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04 August 2014

• 3 mistakes to avoid when buying new noise measurement equipment

  Whether you run or own a construction site, a metal cutting workshop or an open cast mine, as an employer of a noisy working environment, you must ensure that the hearing of the employees you are responsible for is protected.

• BAM adopts new Cygnus Wireless Fire Alarm system

  BAM Plant - part of built environment group BAM Construct UK - has installed the Bull Products Cygnus wireless fire alarm system on over 10 construction sites. The new system was launched in May this year.

• Thermal Earth help local GRP manufacturer cur fuel costs

  Thermal Earth has helped reduce the fuel cost of a neighbouring business by installing a biomass boiler heating system. Industrial GRP, a South Wales manufacturer of glass reinforced plastic products, had three Ponast wood pellet boilers installed in a cascade arrangement by Thermal Earth to provide 186 kW of energy efficient heating for the warehouse and offices.

01 August 2014

• Launch of new Academy for Laser Gynaecology techniques

  The British Academy of Laser Gynaecology (BALG) has been created to promote the research in, and the widespread use of, new minimally-invasive laser techniques in the field of gynaecology.

• Supreme Energy Efficiency For County Hall

  The recent £22m remodelling and refurbishment of the 1930’s civic building and 1970’s office extension for Wiltshire’s County Hall in Trowbridge was undertaken to consolidate the majority of Wiltshire Council’s 95 offices into four hubs, reducing floor area by 50%, saving £5m in revenue per annum, creating 40% reduction in carbon emissions and providing new flexible ways of working.

• Successful Outsourcing and Multi-Sourcing

  Successful Outsourcing and Multi-Sourcing addresses the question of why a business should outsource in the first place and how decisions to do this should be strategic, rather than it being something that happens by accident.

• Solvency II: Stakeholder Communications and Change (Second Edition)

  Gabrielle O'Donovan uses her research and the latest industry developments to demonstrate how to approach stakeholder communications and change management in a structured and disciplined way, framed by the EU Directive's governance requirements.

• Rittal make IT work for Sovereign

  How to overcome the common problem of structural pillars or columns when designing a data centre space? Independent IT service and business solution specialist SDC (Part of the Sovereign Business Integration Group) encountered this challenge when developing their data centre in Hertfordshire.

• Crown Commercial Service Select Evacusafe as Official Evacuation Chair Training Provider

  Evacusafe are delighted to announce they have secured a three year contract for the provision of evacuation chair training for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). This is the direct result of the recent invitation by the CCS’s Procurement Team for businesses to tender for the supply of the specialist training.

• Jennifer Lane rejoins Vortice Ltd as Technical Marketing Manager

  Jennifer Lane has rejoined Vortice after three years spent at the bathroom manufacturer Roca where she was Product Manager. Jennifer joins as Technical Marketing Manager and will be based at the company’s Burton on Trent UK head office.