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Stuart Markland, Liam Browning, James Kendall, and James Timbs-Harrison, will row the Atlantic in two hours shifts
Mitsubishi Electric has sponsored All Beans No Monkeys, a team of four men who will row the Atlantic later this year when they take part in the Tallisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
Jeremy Hawksley
Latest industry figures show that heating oil is now cheaper than mains gas for home heating.
“Save lives now”: This was the challenge to MPs at a recent House of Commons reception, held by campaigners pressing for carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in every home in England and Wales.
Nick Knowles, presenter of DIY SOS: The Big Build, filming a recent programme
A family struck by major health problems has been given a life-changing boost from the popular BBC One television programme DIY SOS: The Big Build presented by Nick Knowles – with a helping hand from Grant UK.
Worcester, Bosch has launched a cash-back cylinder promotion, which includes the chance for installers to win a trip to Britain’s most famous race track.
For installers working in off-grid areas Plumb and Parts Center has produced an Oil Engineers’ Guide featuring more than 1,000 essential products from the industry’s leading manufacturers, which can be ordered online via smartphone or tablet, in any of the 500+ Plumb and Parts branches nationwide or by using the company’s dedicated hotline.
Parts Center’s service has also been enhanced with its exclusive, UK-wide, delivery service, Parts Direct, enabling customers to get what they need as early as 10.30am the next day, if ordered by 8pm.
The PTS drop-box initiative has boosted customer service at 140 branches
A number of PTS branches have seen a boost in service levels thanks to a unique drop-box which allows them to offer unrivalled availability across its extensive spares range.
Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC
Latest figures show that heating oil prices have continued to fall and are now at a three year low, making oil the cheapest and most convenient way to heat off-gas grid homes.
The Heating & Renewable Awards will return in 2015 – and will feature several new award categories, including Oil Installer of the Year.
Malcolm Farrow of OFTEC testing a carbon monoxide detector
Carbon monoxide detectors should be made mandatory in homes says OFTEC which is urging oil consumers to back a new e-petition and to get their boilers checked by a registered technician to reduce any risk of poisoning.
Grant UK’s new wood pellet storage system
Grant UK has launched a new bulk wood pellet storage system to feed biomass boilers, allowing homeowners to buy fuel more cost effectively.
Trianco has announced the appointment of Alan Jones as UK sales director. Alan joins the company with more than 30 years of sales and marketing experience in the construction and heating industries.
Research has revealed that 80% of UK households will brave plummeting temperatures and ration their heating at home this winter – all in a bid to keep costs down.
Working closely with DECC, DEFRA and other EU member state organisations, OFTEC has secured a ‘major win’ for the oil heating industry over a new EU standard limiting Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission levels from boilers.
Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC
The government’s domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme is a costly and unrealistic solution to lowering carbon emissions which is failing to attract consumer support, says OFTEC.