Electrical Safety Council Briefing - Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector The private rented sector (PRS) is a major and growing part of England’s housing market, with 3.8 million households – an estimated 9 million people (1) – living in private...
ALL CONTRACTS MUST CHANGE BY 13th JUNE With the incoming Consumer Rights Directive coming into force on 13th June 2014, every Company must change their contract of terms and conditions by 13th June 2014. To help companies cope with the new legislation the Glass and...
NHIC Parliamentary Lunch, Monday 7th July ‘Looking ahead at Housing and RMI’ As we move towards a general election next year it seems an appropriate time to consider current and possible future government initiatives likely to have an impact on both our industry and...
New NAPIT Trade Association Meetings Win Over Attendees The NAPIT Trade Association has won over new visitors with a fresh approach to regional member council meetings, according to a recent survey. Regional meetings were held in eleven locations across England and...
Enter and be recognised The prestigious National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) Annual Awards, which recognise achievement in the UK housing arena are just three months away. Entries are invited for categories across a spectrum of housing modernisation projects and...
A 3060 approach to protecting consumers from electrical shortcomings is the principal thrust of this year’s Electrical Safety Council Product Safety Conference. The ESC’s third important conference, it aims to put consumer safety in context in relation to electrical...
A survey from npower shows that Brits are baffled when it comes to the history of technology, with the average guess being about 36 years out. But according to research while many believe that many life-changing gadgets came into existence in the last 50 or 60 years,...
An energy savings initiative at the University of Bradford was so successful it prompted emergency calls from the energy supplier who thought the meters had broken! The scheme at the University’s School of Health Studies reduced energy bills by a third over the...
According to the latest TrustMark on-line database statistics for January 2013, details show 265,988 tradesmen were interrogated. This was across all trades and represented a reduction of 15%, compared with the same month in 2012. This drop is thought to have been...
Two more manufacturers and a media company have joined the Bathroom Manufacturers Association. This is follows the appointment earlier this month of five other new members. Salamader Pumps, the Sunderland-based shower pump manufacturer, has grown exponentially in the...
TrustMark has launched an important Green Deal advice guide for householders on what to do when home improvements or repairs are not covered by the Government’s new initiative. It’s a available to download free from www.trustmark.org.uk/green-deal/. Liz Male,...
The Green Deal home energy efficiency improvement initiative kicks off in earnest today! More details appear in these NHIC pages. Announced by the government's DECC, basically this is a long-term loan scheme designed to help reduce household energy bills. The cost of...
According to a report by the think tank, Policy Exchange, high-rise living accommodation should be demolished and replaced with low-rise homes, plus the occasional ‘regular’ block of flats. Maxwell Hutchinson, however, architect and former president of RIBA, does not...
John Lewis, the department store chain, is to start selling fitted bathrooms for the first time. The rollout has begun at its Milton Keynes branch and further stores are due to launch this year. Consequently it has enrolled 24 of its partners onto the BMA’s Bathroom...
Tony Juniper has become the first president of Society for the Environment that received a Royal Charter in 2004. It awards and sets the standards for the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) qualification in the UK, which is available to members of the Society’s 23...
The BRE National Solar Centre, in St Austel, has been launched. It will offer training services and conduct research thereby ‘playing a pivotal role in making Britain a global competitor in the solar industries’. Launched by Greg Barker, Minister for Energy &...
Birmingham City University has become one of ten UK universities to be awarded the EcoCampus Platinum award. It underlines the university’s achievements in improving environmental performance and practice. EcoCampus is the leading national environment management...
Matt McGrath, the BBC environmental correspondent says, the burning of wood is a major source of black carbon the world over. Black carbon, or soot, is making a much larger contribution to global warming than previously recognised, according to research....
Stanford engineering students are constructing a solar house that could ultimately serve as a model for the sustainable home building industry. Called Start.Home, the dwelling is said to be based on a revolutionary design that integrates most of the infrastructure...
Householders who use the Green Deal to make improvements such as loft insulation, solid wall insulation and new heating systems could qualify for a cashback incentive worth over £1,000? The more work households decide to have done, the more cash they could receive....