With today’s key focus on the quality of indoor air, Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has added a new course to its highly popular ‘on demand’ HVAC and heat pump training webinars. The new course, Indoor Air Quality, is free to attend, covers the importance of indoor air quality, and how Panasonic’s nanoe X technology…
An innovative mobile app called Timter has launched offering the first tool specifically developed to enable self-employed tradespeople to run their business entirely via their smartphones. It can free up a typical trade professional to spend four more hours a week earning – potentially adding £6,000 or more to their annual income. Timter is designed…
Leading electrical distributor Rexel has announced the launch a brand new format branch in Salford, which opneded on Monday 1st March 2021. The new format puts self-service at the heart of the customer experience and makes key efficiencies in the way customers purchase. The new Salford branch intends to have up to 3,500 essential lines…
Pacifica Group, the leading UK domestic energy and appliance services provider, has welcomed the news that government plans to tackle electrical waste by introducing new legislation encouraging homeowners to fix their appliances rather than replace them. Following an announcement from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, white goods will be guaranteed to last…
Domus Ventilation, part of the Polypipe group, is pleased to announce the arrival of its newly updated and revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited course on “Residential Ventilation Principles and Building Regulations”. The CIBSE accredited course from Domus Ventilation focuses on the importance of ventilation in the residential new build industry, and lays clear the…
An award-winning electrical, plumbing and heating business has joined forces with a leading Northamptonshire house builder in order to deliver first-class mechanical installation services across all new build developments. RK Electrical Mechanical Services will be the sole provider of mechanical services at hundreds of new properties as part of the new partnership with Snowdon Homes….
As one of the most influential voices in the Scottish construction industry, SELECT has issued its own manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections, in which it makes a clarion call for a brighter, more efficient and more sustainable future for the sector. Entitled Creating a Brighter Future, the manifesto has been issued by Scotland’s…
IT’S NO SECRET that the UK construction sector is suffering from a serious skills shortage, with a reported 182,000 new engineers alone needed each year to bridge the gap. Apprenticeships have been proven as a great way to combat this crisis and are becoming a serious option for all school leavers as Covid-19 makes higher…
The VPS Group plan 360-mile cycle event to raise £50,000 for Samaritans and Mental Health Campaigns An event is taking place to provide hope and help change the fact that more than one construction worker a day takes their own life – three times the UK rate for men. The VPS Group, Europe’s leading site…
A working group from the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) membership recently contributed to a review of the Government’s proposed changes to Part L of the Building Regulations. The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has issued a consultation on changes being considered to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part…