http://www.hvpmag.co.uk/library/rss/rss.xml Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000 governetznews@hgluk.com (The Editor) b.halper@hgluk.com (Barry Halper) en-gb Copyright 2012HVP: Heating, Ventilating & Plumbing RSS Feed Chris Huhne has resigned from his post as the energy secretary following being charged with perverting the course of justice. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:41:34 +0000 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". Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:15:39 +0000 Training charity JTL has hit out at British banks for blocking businesses from providing employment opportunities for young people. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:41:09 +0000 A plumber has been sentenced to six months in prison for gas safety infringements. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:17:10 +0000 The government is to take action to curb metal theft. Cash payments for scrap metal are to be outlawed and fines "significantly increased". Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:04:12 +0000 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. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:47:54 +0000 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. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:20 +0000 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. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:28:09 +0000 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. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:13:45 +0000 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. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:13 +0000 Allan McIntosh has joined the ranks of celebrities such as Terry Wogan, Annie Lennox and Judi Dench after receiving a top honour. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:31:40 +0000 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. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:21:24 +0000 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. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:32:49 +0000 APHC is calling on installers to support its proposals for a single industry competency scheme. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:28:34 +0000 The Department of Energy & Climate Change has today put modifications to the Feed-in Tariff scheme before Parliament. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:49:10 +0000 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. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:58:49 +0000 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. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:31:38 +0000 Planning permission has been granted for the north east's biggest housing-led redevelopment on the banks of the Tyne. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:11:29 +0000 A plumber is angry after copper tube was stolen from his van twice while parked outside his home. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:03:55 +0000 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". Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:46:50 +0000