Entries by Lyn

UNSAFE CLADDING – Pay Up or Face a Planning Permission Block

Housing secretary Michael Gove is proposing to block developers from winning further planning permissions if they don’t pay to fix unsafe cladding on existing schemes The proposed change in the law was included in a long list of measures outlined by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to force the industry to […]

RINNAI – WE ALL WIN WITH NETZERO

 common sense, calm and commitment   Cp and hot water industry and this can be supported via gathered scientific data applied to finding solutions that allow for least harm and disruption to current standards of living and comfort. The manufacturing sector of the heating and hot water industry has a responsibility in playing a leading […]

SUB-CONTRACTORS – AVERAGE PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed an apparently dramatic improvement in the payment habits of main contractors. About half of large construction firms now claim to be paying their sub-contractors within 30 days or fewer, according to new data gathered by their trade body BuildUK. While some firms are paying in under 25 […]

£52m Seed Funding to Establish Green Freeports

The UK and Scottish Governments have agreed on a deal to establish two “green freeports” in Scotland. Freeports are special economic zones offering tax breaks and lower tariffs for businesses. The idea was brought forward by the UK Government to strengthen regional economies in England. The bidding process is expected to begin in the spring […]

MACRON, France must produce 60% more electricity by 2052

Speaking at GE Steam Power’s manufacturing site at Belfort in eastern France on Thursday, Macron, who faces a presidential election in April, said the main objective of the new policy was to reduce the country’s energy consumption while increasing its carbon-free energy production capacity. He said in the coming decades France must produce more carbon-free electricity, because even […]

DUTCH ARCHITECTS HIT BACK AT WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL

The Marble Arch Mound, Dubbed London’s worst Tourist Attraction, the £6m Mound was nicknamed ‘S**t Hill’ The Dutch architects behind the universally panned Marble Arch mound have hit out at Westminster City Council, the UK media, the builders of the mound, English Heritage and Historic England for the project failing to live up to its […]

TRIPLE CHALLENGE FOR NEW MD

It’s a triple crown for Steve Marshall who has not only taken over as Managing Director of Strand Hardware, but also its two sister companies – Strand Technologies and AliMet Fabrications. The industry stalwart has taken the helm of the three Midlands companies following a 24-year career at GEZE UK where, for the past two […]