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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 […]
Plumbing courses could be in greater demand in the future, if the recommendations of a new study are implemented and new regulations are applied to heat pumps. Simon Green, head of business development at the Energy Saving Trust, explained to BBC News that the report showed there are carbon savings to be made in the […]
Workers who have completed electrical courses may soon be needed on the site of the 'Marble Arch of the North', as construction is due to start this month. The multi-million pound Marks & Spencer (M&S) building near Cheshire Oaks is due to open in 2012 and local MP Andrew Miller told the Ellesmere Port Pioneer […]
An industry source has suggested that fixing dripping taps could save up to 5,000 litres of water each year, which may encourage consumers to enrol on plumbing courses to learn how to fix such problems. Michael Holmes, a spokesperson for the National Home Improvement Show, said it is important for people to consider their water […]
Workers who had completed electrician training courses were just some of the employees on set in Devon for the making of a new movie starring Bond girl Gemma Arterton. Tamara Drewe stars Roger Allam and Dominic Cooper alongside the young actress and offers an updated take on Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd novel. […]
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 […]
There may soon be more young people signing up for vocational qualifications such as electrician training courses, according to one business source. LV= spokesperson Emma Banks suggested that the significant cost of going to university is putting many people off and leading individuals to choose training that may advance their career, while still enabling them […]
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. […]
There could be more workers signing up for electrician courses after it was announced that a multi-million pound development scheme will be carried out in the north-west of England. This initiative will see mental health facilities built at Walton Hospital, Mossley Hill Hospital and the former Ian Skelley property, as well as Sefton Health Park […]
News that two offshore substation platforms will be built by Harland and Wolff could provoke more technicians in the surrounding area to sign up for an electrical course. The firm won the contract to design and build the structures on the north Wales offshore wind farm at Gwynt y Mor, with chief executive at the […]
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 […]
