Ceredigion secures £550k grant for green improvements

Tai Ceredigion, the new locally-based not-for-profit housing association, has succeeded with its application for £550,000 of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government Arbed programme to help fund its green energy improvement projects in the regeneration area on the association's estates in Aberystwyth.

14 Jul 2010

London HEVAR seminar programme announced

Welcome to the new-look seminar programme for London HEVAR which takes place on September 22 and September 23 at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Victoria.

13 Jul 2010

HVCA joins UK Contractors' Group

The HVCA has become a member of the UK Contractors' Group (UKCG), which represents the country's leading construction companies

12 Jul 2010

Bouygues UK announces support for Construction Youth Trust

Bouygues UK, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest construction groups, has offered Construction Youth Trust (CYT) a three year donation as part of Bouygues UK's Corporate Sponsorship Programme.

12 Jul 2010

Social housing construction down 40% as budget cuts bite

The value of social housing construction projects starting on site in the second quarter was 40% lower than a year ago, according to the latest Glenigan Index.

12 Jul 2010

FG Eurofred launches new interactive website

FG Eurofred has launched an easy-to-navigate website offering Fujitsu installers a wealth of useful features including comprehensive technical help and information and access to web-based training techniques.

12 Jul 2010

Worcester Bosch Group extends support to apprentices

Worcester, Bosch Group has continued its commitment to developing the installers of tomorrow through its sponsorship of a brand new training centre.

12 Jul 2010

Briggs & Forrester supplies m&e services for London office development

Briggs and Forrester Engineering Services has been responsible for the design, development, installation and commissioning of the m&e services of an office development in the City of London.

12 Jul 2010

Catering fire at Liverpool St Station sparks call for assessment of fire risk.

Leading provider of specialist ventilation cleaning services, Indepth Hygiene Limited, has urged all catering premises owners and managers to review their assessment of fire risk, to ensure their grease extract systems are adequately cleaned.

12 Jul 2010

Biomass opportunity bypassing installers

Biomass heating systems could give greater opportunities for the heating installation industry if installers committed time to understanding the market.

12 Jul 2010

Refcom launches Refcom Elite

Refcom, the register of companies competent to handle refrigerants, has enhancing its long-standing voluntary scheme and re-branding it with the more appropriate name Refcom Elite.

12 Jul 2010

M&E Sustainability welcomes 'valuable resource'

M&E Sustainability chairman Jim O'Neil joined mayor of London Boris Johnson for the official opening of a major new research facility at London South Bank University.

2 Jul 2010

Dividend returns for Travis Perkins?

Travis Perkins plc, one of the UK's leading builders' merchant and home improvement retailers, has issued a trading update for the six months from December 31 2009.

2 Jul 2010

UK construction activity expands again

UK construction activity continued to increase during June, and at a strong pace. The seasonally-adjusted Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted 58.4, which was broadly in line with the previous month's reading of 58.5.

2 Jul 2010

Daikin launches Altherma for flats

A Version of Daikin's Altherma heat pump has now been developed for use in flats and apartments. Daikin says the new system can supply hot water up to a maximum of 80 deg C. The heat recovery system allows simultaneous heating, cooling, and domestic hot water.

2 Jul 2010

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Ten-day public sector payment not being passed along supply chain, says Forum for Private Business

Gas Safety Trust reaches reporting agreement with OFTEC and HETAS

SEC welcomes Crossrail procurement strategy

Atag Heating's Bell raises £4,000 for British Heart Foundatiuon

Hiltons BS to work on Guide Dogs national breeding centre project

Tai Ceredigion secures £550k grant for green improvements

London HEVAR seminar programme announced

HVCA joins UK Contractors' Group

Bouygues UK announces support for Construction Youth Trust

Social housing construction down 40% as budget cuts bite

FG Eurofred launches new interactive website

Worcester Bosch Group extends support to apprentices

Briggs & Forrester supplies m&e services for London office development

Catering fire at Liverpool St Station sparks call for assessment of fire risk.

Biomass opportunity bypassing installers

Refcom launches Refcom Elite

M&E Sustainability welcomes 'valuable resource'

Dividend returns for Travis Perkins?

UK construction activity expands again

Daikin launches Altherma for flats

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