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McQuay changes to Daikin
MCQUAY (UK) HAS announced that, from 1 April 2015, the company will trade under the new name Daikin Applied (UK) and Daikin Applied Service.
Jim Henley, general manager at McQuay (UK) Ltd, explained: “The decision to rename McQuay (UK) and McQuay Service is part of a global rebranding strategy to more clearly define and communicate our HVAC offering to the UK and markets worldwide.
“The new brand name unifies a progressive and innovative collaboration of organisations.
“For our customers, it will mean a strengthening in our commitment to them, not only through product and technology innovations, but also accompanied by expert consultation and enhanced communication.
“While our name is changing, our legal status and our office address and contact details will remain the same, the company’s business remains fundamentally unaffected by this change. All contracts with existing customers, suppliers and stakeholders will remain unaltered, with corresponding obligations and rights assumed under the new names.”
Mr Henley continued: “Our new brand name encompasses everything from customer perception and experience to quality, look and feel. In the next few months, we will be rebranding our marketing literature and signage. “Customers can rest assured that we will maintain the same level of engineering service expertise and customer oriented approach for which we are renowned.”
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WITH THE GENERAL Election looming, April’s Budget Announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, has generated a mixed response from the industry. The main criticism revolves around continuing high energy costs in manufacturing, while funded research into future developments and plans to help young people into the workforce have been welcomed.
Chief executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), Brian Berry, said: “It’s been a long and bumpy road since the Richard Review first touted the idea of putting the purchasing power back in the hands of the employer but today the Government has finally set out a clear direction of travel in terms of its apprenticeship funding reforms.
“The new digital
apprenticeship voucher model is a vast improvement on what was formerly proposed. However, we do still have some concerns about the potential for this new system to add additional administrative burden for small firms. To counter this, we will be working closely with the next Government to minimise any added bureaucracy. For
Industry reacts to April’s budget
SMEs, bureaucracy is the biggest barrier to engagement in any scheme so industry and government must work together to help ensure this new system does not have a detrimental impact on apprenticeship numbers.” Justin O’Hagan, tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers said: “This Budget wasn’t a radical one for UK industry but there was some welcome news with the announcement of a review of Business Rates. This had been seen as long overdue by many. “The abolition of National Insurance for under- 21s and young apprentices is a welcome development for employers and we expect this to create more jobs in industry for young people.”
Philippa Oldham, head of transport and manufacturing at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said: “There are some welcome investments as part of today’s budget including the £60m earmarked for the a new Energy Research Accelerator in the Midlands and the £138m investment towards the UK Centre for Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities. These investments will hopefully help spur innovation and enable more joined- up cross sectorial thinking
when developing new city infrastructure.” Finally, Dr Diana
Montgomery, chief executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA), said: “First, as we have continued to highlight the need for government to clarify its plans to support house building, we are pleased with the innovative ‘Help to Buy ISA’ scheme. “This should stimulate home-buyers’ interest in the near term and house builders’ confidence in the medium term – a tonic to the flattening demand we forecast for the private housing sector after the uncertainty of the General Election.”
She continued: “Second, many of our members, including the steel sector, are energy intensive manufacturers. The plans announced today to bring forward from 2016 to 2015 the compensation for the indirect costs of small-scale feed-in- tariffs are a step in the right direction to improving their competitiveness with European neighbours and levelling that playing field.
“We only note that a sizeable number of our manufacturers will remain outside this plan and will not see any alleviation of their high energy costs.”
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