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Snickers LITEWork Working Clothes for Summer

The innovative new fabric in these working clothes makes them a must for the summer months.

A change of season means a change of focus on what you wear on site. That’s why Snickers LITEWork garments can help you keep your cool when the heat is on.

The newest LITEWork Trousers, Shirts, Shorts, T-shirts and Jackets are working clothes have all the features and functionality of Snickers’ other Next Generation working clothes, but without the heavier weight fabrics.

Just like high performance sportswear, they are super-light, quick-drying garments – with Mechanical Air Flow™ and moisture transport features - that keep you looking good and feeling cool wherever you are on site in warm weather.

Sealing and bonding made easy ‘squeezie'

Bond It is making it easier for trade professionals and DIY enthusiasts to tackle those quick, small or sometimes unexpected sealing and bonding tasks.

The business, which ranks as one of the UK's fastest growing manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals, has extended its already comprehensive product portfolio with the launch of the new and innovative Squeezies range.

The Squeezies range sees four of Bond It's most popular products packaged in new, handy sized plastic tubes.

As the name suggests, these tubes are squeezable enabling the product contained to be applied without the need for any form of application tool such as a skeleton gun.

Best Practice Installer Retires a Winner

On the eve of retiring from his successful business Aqua Gas Heating Services, Peter Beaman has found himself the recipient of a £500 shopping voucher after purchasing a winning Sentinel Boiler Protection Pack from independent merchant Williams and Co. Whilst luck had something to do with it, Peter was only in with a chance of winning due to his uncompromising approach to best practice water treatment – the thing which he says has given his business the edge over competitors throughout the years.

5 Ways of Adding Luxury to Your Bathroom in 2017

When redesigning your bathroom to reflect the latest trends it’s difficult to know where to get started. There are some really exciting trends out there which can add a luxurious feel to your bathroom. Here are some of the predictions for the year ahead.

Freestanding Baths

Having a standout feature such as a freestanding bath can really set the overall style for your bathroom and add some well-deserved luxury to your bathroom.

There is only so much creativity you can have with a standard straight white bath, whereas freestanding baths allow you to really get creative and implement some striking personality into your bathroom design from outstanding colours to eye-catching designs.

Flame Heating Spares Launches Ground Breaking App

Flame Heating Spares, the North East of England’s fastest growing Heating & Plumbing merchant, is to support the region’s installers with the launch of its ground-breaking app.

Flame, which operates seven branches throughout the North East, is now offering its trade customers the app free of charge, which is able to support heating engineers with an end-to-end service that performs a diagnostic on any boiler and identifies the parts required for installations and maintenance work.

Celebrate National Tea Day with InSinkErator®

As a nation of tea lovers, sipping through 165 million cups a day, why waste time waiting for the kettle to boil - when you can have instant steaming hot water on demand thanks to InSinkErator®.

With approximately 1,500 varieties of tea to choose from1, save time on 21st April, National Tea Day, with a steaming hot water tap from InSinkErator®. As a major player in the steaming hot water tap market, InSinkErator® has a range of steaming hot water taps to complement a variety of kitchen styles, saving time in the kitchen for tea lovers everywhere.

Stiebel’s new integrated DHW and buffer cylinder saves space for homeowners

Heating products manufacturer Stiebel Eltron UK has launched a new space-saving integrated DHW and buffer cylinder.

The HSBC 200 S combines a buffer tank for space heating and a domestic hot water tank, and has been designed to work with radiators and underfloor heating systems.

The unit can be connected to the internet, allowing for remote monitoring and control, and features a WPM heat pump manager to regulate various functions. In addition, primary and secondary circulating pumps, electric back up, flow meter, pressure relief valves and diverter valve are all integral.

The HSBC’s contemporary design features sleek white casing and LED display, while high-grade thermal insulation ensures minimal heat loss.

HomeServe Connect clocks up 20th franchise partnership as UK expansion continues

HomeServe’s dedicated home installations business continues to increase its nationwide network of specialist heating firms

Home installations business HomeServe Connect is celebrating a significant milestone after signing up its 20th UK franchise partner as part of an on-going drive to provide UK-wide coverage for its Customers.

St Asaph-based heating firm Chris Allen Plumbing and Heating Ltd is the latest business to join the rapidly expanding HomeServe Connect family, rebranding to HomeServe North Wales as part of the agreement to offer a range of home heating services to residential Customers across the region.

When a Welsh hooker met an English flanker…over an old boiler!

Wales and Gloucester rugby star Richard Hibbard tips Alun Wyn Jones for Lions captaincy as HomeServe’s own England rugby Grand Slam winner – engineer Marlie Packer – turns up to help replace his home boiler

Wales and British and Irish Lions star Richard Hibbard was stunned when his boiler packed up - and a Grand Slam winning England rugby international turned up to help tackle the problem.

England women’s flanker Marlie Packer, who also works as an engineer for home assistance provider HomeServe, made sure the Gloucester hooker wasn’t left out in the cold for long by adding the finishing touches to the newly installed boiler and heating system.

InSinkerator® Sponsored Kitchen Showroom Of The Year

InSinkErator®, the global leader and inventor of food waste disposers and a major player in the steaming hot water tap market, sponsored the Kitchen Showroom of the Year category at the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2017.

Split into two disciplines, business and design, the awards were open to retailers and designers of the kitchen and bathroom industry in the UK and Ireland. After rigorous judging by an experienced panel of industry experts, the winners were announced at the much anticipated awards ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, on Monday 27th March 2017, with the occasion marking 23 years’ of the awards event in the kitchen and bathroom industry.

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