Self-employed plumber and gas fitter Jamie Graves is being helped to fulfill his football coaching potential after receiving a grant from the BPEC Sport Awards.

The number of installers signing up to Worcester, Bosch Group’s Online Training Academy has eclipsed 2,000, within just four months of its launch.

John Thompson, chief executive of APHC APHC Training (The Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors) is continuing to offer training grants throughout 2015, which can go towards courses offered by APHC or other providers.

NAPIT Training is offering installers a 10 percent discount on courses booked throughout January.

L-R Jason Hobson (managing director), Tricia Holland (CEO), Keith Gledhill (founder & president), Alan Fazakerley and Houghton Gledhill (founder & chairman) Gledhill is investing in a new 5,457 sq ft depot to meet increased demand for cylinders in the West Midlands.

DMS is to continue running free training sessions on its range of Sontex Heat Meters into 2015, the company has announced.

Luke Cameron and William Campbell, commercial director of UA Energy consultancy UA (Utility Aid) has appointed a national philanthropy manager to spend the whole of 2015 providing free support to charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Greenworks has invited installers to complete an online quiz on the RHI, to improve their knowledge of the scheme.

Silvio Spiess, founder and CEO of Innasol Innasol has announced the launch of what it says is the renewable heating industry’s first accreditation programme, the Innasol Certified Partner Programme.

City Plumbing Supplies has announced the launch of a new internal ‘Renewables Training Programme’, to provide colleagues from across the Travis Perkins Group with greater knowledge of renewable technologies now available in the UK.

Prime minister David Cameron visited Oxford Energy Academy in Witney on Friday 10 October to officially open the new BPEC accredited Apprentice Training Centre.

Winning entry: L-R George Thomson (BPEC Trustee – Life Award Panel member), Dean Buchanan (Datum Foundation – life Award winner), Elsa Buchanan (Datum Foundation – life Award winner) £35,000 has been given in charitable donations by training and certification provider, BPEC, to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance the lives others less fortunate either here in the UK or abroad.

Ice Energy Technologies has appointed Richard Freeborn as its new general manager based at its Oxfordshire headquarters.

Gledhill has opened its largest ever depot just off Junction 10 of the M1 at Luton.

SOLFEX energy systems, part of the Travis Perkins Group, is proud to announce its latest partnership with air source heat pump manufacturer Hitachi.

Innasol’s management team (L-R Colm Lawlor, Silvio-Spiess and David Rae) Innasol has reported significant growth in the UK since the launch of the domestic RHI

Daikin UK has launched two new training courses for the new Daikin Altherma Hybrid heat pump, designed to help installers take advantage of opportunities presented by the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (dRHI).

Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) has combined with fellow Travis Perkins Group brand Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS), to launch ‘Easy MCS™’; a training course designed to offer 12 months of one-to-one mentor support with bespoke training software.