The government’s Committee on Climate Change recently published a report, which assesses the potential role of hydrogen in the UK’s low-carbon economy. The report highlights the fact that hydrogen could replace natural gas in parts of the energy system.
Plumbing and heating businesses should check the new draft rateable value of their business premises ahead of the business rate revaluation, says APHC.
John Thompson CEO of APHC, a leading membership organisation for English and Welsh plumbing and heating businesses, said: “The last business rates revaluation was in 2010 and was based on 2008 property values. The next business rates revaluation comes into effect on April 1 this year and reassesses all business property in England and Wales based on the rateable values as of April 1, 2015.”
Checking the new rateable value will give business rate payers time to plan for any changes or to appeal against the new rateable value.
A ‘Retro Boiler’ label scheme was launched by the Heating & Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) yesterday at the Plumbing & Heating Exhibition (PHEX) in Chelsea.
The scheme will see registered gas engineers issue an energy efficiency label - a ‘Retro Boiler’ label - on all non-condensing boilers with a permanent pilot light, when visiting homes to undertake servicing or maintenance work.
The aim is to increase consumer awareness of boiler efficiency with the hope that this will result in inefficient and costly boilers being replaced with more efficient models.
The HHIC and UK boiler manufacturers will be in attendance across the two day show to talk to installers about the scheme and issue installers with a supply of the ‘Retro Boiler’ labels.