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New Rules Shake Up Competent Persons Scheme
13th March 2012
New rules introduced by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will shake up the way that all competent persons schemes operate. As a specialist scheme for the oil heating industry, The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) has already started to implement some of the new procedures for its 10,000 registrants. Read More
SNP Calls For Heating Oil Poverty Action
11th March 2012
Speaking during Energy and Climate change questions in the House of Commons SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson Mike Weir MP has called on the UK Government to take action on the problem of rising energy prices and fuel poverty amongst off-grid energy consumers. Read More
APHC Urges Installers To Respond To Building Regs Consultation
10th March 2012
The Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors (APHC) is urging all installers to ensure they provide feedback on the important changes proposed in the building regulations consultation that is currently underway, many of which are quite far reaching. Read More
DECC Announces Green Deal Cash Boost
10th March 2012
A total of £3.5million in funding has been announced to help train hundreds of people in key green skills ahead of the launch of the Green Deal, delivering on the Deputy Prime Minister's announcement in March last year to create 1,000 Green Deal apprenticeships. Read More
Win a Kindle Courtesy of Apollo And TankDepot.co.uk
10th March 2012
TankDepot.co.uk has teamed up with Dunraven Systems Limited, manufacturers of Apollo tank monitoring systems, to make sure that this month, one lucky TankDepot.co.uk customer will win an Amazon Kindle e-Reader! To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is buy any Apollo tank contents gauge or heating oil energy monitor from TankDepot.co.uk before 31 March 2012. Read More
Calor Issues New LPG Cylinder Warning
9th March 2012
Following a spate of suspicious activity Calor Gas Limited has urged the public to be vigilant in regards to the theft of potentially explosive, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. This warning follows a Calor retailer in Lincolnshire being approached by two would-be thieves, last weekend in a pick-up truck who claimed that they had been sent by Calor to collect any empty cylinders. Read More