Worcester relaunches cash-back promotion

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worcester-cashbackWorcester, Bosch Group’s Installer’s Choice cash-back promotion has returned, offering installers up to £350 when they opt for one of a variety of Worcester products for their own home.

Following in the footsteps of Worcester’s previous cash-back promotion, the initiative will run until December 31, 2015.

The new promotion includes £250 cash-back upon the installation of the manufacturer’s four-time Which? Best Buy accredited range of Greenstar gas-fired condensing boilers, and £25 for the new Wave control.

The full range of products included in the promotion is as follows:

  • £250 for Greenstar gas or oil-fired boilers
  • £150 for a Greenstore SC cylinder
  • £350 for Greenstore ground source heat pumps
  • £300 for Greenskies Solar-Lux 12 solar thermal systems
  • £200 for Greenskies Lifestyle and Solar-Lux 6 solar thermal systems
  • £100 for Greenskies Lito solar thermal systems
  • £100 for Greensource air to air heat pumps
  • £100 for a Greenstore TC cylinder (when installed at the same time as a solar thermal system)

Martyn Bridges, director of marketing and technical support at Worcester, Bosch Group, said:

“Year after year, more installers turn to us to provide heating and hot water for their own homes. We also know that many have found owning Worcester products to be of value to them and also their business, enabling them to demonstrate the functionality to potential customers and sell the technology more easily.

“We are delighted to be able to cement our position as the installer’s choice by offering them the chance to benefit from our market-leading products, while receiving cash-back along the way.”

The Worcester, Bosch Group installer cash-back incentive applies to a range of selected products between January 1 and December 31, 2015.

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Sub-Zero and Wolf receive Good Design award

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WolfSubZeroThe Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies recently awarded both Sub-Zero and Wolf with the prestigious 2014 GOOD DESIGN Award.

Sub-Zero was recognised for its integrated refrigeration line, and Wolf for its E series oven.

Founded in 1950, GOOD DESIGN is the oldest and one of the most recognised design excellence programme worldwide. The Museum whittled the winners away from several thousand submissions in 2014 from the leading manufacturers and design firms around the globe.

In addition, Event Marketer Magazine recently awarded its winners of the 2014 Event Design Awards (EDA). Sub-Zero and Wolf’s EuroCucina 2014 stand was among them, winning the gold medal for Best Trade Show Environment (50′x50′ and up).

Designed and built by CenterPoint Marketing (Minnesota) the stand featured over 430 square-metres of applications for each appliance, including Sub-Zero and Wolf’s new generation of products paired with contemporary building materials.

www.subzero-wolf.co.uk

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Construction to grow in 2015

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Dr-Noble-FrancisConstruction output is forecast to increase 5.3% in 2015 and 17.8% by 2018 according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association, but growth is expected to slow in the medium-term due to election uncertainty and capacity constraints.

Key highlights from the forecasts include:

  • Private house building forecast to rise ten per cent in 2015 and 20.2% by 2018
  • Commercial offices construction expected to increase eight per cent in 2015 and 25% by 2018
  • Infrastructure activity forecast to rise 7.9% in 2015 and 51.5% by 2018

Dr Noble Francis, economics director of the association, said:

“Last year’s recovery in construction was driven primarily by 18% growth in private house building. This year, industry growth will be more broad-based as a further increase of ten per cent in private house building is expected to be supported by eight per cent growth in commercial offices and 7.9% growth in new infrastructure.

“Growth rates across most of the industry are expected to slow in 2016 and 2017 because of uncertainty regarding the General Election in May, which could give pause to both contract awards and industry investment. While this is unlikely to impact construction activity this year, due to the lag between contracts and activity on the ground, it may have an adverse effect on output in both 2016 and 2017.

“Private house building growth is expected to slow from ten per cent this year to five per cent in 2016 and three per cent in 2017.  In addition, activity in the commercial offices sector, which is still 39.5% below the pre-recession peak, is forecast to grow seven per cent in 2016 and five per cent in 2017.  Growth in total construction output, therefore, is expected to slow to 4.2% in 2015 and 3.4% in 2016.

“The industry also has concerns regarding capacity constraints in the medium-term.  While output in the sector during 2014 was 8.5% below the level seen in 2007, overall capacity last year was not a key issue. However, construction output is forecast to surpass the pre-recession peak during the next 18 months, this despite the industry having lost 343,000 jobs and considerable materials capacity in the seven years following the financial crisis. As a result, it is essential that there is significant investment in UK construction skills and manufacturing over the next few years if the growth forecast is to be achieved.”

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Roman show support for British Heart Foundation

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kissandtellWhen it comes to doing silly things to raise money for good causes the team at Roman will stop at almost nothing and now the shower designer and manufacturer has got involved and showed its support for the British Heart Foundation’s Wear It Beat It Campaign.

The staff at Roman showed their support for the fantastic cause by wearing red, whether that was red shoes, red tie, red lipstick, Welsh Rugby Shirt or English (change strip!). Roman’s managing director, David Osborne, and many other rugby fans in Roman proudly wore their red tops to support the British Heart Foundation and of course the first game of the Six Nations, England vs Wales.

The shower manufacturer also set up a kissing wall on one of its Quadrant shower enclosures. The staff put on some red lipstick (including some of the women we understand), and kissed the enclosure, then signed their name to show they are in full support of the campaign. Roman also received many generous donations from its employees, and their friends and family members to help fund this lifesaving research.

David Osborne said:

“Here at Roman our staff jump at the chance to take part in raising money for worthy causes, such as the British Heart Foundation.

“Rugby is also a big passion of ours so wearing red to support both causes on Friday was an extremely popular choice of clothing in our factory and offices!”

www.roman-showers.com

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Homes must be future-proofed to tackle “unacceptable” fuel poverty

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Staff PortraitAsk for Underfloor, BEAMA’s consumer campaign, is urging the government to make more efficient heating systems compulsory for all UK social and affordable housing to tackle “unacceptable” fuel poverty.

The campaign is designed to encourage consumers to find out more about underfloor heating and see it as a realistic alternative heating system for their homes. In the run-up to the General Election, BEAMA suggests that more steps could be taken to tackle fuel poverty and proposes underfloor heating as a viable solution.

Chris Ingram of BEAMA Underfloor (pictured) said:

“Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt recently stated that he would like to give Ofgem the power to force energy companies to cut prices when wholesale costs fall, in order to provide fairer winter fuel costs for UK residents. While this could provide short-term savings for homeowners, it is unlikely to offer a sustainable way in which to fight rising energy prices and ever-increasing fuel poverty.

“Currently, 1 million working households are living in fuel poverty. Not only is this wholly unacceptable in 21st century Britain, but also the ramifications of this poverty include higher-than-average death rates and a severe drain on the NHS; in fact it is estimated that fuel poverty costs the health service £1.5 billion annually.”

Mr Ingram went on to suggest that such negative consequences could be reduced if the installation of energy-efficient heating measures was mandatory in affordable and social housing. As such, Ask for Underfloor is urging the party that comes into power after the General Election to implement suitable measures.

Mr Ingram continued:

“One way we can future-proof homes is by installing underfloor heating,”

“As well as being one of the most efficient ways to heat a home or flat, it also works effectively with low temperature renewable heat sources.”

He added:

“Energy prices are just the beginning when it comes to fighting fuel poverty. We are unlikely to see an improvement in levels of poverty without a significant investment in energy-efficient measures across Britain’s housing stock, which will help protect UK homes against future bills and potential fuel shortages.”

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