About this time, every year, the advice is given out to all property owners to conduct a timely house health check up as the first signs of autumn appear. Sadly, all too often the sensible words of advice are not always heeded and inevitably, another hard winter sees the depressing list of statistics of people […]
Ontime Trades have recruited two Able Skills plumbing students to join their experienced and highly skilled team.Andy and Martin are set to put their heating and drainage skills to the test for Ontime Trades after completing accredited plumbing courses, gas training courses, commercial gas courses and renewable energy courses with Able Skills.Both men started training […]
At this time of the year, many men and women will be looking to find good trade skills courses, and electrical courses, especially an Electrical NVQ, are always a much in demand qualification. With cutbacks certain for some public sectors, advance action to switch careers or update skills is increasing.Finding the right approved and accredited […]
Able Skills are delighted to announce that two of our graduates are now working as fully qualified electricians.Russ and Clive only recently completed their electrical education with Able Skills and were soon snapped up by Ontime Trades, a new company offering plumbing and electrical services in the Kent area.The two sparks are completely qualified to […]
Cutbacks are happening across the public sector with implications for the private sector as well. For some, this might mean looking for fresh opportunities whilst for others, the need to diversify their skillsets and service provision. Construction industry projects continue to revive after the period of recent recession as new development schemes are announced almost […]
Not a week passes now when we don’t hear great news about another Solar PV project adding to the rapid rise of the ‘must- have’ green energy technology around the UK. Recent studies show that the UK is now the world’s fastest growing market for Solar PV with over 40,000 panels now adorning residential and […]
The likelihood of seeing some real effects of post election cutbacks across the public sector impacting on the private sector, means many men and women will be looking to their future prospects and perhaps thinking of career switching to a more promising and stable path.There is a big revolution occurring in the construction trades industry. […]
Energy conservation and efficiency is once more hitting the plumbing industry headlines with news of the latest initiative from the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), who have joined forces with energy company, E.ON, to launch the ‘Save Water Save Money’ campaign.CIPHE registered plumbers and professional heating installers will be able to play […]
Recent news that the Prince of Wales had been granted permission to install 32 solar photovoltaic panels on the south-east roof of Clarence House, his central London residence, and which has been a royal home for 170 years, gives another tremendous confidence boost to the UK’s embrace of renewable technology.Despite of recession and austerity budget […]
The Micropower Council held a special renewable green energy event at the Houses of Parliament last month. In addition to 30 Peers and MPs, including Greg Barker MP, the Minister of State for Climate Change, the demonstration was attended by senior Civil Servants and interested parties, with over 170 guests able to talk directly to […]
Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations means that plumbers will no longer be able to specify B-rated condensing boilers from October 1 onwards. It is therefore, being recommended that installers of SEDBUK Band B boilers should urgently seek advice.However, installers can continue to fit Band B boilers until April 2011 – but only […]
In recent years, the UK, in common with other countries, has been on the receiving end of what appears to be unusually, excessive rainfall and land flooding. Whether the cause is due to major shifting climate change, or periodical, abnormal weather patterns is the big debate.We know that in the UK, flooding has always occurred […]
