Heating and Ventilation News
Alex Hawkes
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Unregistered gas installer fined for carrying out work
7 September 2010
A workman who falsely claimed to be a registered gas engineer has been fined £8,000 after installing gas appliances at an address in Hackney. -
RHI receives cautious welcome from industry
22 February 2010
Government incentives for ground-source and air-source heat pumps have been cheered by the industry, although questions over funding for the plan remain. -
Mini-CHP misses out on refund plan
15 February 2010
Manufacturers of Mini-CHPs have been left disappointed by the government’s new feed-in tariff scheme for consumers and businesses, after an eleventh-hour decision changed the scope of the project. -
Government unveils feed-in tariff details
1 February 2010
Individuals and businesses who install wind turbines and solar panels on their homes will be able to claim cash back from April of this year. -
Trade Associations join to fight self-employment crackdown
4 December 2009
Major industry trade associations have formed a coalition to fight off attempts by the government to tackle what it thinks is “bogus self-employment” in the construction sector. -
NG Bailey: CEO departure was pre-planned
6 November 2009
NG Bailey chief executive Mark Andrews left at the end of a pre-planned six year term, the company said today as it also revealed it was going through a restructuring process to deal with the recession. -
Kelvin Stevens is new PTS MD
30 October 2009
PTS has appointed Kelvin Stevens as its new managing director. -
NG Bailey chief exec departs
27 October 2009
NG Bailey chief executive Mark Andrews is to step down, the firm has announced.Chief financial officer Chris Newton is stepping up as acting CEO, the said in a statement today.Mr Newton joined NG Bailey in 2002. A CIMA-trained accountant, he has worked for Tate & Lyle and Britspace Modular Systems.He has been chief financial officer and a member of the NG Bailey Board since 2004. -
Subbies win adjudication costs reprieve
14 October 2009
Subcontractors have won a reprieve from new rules that would have seen them pick up costs when going to adjudication. -
Govt target to replace 12 million non-condensing boilers by 2022
12 October 2009
The Government’s Committee on Climate Change has outlined targets to replace 12 million non-condensing boilers by 2022. -
Firms to get one year's grace on carbon reduction charge
7 October 2009
The Government has said companies hit by the Carbon Reduction commitmen scheme will not have to pay up for their carbon emissions in the first year of the scheme. -
HVCA says early HFC phase out unaffordable
2 October 2009
The Heating and Ventilation Contractors Association has said that a premature phase out of hydrofluorocarbons would be unaffordable. -
MSS wins air con maintenance contract with IHG
2 October 2009
MSS has won a 3 year air conditioning maintenance contract with the InterContinental Hotels Group. -
2012 games venues to shun HFCs
20 August 2009
The Olympic Delivery Authority plans not to use HFCs to cool its buildings for the 2012 Olympics, the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 has said. -
PTS backs calls for boiler scrappage scheme
17 August 2009
Supplier to the plumbing industry PTS has backed calls for a boiler scrappage scheme. -
Certainly Wood products approved in SBAS first
11 August 2009
Firewood supplier Certainly Wood has become the first company to have its products approved under the new Solid Biomass Approvals Scheme, launched by HETAS.
