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Fernox swings into action for charity golf event

Fernox has hosted its annual charity golf day since 2010, and in that time has raised over £100,000 for a range of worthy causes. This year, the event once again proved a success raising over £11,000 in aid of Shooting Star Children’s Hospice ...

30 Jul 2025

BSRIA research reveals complex reality in retrofit challenge

While concerns over funding for retrofit projects are widespread, with half (51%) of construction professionals citing cost as a major barrier, new research from BSRIA reveals that budgets are only one part of a much more complex challenge....

30 Jul 2025

Carrier to host webinar on empowering the future with high-temperature heat pumps

In today’s built environment, wasted energy is a huge problem. Demand Logic revealed recently that UK office buildings alone continue to waste the equivalent of an entire year’s CO2 emissions from 3,470 homes in just 24 hours, due largely to ...

30 Jul 2025

Baxi Commercial Solutions Showcase event arrives in Scotland

Baxi has welcomed 40 of its heating professional customers, including consultant engineers, designers, M&E contractors and merchants to its first Commercial Solutions Showcase event at the Gannet venue at Edinburgh Zoo to discuss opportunities ...

30 Jul 2025

Chancellor visits Kensa and champions Cornwall’s green growth opportunity

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, visited Truro-based ground source heat pump manufacturer Kensa to hear from Cornish businesses driving green growth and investment, and take part in a roundtable to discuss their role in Britain’s ...

30 Jul 2025

Heat Pump Association announces next vice chair

The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has appointed Chris Taylor-Hamlin, senior environment research manager at Daikin, as its next Vice Chair. He will enter his new post in September 2025....

24 Jul 2025

Acquisition strengthens Daikin's heat pump service network in Scotland

Daikin has announced the acquisition of Saltire Facilities Management, a heating services company based in Glasgow. This strategic acquisition by Daikin Airconditioning UK is expected to enhance the company’s residential heat pump service network in ...

23 Jul 2025

WaterSafe urges plumbers to use only lead-free solder to protect UK drinking water

WaterSafe, the UK’s free online search facility supported by the water industry to help customers find competent and qualified plumbers, is issuing a strong call to all plumbing professionals: make the switch to lead-free solder exclusively. This ...

23 Jul 2025

BESA’s head of employment affairs Paula Samuels

Building engineering workers vote for three-year wage deal

Unite the union and building engineering services employers have agreed a three-year pay deal for operatives that will come into force on October 6 this year....

23 Jul 2025

Are synthetic gases the replacement for fossil fuels?

Rinnai UK’s Operations Director Chris Goggin explains what synthetic gases are being developed and produced as a possible replacement to natural gas. Further information of production methods will be considered when evaluating the practical and technical feasibility of introducing synthetic gasses into UK and international energy infrastructure.

23 Jul 2025

Vent-Axia welcomes Awaab’s Law draft guidance

British ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s recent publication of ‘Awaab’s Law: Draft guidance for social landlords’, following the law being laid out in front of Parliament on 25 June 2025....

22 Jul 2025

Green skills surge as low-carbon tech rewires UK homes and careers

According to new research from Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service, the UK’s shift to clean home energy is accelerating, and it’s opening the door to thousands of green job opportunities....

22 Jul 2025

Jill Nicholls, Director of Competence and Compliance

BESA Academy gains EAL Accredited Centre Status

BESA Academy has officially been recognised as an EAL accredited Centre, further strengthening its role as a trusted provider of high-quality training in the building engineering services sector....

17 Jul 2025

Alex Watts, managing firector at Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, talking through the different tyre choices

Carrier partners with MB Motorsport and hosts hospitality day

Carrier Commercial HVAC recently invited 80 employees, friends and family members to enjoy a memorable day at Oulton Park for round five of the 2025 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. The day is part of Carrier’s ongoing partnership ...

15 Jul 2025

BEMS market performance in Q1 2025 indicates promising future

Illustrating the increased focus on sustainability and utilising technology to reduce energy consumption, the building energy management systems (BEMS) market saw an 8.4% quarter-on-quarter increase in Q1 2025 – as revealed by the Building Controls ...

15 Jul 2025

Ideal Heating apprentices go the extra mile to inspire young people

Ideal Heating is celebrating a major milestone in its commitment to inspiring the next generation, thanks to the outstanding fundraising efforts of its apprentices....

14 Jul 2025

We need a new plan for Net Zero homes as heat pump costs rejected

New YouGov polling undertaken for leading energy trade body, Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) suggests that the overwhelming number of adults in the UK are unwilling to pay the sums required to decarbonise their homes with a heat pump....

14 Jul 2025

Kaye Welfare - Chair of Cleaner Safer Group Bruce Allen - retiring CEO of Cleaner Safer Group

Cleaner Safer Group chief steps down after almost two decades

Bruce Allen, longstanding chief executive of Cleaner Safer Group (CSG) is retiring after almost 20 years. He will remain in his role until September 2025, overseeing the handover and induction of a new CEO to be announced this month....

10 Jul 2025

Logic4training warns against online training shortcuts

With more* young people choosing a career in the trades over university, as the UK approaches results day for school and college leavers, Logic4training urges aspiring building services engineers to prioritise quality over speed when choosing a path ...

10 Jul 2025

Samsung announces APP Plumbing and Heating as an official distributor

Samsung welcomes APP Plumbing and Heating on board

Samsung has announced APP Plumbing and Heating as an official Samsung distributor. APP are a well-established supplier in the plumbing and heating industry, known for their commitment to independent merchants. The two companies have combined forces ...

10 Jul 2025

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Fernox swings into action for charity golf event

BSRIA research reveals complex reality in retrofit challenge

Carrier to host webinar on empowering the future with high-temperature heat pumps

Baxi Commercial Solutions Showcase event arrives in Scotland

Chancellor visits Kensa and champions Cornwall’s green growth opportunity

Heat Pump Association announces next vice chair

Acquisition strengthens Daikin's heat pump service network in Scotland

WaterSafe urges plumbers to use only lead-free solder to protect UK drinking water

Building engineering workers vote for three-year wage deal

Are synthetic gases the replacement for fossil fuels?

Vent-Axia welcomes Awaab’s Law draft guidance

Green skills surge as low-carbon tech rewires UK homes and careers

BESA Academy gains EAL Accredited Centre Status

Carrier partners with MB Motorsport and hosts hospitality day

BEMS market performance in Q1 2025 indicates promising future

Ideal Heating apprentices go the extra mile to inspire young people

We need a new plan for Net Zero homes as heat pump costs rejected

Cleaner Safer Group chief steps down after almost two decades

Logic4training warns against online training shortcuts

Samsung welcomes APP Plumbing and Heating on board

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