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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has admitted that the new gas installer registration scheme will be introduced nine months later than originally planned.
Senior management of the big six utility companies in the UK have confirmed that bills for electricity and heating gas are most likely to rise substantially this year.
As oil and gas for heating reach new records on the commodity market, latest estimates put the increase in the cost of domestic gas for heating and cooking at 40% this winter.
Baxi, the boiler manufacturers owned by a private equity fund has come under severe pressure recently as the credit crunch started to impact highly leveraged buy out investments. BC Partners, the owners of Baxi, has seen first quarter profits plunge, while debts pile up.
As part of the government scheme to reduce carbon emission, people over 70 can now claim free cavity wall and loft insulation that would substantially reduce their heating bills.
Worcester Bosch are launching a new fully equipped training facility in Bradford to offer training for plumbers and heating engineers in the North East of England.
Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles have introduced clutchless transmission systems to their Combo CDTi and Vivaro Vans, both of which are popular with UK plumbers.
Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer, it has no smell, no colour and has is responsible for around 30 deaths every year in the UK. Leading experts in the heating and plumbing industry recommend that every household check their boiler at least once a year. This should be undertaken by a Corgi registered plumber or heating engineer.
Plumbers and utility companies have cleared out around 70,000 blockages last year from the sewer systems. More than half of the blockages cleared by the plumbers were caused by fat and cooking oil.
According to new industry figures, generous subsidies combined with very high prices for electricity and oil have helped onshore wind farms turn high profits, with a single wind turbine capable of generating around £500,000 of profit per year.
British Gas has announced today that gas and heating fuel bills are likely to rise again as its profits are squeezed by higher gas and power prices. Centrica, the owner of British Gas, said it would take “action to deliver reasonable margins”.
OFTEC (the Oil Firing Technical Association) is putting pressure on the EU to ensure the UK and the Republic of Ireland continue to use oil for boiler heating and cooking.