Vince Cable with Stuart Mackenzie, managing director of Dimplex Dimplex has played host to Vince Cable, the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, at its Southampton headquarters.

Worcester, Bosch has enhanced its installer support this heating season by adding 10 new recruits to its Technical Support team.

NICEIC and ELECSA have launched an Academy to help female electricians for the next stage of its Jobs for the Girls initiative campaign.

Itron has announced today research revealing that 51 percent of renewables installers surveyed have not received training on fitting meters despite the requirement for metering on commercial renewable heat projects to qualify for the Renewable Heat Incentive.

Tim Williams (left) with Mark McManus of Stiebel Eltron at the Go Geothermal open day Go Geothermal Ltd has held an open day to showcase some of the newest renewable technologies available to the UK market.

An employer-led partnership set up to secure the future workforce for the UK’s energy and utility industries has been given the green light, thanks to government funding announced on 11 September.

Certsure, the joint venture formed from the partnership between the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) and Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), has launched a customer charter.

To coincide with the start of the heating season, Uponor UK has announced it is offering double points on its ‘Uponor & More’ loyalty scheme for the rest of 2013. 

Trade Skills 4U managing director Carl Bennett Trade Skills 4U has been awarded Centre of Excellence status by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) for its electrical courses held at the company’s Gatwick Training Centres.

Ariston has launched a new installer partnership scheme called Connections, designed to demonstrate its commitment and support for building stronger relationships with installers across the UK.

NAPIT is encouraging installers to move into the electrical car market as this rapidly expanding market presents an opportunity to increase business.

The BPEC Awarding Organisation has reached the milestone of 50 centres approved to deliver full QCF Qualifications.

NICEIC will again sponsor Luton Town FC for the upcoming football season– continuing its long association with the club.

Time is running out to nominate people for the 2013 Awards for Excellence. The awards are organised by SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services engineering, and recognise the sector’s most talented technical and professional operatives and engineers.

Phyllis Prior-Boardman, Greg Barker and Thomas Farquhar Green Deal Consortia and Easy Green Deal have today announced a partnership agreement which sees the delivery of a package of Green Deal training and accreditation provision available exclusively to members of the Consortia.

Caplor would like to offer work experience opportunities to youngsters such as Annabel – a local Year 10 student Caplor says it was delighted to host the Herefordshire Directors’ Forum – a development programme for professionals from local leading businesses.