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Micronics Clamp-on to a new smarter solution to thermal heat/energy metering and billing from Micronics for significant installation savings and measurement from outside the pipe. Measuring the thermal heat/energy consumption of hot (LTHW) water services to monitor, control and manage energy consumption is key. But the installation process including system drain down, pipe cutting etc has always been a significant cost and barrier to wider application of sub-metering. At last a solution has arrived, the U1000 HM heat/energy meter.


www.micronicsflowmeters.com TSG Building Services plc www.tsgplc.com


TSG Building Services plc is a multi-disciplined building services provider to RSL, local authorities and housing associations and has been established since 1961. TSG Building Services has the expertise to carry out a range of works including: installation, servicing, maintenance and repairs of central heating installations; construction works – new build, alterations, extensions; decent homes – kitchen and bathrooms; electrical (rewiring, testing and upgrades) and renewable installations, servicing and maintenance. TSG Building Services is a national award winning contractor.


KMS www.residentialaccesscontrol.co.uk


Simplekey Web 4 allows gives you the freedom to be anywhere with a web enabled device and still have control of your communal door administration, saving both time and money. Further reduced costs come from being able to eliminate standalone key and fob based door entry systems, while providing residents with safer living environments. Simplekey Web 4 allows for custom reporting and alarm alerts to reduce anti-social behaviour on residential premises. For more information, please visit the KMS website.


 UK Worker of the Year 2016 goes live  


UK WOTY is in its seventh year and the prizes are better than ever. The compe- tition sponsored by workwear giants Dickies in association with Honda and ASDA has an amazing choice of prizes this year, including £250,000 cash, a Honda Jazz car, a Honda Crosstourer 1200cc motorbike, a Honda Marine Rib boat, a year’s free shopping at ASDA, a luxury holiday and many more. This is the seventh year Dickies has run the national competition, with carer and homicide case worker Katie Washbourne coming out on top last year. This year, the Somerset-based workwear company has announced that the 2016 winners’ prize will come from its associate sponsor Honda.


01761 419 419 www.dickiesworkwear.com New Public Sector Housing Specialist


Six years working in public sector housing and a sales career of over 13 years provided Gerflor’s new recruit, James Derry, with the experience that the global vinyl flooring manufacturer was looking for to strengthen its UK housing team. Previously Public Sector Housing Sales Manager – England & Wales for the Graham Group, James joins Gerflor’s housing team in a position focused on the social housing sector and the specification of Gerflor’s dedicated products for new build and refurbishment projects within housing. In his new role, James will support customers through the specification of Gerflor’s ‘tried and tested’ flooring innovations.


01926 622 600 www.gerflor.co.uk Around two thirds of Brits wouldn’t consider working in construction, says survey


Construction plays a major part in the UK economy, as well as providing much-needed housing and infrastructure to the country, but is that how the public sees the industry? At a time when the construction industry has a shortfall of talent, with an estimated 100,000 workers needed to cope with Britain’s infrastructure construction demands according to the Government’s National Infrastructure Plan for Skills report, the findings of the survey perhaps show the gap between public perceptions of the construction industry and the reality. A YouGov poll of 2,000 members of the public, commissioned by Construction United, measured perceptions of a number of industries and found that the vast majority would NEVER consider a career in the construction industry with just 17 per cent saying that they would give it thought. So why do so many people avoid the industry? The words Brits associate with construction may shed some light on this – when questioned, 68 per cent described the work as ‘strenuous’, and 58 per cent saw it as ‘dirty’. Meanwhile, only 11 per cent think the industry is ‘exciting’. The industry, however is the driving force behind the biggest investment into British infrastructure since Victorian times. Construction United is a coalition of some of the industry’s leading companies and experts, which flies the flag for all of the great things about the sector, while dispelling the myths and outdated perceptions the public may have.


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