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Health & Safety Matters: Sounding the wind alarm

A growing storm about possible health issues linked to wind turbines must not be allowed to blow our renewables programme off track, says Bob Towse, head of technical and safety at the HVCA.

1 Jan 2010

Legal Matters: May your god be with you

Employers must respect the religious beliefs and non-beliefs of all employees. Fergal Dowling, head of employment law at Irwin Mitchell, warns that there are pitfalls which the unwary boss must guard against.

1 Jan 2010

Company Profile: Caglar's lean, dream, flue-making machine

Sami Caglar’s firm success in lean manufacturing is sending out the right signals, despite the recession. Paul Braithwaite talks to the managing director of SFL.

1 Jan 2010

Burning Issue: Hot campaign brings boiler scrappage victory

Months of campaigning by Mick Williams and the heating industry, was followed up with days of speculation before the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced the introduction of a boiler scrappage scheme. Mark Kelly, CEO of the Baxi Group UK, looks at the proposed “Greener Boiler Incentive” and its implications for the UK heating market, installers and homeowners.

1 Jan 2010

Editorial: Why has the UK taken so long?

There are a couple of articles in this issue which I would like to draw to your attention.

1 Dec 2009

H&S Matters: Flue gas moves jump the gun

All gas installers will soon be required to take a qualification in the use of a flue gas analyser. Bob Towse, head of technical and safety at the HVCA, understands why this decision has been made, but thinks it is a mistake.

1 Dec 2009

Contractor Profile: Kinetics: the success story grows on

Take one small firm, add venture capitalists, and watch it grow. Chris Cheshire charts the rise of Kinetics – and it doesn’t stop there!

1 Dec 2009

Company Profile: MHG Heating beginning the long haul

Graham Rodd is heading up the UK arm of MHG Heating and the company is off to a good start. Here, he talks to Paul Braithwaite about his philisophy and plans for the future.

1 Dec 2009

Feed-In-Tariff set to fire microgeneration market

The introduction of Feed-in-Tariffs (April 2010) will lead to a surge in demand for microgeneration technologies, in general, and combined heat and power (CHP) in particular, says David Shaw*.

1 Dec 2009

Burning issue: Passing on the Gas Safe message

Jeff Learman, director of stakeholder relations at Gas Safe Register, asks the very blunt question: who is better served in their home when it comes to gas safety – an owner-occupier or a social housing tenant?

1 Nov 2009

Contractor Profile: Stable base allows steady growth

Mark Gledhill, director of Huddersfield-based Crowther & Shaw, talks to Paul Braithwaite about satisified customers who make up a vast client base which gives the company the stability from which it can grow and prosper.

1 Nov 2009

Company Profile: Knowledge and advice puts TA ahead

Nigel Huggins, managing director of Tour & Andersson, is driven. He wants the company to be the market leader in balancing valves in the UK and Middle East and he will not rest even when that happens. There is still more to do, to grow organically and by acquisition.

1 Nov 2009

Health and Safety Matters: New ACS must be slimmer and friendlier

Gas safety testing has become overly complicated and puts too much of a burden on employers, according to Bob Towse, head of technical and safety at the HVCA, who welcomes the imminent review of the ACS testing regime.

1 Nov 2009

Legal Matters: Wage increase is a bonus, however small

While politicians and experts debate the perceived pros and cons of notional big hitters in the banking sector receiving bonuses, spare a thought for workers at the other end of the pay scale, insists Fergal Dowling, head of employment law at Irwin Mitchell.

1 Nov 2009

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Health & Safety Matters: Sounding the wind alarm

Legal Matters: May your god be with you

Company Profile: Caglar's lean, dream, flue-making machine

Burning Issue: Hot campaign brings boiler scrappage victory

Editorial: Why has the UK taken so long?

H&S Matters: Flue gas moves jump the gun

Contractor Profile: Kinetics: the success story grows on

Company Profile: MHG Heating beginning the long haul

Feed-In-Tariff set to fire microgeneration market

Burning issue: Passing on the Gas Safe message

Contractor Profile: Stable base allows steady growth

Company Profile: Knowledge and advice puts TA ahead

Health and Safety Matters: New ACS must be slimmer and friendlier

Legal Matters: Wage increase is a bonus, however small

Legal Matters: The truth about stress

Editorial comment: Train managers to manage

Health and Safety Matters: Falling standards

The Ant Wilson Column: Designing buildings for low carbon maintenance

Legal Matters: Don't go mad in the midday sun

Contractor Profile: Green and pleasant land

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