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Millennium and Copthorne hotels have announced to their 2000 suppliers that they are setting up a supplier registration programme meaning suppliers will now have to pay up to £510 plus VAT in order to bid for work. The claimed purpose of the programme was to enable them to collect information to pre-qualify potentially suitable companies [...]
Infra-red Thermography
An electrical contractor in Torquay has been called in to repair the distribution equipment in a school following a serious fire.
The electrical fire in a Torquay school may have been prevented by the routine use of thermography on an annual basis by the planned maintenance contractors.
This test is not [...]
Electricians in Torquay and Paignton face uncertain times. The construction and manufacturing headline activity index in the Markit/CIPS survey of purchasing managers jumped almost three full points to 56.5 in February (above 50 indicates growth). Indicating the biggest growth in the sector for 8 months and provides a good contribution [...]
The use of eco and environmentally friendly is used by many as a marketing gimic to draw people in and has diluted the reality of what it is to be truely accepting of our environmental impacts. Electricians and Plumbers, by the very nature of the work they complete, can have a positive impact on the [...]
The CIBSE reports that an average of one building every minute will need to be refurbished between now and 2050 to meet the national targets for carbon emissions reduction.
Reducing the UK’s carbon emissions to meet government targets of an 80% reduction by 2050 will require an enormous effort, including tackling the energy efficiency of [...]
If you’re looking for an electrician in Torquay here are a few tips on how to spot someone to avoid.
10 electrician rogue trader warning signs: Avoids giving references. Only supplies a mobile number and has no address on their letterhead/business card. Will do the job ‘cheaper for cash’ so [...]
The digital economy really has benefits when our traditional tourist based economy slows. Even though the promise of a dramatically increased Internet speed holds some good opportunities it cannot fulfil the hope that it will transform our local economy.
As a company that operates both in the traditional sense and online we would always put [...]
It has been announced that MITIE will no longer act as facilities managers for Alliance Boots.
The contract was originally handed to Dalkia from SGP in 2009 in a change that caused unrest with existing contractors and also saw long held contracts not being renewed. With Dalkia taking on planned maintenance contracts for lighting [...]
Every other day we read about the lead being stripped from church roofs, English Heritage properties and other historic buildings. Selling scrap metal is easy, there dont appear to be any checks as to where the scrap has come from or to whom the payments are made to. The payments usually being made in cash. [...]
HavMain of Paignton are one of the few companies in Devon registered with this demanding standard which is a prerequisite to be included in the Torbay Council Approved Contractors list. This qualifies us to carry out work for local councils up to the value of £600,000 per contract and covers Health and Safety, [...]
