Responding to the announcement of the imminent introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks in the Private Rented Sector (PRS), Martyn Allen, Technical Director at Electrical Safety First, commented: “Today’s commitment by the Government to bring mandatory electrical safety checks into force, is a success for millions of renters and their landlords in England.

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Openreach will extend a programme that offers free full-fibre broadband installations to thousands of newbuilds per year after relaxing the conditions around the number of properties developers must have on their sites. The networking infrastructure division of BT has estimated that around 13,000 new homes across 600 small housing developments will benefit from its free Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) installations from 1 April this year.

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Despite shrinking overall markets, the Volkswagen Group grew its worldwide deliveries by 1.3 percent to 10,974,600 vehicles in 2019. Market shares were expanded in all regions, in some cases significantly. Volume growth was achieved in Europe (+3.9 percent) and South America (+3.2 percent) while there were slight falls in North America (-0.5 percent) and Asia-Pacific (-0.4 percent). Strong growth was recorded with electric vehicles. As a result of many new models within the framework of the Group’s electric offensive and growing interest on the part of customers, there was a rise of around 80 percent to more than 140,000 vehicles.

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Berry bpi recycled products, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of smart, flexible and sustainable packaging and products, will bring its latest innovation to The Manchester Cleaning Show from 25-26 March 2020 at EventCity, Stretford. The company, which uses recycled plastic to develop a range of products that deliver the highest levels of technical performance, will showcase its Sustane refuse sack.

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Focusing attention on its work to maintain standards in the industry, the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) new advert spotlights Accreditation members. Proving the strength and depth in the membership, the names of members of the Accreditation Schemes for Distributors and Manufacturers of Soft Tissue, Plastic Refuse Sacks and industrial Cotton Mop form the Scheme logo.

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Following a series of on-site trials, Titan Interior Solutions has opted to use Bostik’s solvent-free adhesive tape, Bostik Roll, for the installation of capping strips, cove formers and skirting on all future projects with long-term client, Wates Group, in recognition of the product’s health, safety and environmental benefits

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The British Safety Council awards industrial services specialist, Leadec, with two Sword of Honour awards for 2019. Leadec achieves its Sword of Honour awards by demonstrating excellence in the management of health and safety risks at two Jaguar Land Rover plants, where it supplies industrial services. Leadec achieves the maximum five stars in the British Safety Council’s health and safety management audit scheme at all four Jaguar Land Rover sites audited (see release for detail).

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Gira, one of the world’s leading full-range suppliers of intelligent building technology is proud to unveil its new video highlighting the benefits of a KNX Smart Home by Gira: Smart Building Technology that is convenient, secure and economically future-proof … Mark Booth Managing Director, Gira UK says “Everyone seems to know the term ‘smart home’, yet the mainstream is still grappling with the true meaning of this ever-expanding market. There are technically two options for intelligent build specification – isolated and system solutions – however, as the name suggests, isolated solutions are independent mini-systems, which can very quickly reach their limits.

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As the first set of wiring regulations to focus on energy efficiency, Bureau Veritas is calling on the industry to embrace appendix 17 of the 18th edition – with the guidance helping to usher in a new ‘greener era’ that will be critical to meeting the UK’s environmental targets. Earlier this year, the UK became the first nation to enshrine into law the net zero target, committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by “at least” 100 per cent below 1990 levels in 20501. And to meet these obligations, drastic action will be needed in the way buildings use energy, says electrical safety expert Bureau Veritas – encouraging businesses to adopt key energy efficiency measures raised in the 18th edition.

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BMW Group UK has reported 234,637 BMW and MINI vehicle registrations in 2019 with one in ten UK new car customers now selecting a BMW Group vehicle. The BMW brand increased its market share to 7.3 per cent in a declining market and accounted for 169,753 sales. MINI achieved a UK market share of 2.8 per cent with sales of 64,884 vehicles representing a 3.2 per cent decrease over the previous year.

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