730 Articles
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Chris Huhne has resigned from his post as the energy secretary following being charged with perverting the course of justice
03/02/2012
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Unite is reporting seven large contractors to the Office of Fair Trading, claiming the companies are "acting in an anti-competitive way to drive down the pay and conditions of their workforces"
02/02/2012
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A plumber has been sentenced to six months in prison for gas safety infringements
02/02/2012
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Training charity JTL has hit out at British banks for blocking businesses from providing employment opportunities for young people
02/02/2012
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The government is to take action to curb metal theft. Cash payments for scrap metal are to be outlawed and fines "significantly increased"
01/02/2012
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A plumbing company exposed by a local newspaper and featured on BBC's Watchdog has come under attack again over a £500-an-hour bill
31/01/2012
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The limited funds available to stimulate the renewables industry will last longer as a result of the government's decision to take its appeal to the Supreme Court, according to an industry insider
31/01/2012
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The government's auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for small to medium businesses by up to five years following a revised timetable
27/01/2012
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The trend towards pre-plumbed factory made units instead of on-site installation continues. The latest example is Caledonian Bathroom Pods installed in the Apart-Hotel
27/01/2012
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The government is to take its legal battle over its plans to slash the Feed-in-Tariff rate to the Supreme Court after losing its appeal
27/01/2012
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Allan McIntosh has joined the ranks of celebrities such as Terry Wogan, Annie Lennox and Judi Dench after receiving a top honour
24/01/2012
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The decision to re-brand the HVCA from March as the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) was not taken lightly, according to the association's president Bob Shelley
23/01/2012
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APHC is calling on installers to support its proposals for a single industry competency scheme
20/01/2012
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The solar industry is divided on whether the current legal battle over government plans to cut solar tariffs is worth the uncertainty it is causing
20/01/2012
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The Department of Energy & Climate Change has today put modifications to the Feed-in Tariff scheme before Parliament
19/01/2012
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A gas engineer has been sentenced after installing a gas cooker without being registered to do so – his third gas safety conviction in four years
19/01/2012
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A Tenby landlord was fined £8,500 and ordered to pay costs of £1,500 at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court for failing to maintain a gas fire safely within one of his properties
19/01/2012
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A plumber is angry after copper tube was stolen from his van twice while parked outside his home
17/01/2012
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Planning permission has been granted for the north east's biggest housing-led redevelopment on the banks of the Tyne
17/01/2012
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Two men who operated a Harrogate-based plumbing firm received suspended prison terms for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe registered engineers and leaving a local family in "immediate danger"
16/01/2012