NHIC Home Improvement blog
All the latest news and updates from the National Home Improvement Council and our valued members
Nuclear power report says UK will learn from the past
Energy Secretary Edward Davey has underlined the Government’s commitment to deal with the UK’s nuclear legacy and to...
Empty homes and ‘redundant’ buildings can meet help the urgent demand for new homes
The current construction of new homes is only half of what is really needed to even scratch the surface of what is...
Fuel poverty expert reveals how homes could be saving energy and money
Eliminating fuel poverty is a major issue for the National Home Improvement Council, consequently Dr Lubo Jankovic’s,...
Birmingham KBB 2012 exhibition ‘couldn’t come at a better time’ for iKBBI
According to Drew Carter, director of the Institute of Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedroom Installers (iKBBI), next week’s...
Social enterprise to work with communities to develop renewable energy
A new social enterprise, Communities for Renewables CIC, is being launched to enable communities to generate their own...
Our water supply is ‘useless’ says John Redwood MP
We are up the creek without a paddle and not a lot of water either and will the Water White Paper save us? It’s very...
Make your wardrobe work for you
It will soon be time for a spring clean and what better than de-clutteringthose large storage cupboards and adding...
UK ground breaking energy deal with France places new emphasis on nuclear fuel
The UK and France today put the green economy and energy security at the heart of their relationship. This came as...
DECC deputy director leads NHIC exclusive debate on Green Deal
Implications of the Green Deal were at the centre of an exclusive NHIC Members Forum when Charles Phillips, the...
Fuel Poverty is focused by Lord Ezra in House of Lords question time
Lord Ezra, founder chairman of the National Home Improvement Council, highlighted in the drastic increase in fuel...
‘Silent killer’ inspires new ‘Be Gas Safe’ programme
‘Be Gas Safe’ is a major new awareness programme launched to further raise public awareness by The Royal Society for...
REA welcomes DECC’s ambition but is concerned about the detail!
The Government 'certainly needed to take steps to stabilise the Feed-in Tariff', according to Gaynor Hartnell, chief...
Government’s new ‘transparent’ Feed-In Tariff scheme effects domestic solar arrangements
Plans to make the Feed-In Tariff scheme ‘more transparent’ and more predictable for the future, were announced today...
Ed Davey new Energy Secretary launches EEDO initiative focusing on Green Deal
Ed Davey, the government’s new Energy and Climate Change Secretary today launched a new offensive, with the creation...
Prof Hills report to highlight growing fuel poverty
Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change has commissioned a special report concerning fuel poverty from...
Green Deal is the biggest ever energy home improvement programme
For the Coalition Government, tackling climate change, securing our future energy supplies and making an ambitious...
A Green Deal blessing in disguise for Secretary of State?
Chris Huhne’s recent departure as Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, might be a blessing in disguise...
Water White Paper gets an airing!
The recently published Water White Paper was scrutinised last night (Tuesday 31 January) at a special meeting in the...