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Combating skills shortage
With vast skills gaps emerging, there is an urgent need for more vocational training. Vince Cable, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, said ...
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OFTEC calls for boiler scrappage scheme
OFTEC has written to Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Davey, to propose the introduction of a boiler scrappage scheme.
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Calor Gas complaint upheld
OFTEC has welcomed a decision by the Complaints Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) to uphold an earlier complaint regarding misleading energy ...
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Scrap for cash with Worcester
Cash in on Worcester’s new scheme
Worcester, Bosch Group is running a cash-back promotion.
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OFTEC event gets bigger
A number of leading manufacturers and suppliers in the oil-firing industry have already confirmed their support for OFTEC’s Big Event 2014.
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Boiler installer charged with manslaughter
OFTEC recently issued a safety reminder to householders following the sentencing of a boiler installer who pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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Winning hearts and minds
“Energy efficient technologies don’t have to cost the earth, but could save a fortune,” says Julia Bradbury
Could the UK lead the world in ...
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Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
Jeremy Hawksley addressing over 70 fuel oil distributors on the subject of Oilsave and the fight for oil heating at the Fuel Oil News Distributor Debate ...
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Are your customers energy smart?
Around 68% of households in Northern Ireland use oil. A recent ComRes Energy Study found that 63% of consumers are concerned about how they are going ...
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Oilsave consumer website gets a new look
In a bid to help Great Britain’s one million oil-fired households save money and become more fuel efficient, OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum ...
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Reduce council tax to encourage energy efficiency
A survey* conducted by Ipsos Mori for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), shows that ‘an alarmingly low proportion’ of people plan to take ...
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Putting some fire into Cold Homes Week
OFTEC chairman Martyn Bridges, centre, with other members, supporting the Energy Bill Revolution to end fuel poverty in the UK
To help raise awareness of ...
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OFTEC calls on government to incentivise uptake of high efficiency boilers
With a poor response to the government’s Green Deal, OFTEC has written to secretary of state for energy, Ed Davey, to propose the introduction ...
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Carbon monoxide – are your customers aware?
David Blevings and Richard Meredith – raising awareness of the silent killer
November 2013 was Northern Ireland’s first Carbon Monoxide Awareness month. Feedback from registered technicians ...
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FREE tank safety checks – get involved
Support OFTEC’s tank safe campaign
OFTEC has teamed up with several tank manufacturers to promote safe storage of heating oil.
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OFTEC rings the changes
“An un-notified installation can be a real headache,” says Adrian Lightwood, registration services director
OFTEC has made it easier for its technicians to register installations ...
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Thames powers community heating scheme
Donald Daw, Mitsubishi Electric, Mike Spenser-Morris, NHP Leisure Developments, Jeffrey Adams, United House and Ed Davey
A new London-based eco friendly housing development is getting ...
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PTS – keeping the Commonwealth Games on track
PTS supplied a range of heating and plumbing products to the Athletes Village
Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) is celebrating the completion of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth ...
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Mitsubishi saves energy with new website
Mitsubishi’s new website – the first stop for energy savings
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new energy saving website.
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Installers must join fight against oil theft
The Kingspan Watchman Anywhere App
With oil theft on the rise, Colin McGregor, Parts Center’s category director for pump, parts and controls, tells installers ...
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Oil tank fire causes devastation
Fire crews from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue were called out to a property in West Alvington, near Kingsbridge in Devon following reports that ...
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OFTEC highlights lack of CO awareness
OFTEC threw its weight behind Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week, which ran in late September.
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New CEO for IDHEE
The Institute of Domestic Heating & Environmental Engineers (IDHEE) has appointed David Matthews as chief executive officer.
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Free heat pump seminars from Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Electric has announced a programme of free seminars highlighting the integral role heat pump technology has to play in both the commercial and residential ...