Industry leaders have hit out at an EU ruling which prohibits reduced VAT rates on domestic energy saving products.

Plumb and Parts Center has enhanced its websites to be fully optimised for use on mobile devices, saving installers time by checking real-time stock availability and placing orders on the move.

NAPIT has launched its new website, making it easier for tradespeople to join, manage their membership and self-certify work.

Navitron has partnered with smart meter developer Orsis, to provide remote monitoring and maintenance solutions to PV owners.

Solarlec has launched a £5,000 free cash draw on its website, with the winner to be drawn on December 01.

The partnership means that courses at the South West Electrical and Renewables Training Centre in Bristol will now cover NIBE’s ASHP and GSHP ranges, in addition to its biomass boilers.

Rural Energy and Herz are inviting heating engineers to attend free open days with biomass workshops, taking place from 15-18 June at Rural Energy’s Biomass Training & Skills Centre in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

Innasol CEO, Silvio Spiess Innasol estimates that it has saved customers more than £17m on their energy bills via the sale of 3,500 biomass boilers and heat pumps across the UK.

Scot Heat & Power and Cochran have signed a joint agreement that will see them work together on a range of industrial biomass projects.

NAPIT has launched a series of infographics, which address some of the most pressing issues facing its members.

Organisations facing the compulsory requirements of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) by the end of this year could benefit from a free, CPD-certified guide, new from Mitsubishi Electric. The guide looks in detail at the scheme which is a mandatory energy assessment mechanism for large companies in the UK. Businesses which qualify for ESOS must carry out assessments every four years, with the first to be completed by the end of 2015.

A three man team from A&D Publishing, publisher of REI, will be undertaking the Blenheim Triathlon in aid of East Cheshire Hospice.

Nearly 20 employees from Navitron’s head office team have raised over £5,500 for charity by climbing Mt Snowdon in Wales.

BSRIA has agreed an endorsing partnership with the Low Carbon England 2015 conference, being held at The National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, 1-2 December.

Oxford Photovoltaics has announced that its co-founder and CEO Kevin Arthur is leaving the company to concentrate on new opportunities.

Worcester, Bosch is dedicating a week in June to educating installers on the requirements of ErP.

Almost 700 electrical contractors attended this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Live South event in Epsom.

Intersolar Europe 2014, München, 05.06.2014, Foto: Thorsten Jochim ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for energy storage, will take place for the second time in conjunction with Intersolar Europe (Munich, 10-12 June).