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- Industry professionals who have taken an electrician training course could find that they benefit from increased funding in housing. The National Housing Federation recently revealed that the number of London residents on social housing waiting lists stood at 880,000 on April 1st 2009, which corresponds to 354,389 households. In addition, the body stated that it […]Read article
Plumber training courses could assist keen self-builders
Read articleWorkers who have taken a plumber training course could find that their services are currently increasingly in demand among British self-builders. According to Raymond Connor, chief executive of BuildStore – supplier to the self-build, conversion and renovation market – now is the perfect time for people to construct their home. This is because of "increased […]
Tilers could find themselves in demand
Read articleTradespersons who have taken tiling training courses might be needed to protect British homes against flooding. According to the Environment Agency’s chairman Lord Chris Smith, firms in Britain need to spend more time developing products to help homeowners weatherproof their properties. He added that householders could upgrade their houses to cope with flooding, should it […]
Qualified electricians could benefit from new mortgages
Read articleTradespersons who have taken an electrician training course could find their services increasingly in demand, following comments from Your Mortgage. It was recently revealed by Santander that the maximum loan-to-value ratio on mortgages for first time buyers purchasing new-build properties is to be raised from 80 per cent to 90 per cent. Commenting on the […]
Electrician training courses could help Carillion JV scheme
Read articleTradespersons who have completed an electrician training course could find that their job prospects are given a boost by a new Carillion joint venture (JV) project. It was recently revealed by the construction firm – which currently employs around 50,000 people – that it has reached financial close on a £600 million public private partnership […]
Workers with approved plumbing qualifications may benefit from NHIC advice
Read articleTradespersons who have taken plumbing training courses could find themselves increasingly in demand if ideas from the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) are taken on board. It was recently found by Communities and Local Government’s English Housing Survey that homes have become more energy efficient over the last few years, with 7.4 million properties having […]
Lovell deal could benefit those with approved electrical qualifications
Read articleIndustry professionals who have taken electrician training courses and live in the Gloucester region could find themselves in demand as a result of a new deal between Lovell and Gloucester City Homes (GCH). According to housebuilding firm Lovell, it has been named on a £30 million property reactive repairs and maintenance contract by GCH, which […]
Local electricians may find job boost in Morgan Ashurst strategy
Read articleMorgan Ashurst this week outlined its commitment to employing local construction workers on its projects – which could benefit Britons who have taken electrician or plumber training courses. The firm’s parent group Morgan Sindall released its "robust" preliminary results for the year leading up to December 31st 2009, which included a pre-tax and amortisation profit […]
HSE demonstrates need for approved plumbing qualifications
Read articleThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called for homeowners to make sure they always employ tradespersons who have taken plumber or gas training courses when problems with domestic appliances arise. According to inspector at the body Stephan Axt-Simmonds, it is extremely important that qualified gas fitters are called out to install devices such as […]
Plumber training courses could help heat pump fitting
Read articleTradespersons who have taken a plumbing training course could find themselves in demand to install heat pumps if comments from Daikin are taken into consideration.tAccording to the firm, homeowners who are interested in taking advantage of the boiler scrappage scheme should swap their old appliance with a heat pump, which could offer more energy efficiency […]
Workers with approved electrical qualifications may benefit from new funding
Read articleTradespersons who have taken an electrical training course could benefit from new funding being set aside by the government. According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), £64.4 million is set to be invested in improving the economic development of a number of regions across the country. The finance will go to nine […]
Qualified plumbers could benefit from VAT cuts
Workers who have taken plumbing training courses could find that they may have a host of employment options available to them if the government cut value added tax (VAT). According to a new report carried out by Experian for the Cut the VAT coalition, reducing the tax to five per cent on the labour element […]Read article