Investment and innovation boosts half year results at Mobile Mini
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Mobile Mini, a leading hirer of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, with its global operations based in Arizona and UK headquarters based in Stockton on Tees, has announced an increase in half year revenue to £28.9m, for the period January to June 2016 for its UK business.
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See how much you can save with new RHI calculator from Finn Geotherm
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Consumers looking to switch to renewable heating can easily see how much they might save, thanks to a new Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) calculator from renewable heating expert Finn Geotherm.
The innovative RHI calculator has been created within Finn Geotherm's new website. To obtain an illustration of the savings and government incentive available for renewable heating, consumers simply need to log onto www.finn-geotherm.co.uk/rhi-calculator and enter details on the premises they wish to heat and its current heating system.
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Service team travels to the moon and back to support customers
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Developing a good company reputation is normally built on providing excellent customer service, and engineers at Bull Products have certainly gone the extra mile this year. The company has calculated that they travelled 636,000 miles in 2015, more than enough to go to the moon and back!
As leaders in fire site safety equipment, Bull Products provides comprehensive servicing of all its equipment supplied to give customers both peace of mind and compliance with all the relevant regulations. A key part of this process is Bull’s automatic servicing schedule, which is there to remind customers when equipment is due for annual servicing.
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Mobile Mini's thoughts on Brexit: "Keep Calm and Carry On".
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Regardless of whether we personally favoured “remain” or “leave”, many of us will have felt a sense of shock as we woke up to the news on 24th June. The enormity of the decision only struck home to many on that morning, all the more so as it was largely unexpected. Most pollsters, most commentators and even the bookmakers were all predicting a remain vote.
As always when faced with something unexpected, the markets reacted badly, with both the stock markets and pound tumbling in the immediate aftermath. It’s understandable that many businesses are feeling concern over the future, especially as so many uncertainties remain. When will we trigger Article 50 and start the formal process of leaving the EU? How long will the exit negotiations take, and what form will Britain’s future relationship with Europe take? Will restrictions to freedom of movement in Europe impact on the current skills shortages in construction and other industries?
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CPA releases new cathodic protection guidance
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The Corrosion Prevention Association (CPA), one of the associations that comprise the Structural Concrete Alliance, has released two new guides to help newcomers to the industry and those with overall responsibility for structures to understand available cathodic protection (CP) systems and how they work.
Technical Note 11: Impressed Current Anodes for the Cathodic Protection of Atmospherically Exposed Reinforced Concrete summarises the anode systems currently commercially available in the UK,detailing the main features of each system including their installation, typical application and performance.