- March 2021
CIPHE launches 2021 manifesto
25 March 2021
The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) has launched its new manifesto, calling on parliament to understand the huge role the plumbing and heating engineering community plays in the success of the United Kingdom....
Trade bodies highlight complex challenge of off-grid homes
23 March 2021
OFTEC and UKIFDA claim the Environmental Audit Committee's report on Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes underlines their concerns that the cost of upgrading the energy efficiency of homes, particularly those off the gas grid, has been ...
Ideal renews West Brom sponsorship
22 March 2021
Ideal Heating has renewed its agreement as principal sponsor of West Bromwich Albion for another three-year term, making it one of the longest-standing partners in the club’s history....
App drives 'whole life' approach to boiler care
22 March 2021
The Benchmark Checklist is being digitised with new apps to encourage a ‘whole life’ approach to boiler care....
Call to stamp out bogus radiators
15 March 2021
The Manufacturers Association of Radiators and Convectors (MARC), has extended its campaign calling on the industry to help eliminate bogus radiator products from the market....
Wolseley Plumb & Parts plans to eliminate single-use plastics
05 March 2021
With a long-term goal of achieving net-zero, Wolseley Plumb & Parts has made a leap towards becoming a greener company with the recent release of 2020 environmental performance data....
Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index confirms 2020 second half recovery
05 March 2021
Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) in partnership with MRA Research and GfK has launched a new statistical report focused exclusively on the plumbing and heating market....
Scottish heat network legislation welcomed
03 March 2021
Switch2 Energy has welcomed news that the Scottish Parliament has passed the Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill, which will accelerate the growth of heat networks – helping to cut emissions, reduce fuel poverty and create green jobs....
UK boiler manufacturers lead EU in committing to hydrogen future, PM told
01 March 2021
The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) has written to the Prime Minister confirming it has reached agreement in principle with UK boiler manufacturers, to support any future UK Government legislation which mandates all new models of ...
Heating expert calls for GHG extension
01 March 2021
A home heating expert has urged Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to extend the Green Homes Grant scheme until its entire £1.5 billion budget is claimed...
Embrace Adopt an Apprentice scheme
01 March 2021
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF), is urging businesses to seize the opportunities offered by the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme....