Month: March 2014

Function Meets Beauty

For homeowners Brenda and Chuck Hatfield, having to replace two broken faucets became the catalyst for a master retreat makeover. “We realized that we would be investing a lot of money, and I still would not like the bathroom tile,

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B&ES and BCIA join forces

The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has joined forces with the Service & Facilities Group of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) to develop a pan-industry conference. The title of the one-day event is 10-80-10 – The Building Services

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Pink initiative raises funds

An installer from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, has kicked off the new year by running his very own charity initiative – inspired by a pink Worcester Greenstar CDi boiler. Paul Bennett, of Redstone Plumbing & Heating, is donating £25 from every boiler

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Julia: The key to convincing consumers

TV star, Julia Bradbury, opened Plumb Center’s Practical Installer Arena at Ecobuild 2014, saying the UK can lead the world by building a genuinely low carbon economy.  Julia, presenter of BBC 1’s Countryfile, said: The nation’s army of more than

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Government must slash refurb VAT

A VAT reduction on housing renovation and repair could boost the UK economy by more than £15 billion from 2015 to 2020, according to a new independent research report by Experian. The reduction could also create more than 95,000 jobs

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