David Hunt, managing partner at Hyperion According to the Renewable Energy Association (REA), there has been an eight per cent leap in the number of people working in the sector – from 102,987 to 112,055.

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind UrbanWind has called on new energy secretary Amber Rudd to dispel continued confusion over the Conservative’s proposed ban on onshore wind farms.

Representatives from the heating and plumbing industry are being sought to join the board of TrustMark, the government-endorsed scheme for all trades in and around the home.

The government has recently approved legislation relating to the fuel to be used by claimants of RHI for woody biomass, reminds the MCS

HETAS has now extended the scope of its installer competent person self-certification scheme to include plumbing and sanitary ware.

With a week to go until the General Election, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has released its analysis of party political manifestos, comparing parties’ climate and energy policies to see if they have what it takes to tackle climate change.

Euroheat has added bespoke biomass boiler maintenance courses to its existing biomass training portfolio, to keep installers up-to-date on servicing and maintaining its range of domestic and commercial boilers.

NAPIT’s local newspaper campaign has reached 1.4 million readers in 600,000 households nationwide, bringing advice to householders on using competent, registered installers.

BSRIA were visited by HRH The Duke of York as part of its 60 year celebrations, on April 13th.

Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), part of the plumbing and heating division of the Travis Perkins Group, has introduced Matthew Mycock as its new managing director. Based at the company’s head office in Crick, Matthew is leading PTS’ programme of investment as it accelerates its focus on large contract customers.

Installer2015 is a new national trade show – designed to let renewables installers, heating engineers and plumbers get hands-on with the latest products from over 70 exhibitors, reports Installer magazine’s publisher Eoin McManus

Mitsubishi Electric is holding a series of seminars around the country to highlight the support on offer to installers in promoting and working with its Ecodan heat pump technology.