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‘Think Dirty’, Urges New Sentinel Campaign
It’s not every day that heating and plumbing engineers are encouraged to ‘think dirty’ on the job, but that’s exactly what best practice water treatment specialist Sentinel is doing with the launch of one of its biggest (in this case, size does matter) campaigns yet. Supported by boiler manufacturers, merchants and industry bodies, Sentinel’s tongue-in-cheek ‘Think Dirty’ campaign aims to raise awareness around the issue of dirty circulating water, and help installers to deliver best practice cleaning as quickly and easily as possible through the selection of suitable cleaning chemicals.
Boilercare 24/7 on-track to smash £1m target
Boilercare 24/7 on-track to smash £1m target with the help of BigChange technology
New technology is helping Cheshire based Boilercare 24/7 to smash it’s million pound revenue target by the end of 2017. The company has rolled out BigChange’s Mobile Workforce and Job Management Platform across its plumbing operation and combines cloud based back-office CRM, job scheduling, a paperless mobile app for engineers and real-time tracking of vehicles.
Revealed: the UK’s healthiest profession
- 24% of UK workers are active for less than an hour per day
- Tradespeople are active for 7 hours and burn 2,500 calories, on average
TRADESPEOPLE are the healthiest workers in the UK, according to new research.
The survey of 2,014 UK adults by IronmongeryDirect revealed that those working in the trades such as, plumbing, construction, and electrical installation are the healthiest workers in the UK.
Installers set to benefit from new Salamander website
SALAMANDER Pumps has launched a new user-friendly website at www.salamanderpumps.co.uk, designed to make life easier for installers, householders, distributors and stockists. It includes a range of innovative additions including a noise section where users can listen to a pump in action, see it rated against everyday noises such as a boiling kettle, and find more information around dBA ratings across the range.
The company worked with Newcastle-based Hippo Marketing on a six-month project to create a new website based on a combination of feedback from installers and other users, plus analysis of traffic patterns on its previous website.
Clydebank plumbing and heating engineer is the best in the uk!
LLUIS DALMAU WINS SCREWFIX’S BRITAIN’S TOP TRADESPERSON 2017 COMPETITION
We have a winner! Lluis Dalmau, a plumbing and heating engineer from Clydebank has just been announced as Britain’s Top Tradesperson 2017.
The 42-year-old beat thousands of entries to land this year’s most coveted award in the trade, organised by omnichannel retailer Screwfix. And as well as being crowned the best of the best, he also receives the keys to a brand new Toyota Hilux or PROACE vehicle worth £32,000 (OTR).
Average tradesperson needs to work 6,864 weeks or 132 years to earn an equivalent wage
It would take the average tradesperson 132 years on site to earn an average English Premier League (EPL) footballer’s annual salary, according to new research.
The average British tradesperson, earning £355 per week*, would have to work for 132 years or 6,864 weeks to earn the equivalent of £2,438,275**, the average EPL wage, revealed new research by FootballSalaryGuide.com, an interactive website which collates earnings information from hundreds of top flight players, created by FreeBets.org.uk, a leading betting offers and tips website.
Don’t fear the frame
Wall hung bathrooms are the future – and the latest generation of support frames make installation trouble-free.
The growth in the availability of wall hung fittings has been the biggest revolution in British bathrooms since we all went mad for colour in the 70s. Wall hung only became viable in the UK when valve flushing was allowed in place of the siphon. Before that every product coming into this country had to be adapted – so many world famous bathroom names could only offer a very limited product range in this country. Initially wall hung products were only available at the upper end and were very expensive but now wall hung – and the frames needed to fit it – can be found at all price levels.
Latest news from Sirius buying group!
Sirius helps raise money in aid of RUH Cancer Research Hospital
In the wake of Sirius’ 7th International Conference held on 21st to 24th May 2017 at The Lake Spa Resort in Portugal, major buying group in the electrical appliance and kitchen retail industry yet again took the opportunity to ‘give back’.
Sirius Buying Group’s Annual Charity auction raised an impressive £10k this year, all thanks to Sirius suppliers bestowing a range of products that were bid for on the night of the Awards Gala Dinner and then won as a prize.
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‘Hidden Depths’ with NEW Downdraft Extractor by V-ZUG
Innovators in the design and manufacture of high quality steam appliances, V-ZUG, introduce a brand new Downdraft Extractor Hood, available to UK retailers with immediate effect.
Defying all logic, V-ZUG’s new Downdraft Extractor Hood disappears when not in use to allow full retraction into any kitchen island or worktop to then materialise again when needed. Designed with a natural finesse, its slow automation and telescopic function creates essential ventilation in an open-plan kitchen scheme where discreet design is paramount.