To promote trying to make homes eco-friendly, more than 50 homes in Bristol will open their doors for members of the public to visit in order to demonstrate how to reduce domestic energy consumption and eco-retrofit older properties. The open houses will be part of the UK’s Open House Month and will take place on 11–12th of September 2010.
Bristol Leads The Way With Green Property Renovation
Powermode Chief Executive Advises How To Get The Best Out Of Your Conservatory
To maximise the amount of natural daylight coming into homeowners owning conservatories, should make every effort possible, to keep them clean according to the Chief Executive of Powermode, Philip Hampton. It is advisable to follow the manufacturer’s advice on keeping blinds clean, or to get a specialist to come in and clean them, though careful vacuuming can also make your blinds look like new again.
When homeowners are actively looking to buy conservatory blinds, something to bear in mind is the type of blind to choose in order to maximise the amount of natural daylight you could get into your conservatory. Choosing the likes of angled blinds is a good idea, especially when you want the daylight to be directed through your windows towards work areas.
Allotmenteers Erect Security Fencing Against Vandals
Allotment owners are appealing for more cash to complete a project to protect their allotments from vandals. After a number of attacks took place at the Brierfield allotment site, near Burnley in Lancashire, over recent months, the decision to erect fencing was taken, and the first part of fencing was successfully installed last weekend.
Allotment holders have been affected by break-ins and have had items stolen from their plots, and as some of the gardeners renting allotments at Brierfield also keep geese and chickens at the site, concern has been expressed about the safety of these animals if action wasn’t taken. Read more…
Young Royal Aspires To Be A Plumber
Speaking to the Daily Mail to promote Vocational Qualifications over attending University, Rose Llewellyn, who is the daughter of Sir Roddy Llewellyn, decided that university wasn’t for her and has enrolled on an NVQ level 2 plumbing Course. She explained to the Daily Mail that the call to pursue a vocation rather than academic study came about after doing a bit of DIY around her home. She was sitting with her father in the kitchen and carried out a repair to a leaking tap by replacing a washer. She called it her ‘light-bulb moment’. Read more…
British Gas Recruit Military Personnel As Engineers
Following a recent campaign by The Sun national newspaper to promote recruitment opportunities for ex-military personnel, Jobs for Heroes, British Gas has decided to back the drive by calling on all ex-servicemen and women to apply for jobs within the corporation. The energy supplier is one of the largest employers in the UK, and is looking to recruit ex-servicemen and women to retrain as engineers, experts in the energy field and professional insulation fitters.
British Gas recognises the important roles that military employees have performed during their time in the forces, and that there are a large number of transferable skills learnt and demonstrated by high calibre ex-military employees in their former roles that make them excellent candidates for positions with the energy giant. Particular skills that British Gas are keen to take advantage of are people skill, technical expertise, high levels of self motivation and discipline.
New System Makes Window Energy Rating Easier To Reach
When the Window Energy Rating was introduced by the British Fenestration Rating Council as a window rating system to meet the needs for energy efficient window manufacturing and installation, it was hard for smaller companies to obtain the Window Energy Rating due to each window needing to be individually simulated by an accredited simulator meaning that any changes made to design would carry large costs and making it difficult for smaller companies to do so. Read more…
Manchester Police and Council Team Up To Fight Against Burglary
Manchester Police and Manchester City Council are teaming up to take a unique step in making local residents aware of the dangers of theft and burglaries by keeping doors and windows locked or open in their homes. St Anne’s Sq is hosting a life sized living room today, Tuesday 17th August, which has been dropped in to help launch the ‘Think Lock’ scheme. Police and Council staff are hoping that if they can demonstrate how easy it is to leave yourself susceptible to property theft it will encourage people to take the simple yet necessary precautions to protect their belongings after statistics show that one in three properties are robbed through leaving a window or door open.
Flooring Company Receives Hefty Fine
The Environment Agency have handed out a huge fine to a major Evesham flooring contractor following a number of breaches of waste disposal guidelines. Karndean International accepted they had broken industry protocol on at least 9 occasions and pleaded guilty to all charges of failing to comply with packaging waste regulations.
The company, whose offices are registered on Vale Business Park, have been fined a total of £36,000 (£3,300 for each offence committed) and compensation of £3,040. The guidelines broken were the Producer Responsibility Regulations and relate to the flooring company failing to register their business with the Environment Agency or a similar compliance scheme on an annual basis. It emerged that Karndean International had failed to do this for 3 years.
Marley Eternit Advise That Roofers Are At Risk Of Sunburn
Roofers and builders face health hazards from over exposure and under protection from the sun and are being warned to take care by suppliers of professional roofing products, Marley Eternit.
A recent study has revealed that roofers and builders are not taking adequate precautions against the damaging effects from the sun. According to the report as little as one in three roofers does not wear a high enough factor of sun cream whilst working outdoors and being in direct contact with the sun.
Flooring Contractor's Business Expanding After Recession
A flooring contractor in the North East has taken a novel approach to tackling the recession by increasing his staffing numbers and trying to target new markets for the business. With more than two decades of trading under their belts, Reprotec turned over a small profit last year due to major contracts not been resumed, many of these from the construction industry, which is a direct response from the terrible state the nation was left in after the recession. They are however noticing a growth in sales again after securing a £250,000 contract with North Tyneside Police.