If Whitehall wants to ban fossil fuel heating in new homes, heat pumps may be the obvious option, but ministers must not become obsessed with heat pumps to the exclusion of other available solutions like hydrogen-powered boilers and renewable electric heating. That was the message from the Builders Merchants Federation …
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Flame Heating Group has opened a new bathroom showroom in Stockton. The display, situated in a room adjacent to its existing trade counter, is already paying dividends following a significant early order from a housing developer. The showroom, which is open to both trade and the public, features three bathroom …
Read More »Colleagues at Baxi Heating, in both the UK and Ireland, baked, raffled, ran, cycled, dressed up, washed cars, held golf days and even held a circus to raise over £60,000 for Alzheimer’s Society. They raised a total of £63,961.49, including 8,342.81 Euros for Alzheimer’s Ireland. In addition to raising money …
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Nigel Evans, a Conservative Candidate for Ribble Valley, has visited Baxi Heating in Club Street, Bamber Bridge, Preston to see the hydrogen boiler that the heating manufacturer is developing. The prototype boiler, that has been developed in conjunction with Baxi Heating’s parent company, BDR Thermea Group, works using 100% pure …
Read More »MacDonald Plumbing & Heating Supplies Limited has become the first business to take advantage of digital specialist RNF’s partnership with Sharp-aX Computer Systems Limited. The partnership means any wholesaler using Sharp-aX ERP System can seamlessly integrate with RNF’s Beam Commerce Platform, enabling them to offer customers 24/7 online ordering via a …
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Nicholls Building & Timber Merchants successfully implemented and opened a new Distribution Centre on the outskirts of Witney, Oxfordshire. The centre will relieve pressure on the existing Nicholls Building & Timber branch in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. Allowing branch staff to focus on servicing inbound and collect customers whilst maximising fulfilment of …
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The new bi-monthly more magazine aims to provide plumbing and heating professionals with useful, interesting and relevant content such as updates to legislation and regulations, competitions and notices of upcoming events from their favoured suppliers. In the first issue, more magazine looks to drive industry excellence with a best practice …
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John Norton has joined leading heating controls manufacturer ESi as its new Head of Product Development and Design at ESi’s head office in Buckingham. John brings with him a wealth of experience in high performance and high reliability systems and he’s worked in a number of exciting environments including in …
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The UK’s largest British designer and manufacturer of premium radiators and towel warmers, Vogue (UK), continue to heighten its creative edge, with two new staff appointments. Both graduates, Suraj and Rebecca each bring an inherent passion for the creative industries with knowledge spanning technical product design, fashion, digital media and …
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Home heating and hot water specialist Joule UK is giving installers the chance to win two tickets to The Open golf championship, which is being held at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland in July 2019. Installers purchasing an InvaHeat underfloor heating system between April 1 and June …
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