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BPEC charity awards for “life-enhancing” plumbing projects

The BPEC team at the recent Life Award presentation ceremony. Left to right, Mark Antrobus (BPEC Trustee), Watson Carlill (BPEC Trustee), Stephanie Moore and Emily Gait (Pump Aid), George Thomson (BPEC Trustee) More than £41,000 has been given in charitable donations by training and certification provider, BPEC, to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance the lives of others less fortunate, either in the UK or abroad.

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Anglo Nordic launches new products catalogue

Anglo Nordic has launched its new catalogue, developed in response to customer feedback and designed to make it easy for customers to find and understand products. The catalogue also showcases a number of new products.

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Full house for heating conference

Worcester, Bosch Group recently held its second annual conference for influencers in the social housing sector, aimed at “managing warmth” within UK housing stock.

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Bumper year for oil heating industry

Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC 2015 is set to become a bumper year for the oil heating industry with sales of new boilers up by 9% in the year to August, compared to 2014.

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Create an image… win a mug!

To celebrate the new Energy Related Products (ErP) rating for their entire range of Ecodan heat pumps, Mitsubishi Electric is offering the chance to win a special Ecodan thermal mug by Tweeting an A++ image – an example of which is shown here!

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Oil and gas CEOs declare action on climate change

The chief executive officers of 10 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies – which together provide almost a fifth of all oil and gas production and supply nearly 10% of the world’s energy – have declared their collective support for an effective climate change agreement to be reached at November’s 21st session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework on Climate Change (COP21).

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New Grant website and app offer support on the go

Grant’s new “TechBox” app Grant UK has launched a new mobile-friendly website and technical app for all trade professionals who want to research the company’s resources using a smartphone.

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AGA Festival attracts global audience

Supermodel and food writer Daisy Lowe at the AGA Festival The first ever AGA Festival was held during September, attracting visitors from all over the world.

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Firebird launches new blue flame technology

Firebird Heating Solutions has developed and launched the UK’s first oil fired condensing boiler with blue flame technology for the domestic heating market.  Getting ahead of forthcoming NOx emission target regulations, Firebird says it has produced the most energy efficient domestic oil fired boiler in Europe.

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Engineers get hands-on experience in Italy

A course candidate works on a commercial burner at the Baltur facility Nine UK heating engineers have returned from a week-long specialist burner training course at the world-renowned Baltur development facility in northern Italy.

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Conference promises “new era of UK energy efficiency legislation”

Martyn Reed, operations director for Elmhurst energy Elmhurst Energy believes the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, 30th November to 11th December 2015, may mark a renewed focus on energy efficiency in the UK following the dramatic cuts to ECO, the Green Deal and the Feed in Tariff (FiT).

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Grant becomes business partner for Bath Rugby

Grant UK has announced a new partnership agreement with one of the top rugby clubs in the UK. The company is joining forces with its local club, Bath Rugby for the 2015/16 season.

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Worcester launches new mobile-friendly website

Worcester’s new mobile-friendly website Worcester, Bosch Group, has launched a new mobile-friendly website, which has been developed to provide installers with a variety of tools and resources, including an ErP label generator.

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BES launches new mail order catalogue

BES Ltd, the mail order specialist within the plumbing, heating and gas supply industry, has launched its latest catalogue.

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Government’s  heat strategy is ‘unrealistic’, say industry leaders

Almost three quarters of heating industry professionals think the government’s heat strategy is unrealistic and will fall far short of its target to achieve an 80% reduction in UK carbon emissions from 1990 levels by 2050, according to the results of a poll held at OFTEC’s annual conference.

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“Rogue trader” jailed for two years

A fireman whose part time work as a plumber was so dangerous that at times there was a risk of it causing a blaze, has been jailed for two years.

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New handy hints guide to solve homeowner queries 

Worcester, Bosch Group  has unveiled a new “handy hints” guide to provide installers with an additional tool to use as part of their handover process with homeowners.