Good news for home improvers is that Homebase has announced a major redevelopment programme for all of its stores and its multi-channel offering. According to the company’s managing director, Paul Loft, the programme will ‘see investment in stores and service that...
ElectricSafe is a new, voluntary register specially set up to recognise competent electricians. It aims to make it easy for homeowners, landlords and tenants to quickly identify, search for and hire a competent, registered electrician. ElectricSafe has been created by...
Although it’s early days yet for the government’s Green Deal initiative, Sky News has reported that ‘not a single household has yet signed up for a flagship coalition energy efficiency scheme despite a £1,000 cashback offer which ministers said would get it off to a...
Irvine Housing Association is set to employ an affordable warmth officer with the help of grant funding from the Bank of Scotland Foundation. The £10,000 grant will be topped up with additional funding to provide an affordable warmth service to tenants in time for the...
The private rented sector is growing dramatically but the array of information relating to letting can be confusing and some times key safety information can be lost in the jargon. So a concise, user-friendly guide for landlords has been published by the Electrical...
The world of green home improvements has become more difficult to navigate in the last few years. You only need to type ‘Solar PV’ into Google to get thousands of sales pitches proclaiming how much you could save; an indication of the trouble that the solar industry...
Transforming the way energy is used across the UK economy could help boost growth and jobs. Investing in energy efficiency could save up to 22 power stations-worth of energy by 2020, according to the government’s Energy Efficiency Strategy published today. The new...
According to The Times news editor, David Thorpe, the energy secretary, Ed Davey, has told the House of Commons that no one should prejudge the regulators’ investigations into alleged price rigging in the gas markets. And he encouraged anyone with further evidence to...
Are you amongst the ‘dismissive sceptics’ or ‘ostriches’, which are highlighted in the report ‘Being Gas Safe’? It’s the latest document to come from the Gas Safety Register and identifies six ‘segments’ of the public, which need to pay specific attention to the major...
Water efficient bathroom products stand out from the crowd with The Water Label. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to save our precious resources. When they are contemplating refurbishing their bathroom consumers should install bathroom products...