Originally launched in 2002, the Grant Vortex was one of the earliest oil-fired condensing boilers to hit the UK market, well before condensing technology became the norm for oil heating.

Ben Eyres strikes it lucky with an oil boiler A lucky installer from Devon is the first to have discovered a golden ticket as part of Worcester, Bosch Group’s nationwide competition, which kicked off the company’s  50th anniversary celebrations.

Grant UK’s G-One accreditation scheme covers air source heat pumps, solar thermal, oil-fired and wood pellet boilers.* To become G-One accredited, installers must successfully complete the relevant course, hold adequate public liability insurance, comply with the Grant Accredited Installer code of conduct, and promote, specify and install Grant products.

Chris Huhne, former secretary of state for energy and climate change On a recent visit to the headquarters of the Worcester, Bosch Group, Chris Huhne, former secretary of state for energy and climate change, was questioned on a number of issues including the UK economy, the Renewable Heat Incentive, the Green Deal and feed-in tariffs.

The first of 120,000 inefficient boilers gets scrapped under the government’s 2010 scrappage scheme. There are still 3.5 million G-rated, or older, boilers in use across the UK In 2010, the government’s boiler scrappage scheme succeeded with all that it set out to achieve, says Worcester, Bosch. Almost 120,000 inefficient boilers were replaced, potentially saving 889,635 tonnes of CO² – as well as creating business for installers, and saving the average home £290 a year on heating bills.

The MAX OIL burner, specified by TR Engineering Ecoflam has supplied its MAX OIL burners to TR Engineering for its Trianco range of Contractor SE kitchen/utility boilers. The burners, which are suitable for domestic and commercial applications, were chosen for excellent performance, high efficiency and quiet operation. Available in outputs from 17kW to 546kW, the range of low NOx burners features an extremely efficient fan ventilation system – making them compatible with a wide variety of boilers with high combustion chamber pressures. Additional features include an air damper with progressive micrometric air regulation, easy to assemble combustion head and monoblock electrodes for simple nozzle installation after maintenance.