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Did you know that your business could get an additional £3,000 for each new apprentice you take on? The incentive payment is in addition to the £1,000 employers already receive for hiring an apprentice! So, that’s £4K for each apprentice – that’s a pretty good financial incentive and apprenticeships bring lots of other business benefits too. But get your skates on as there’s limited t [...]

Field service businesses are a crucial part of the global economy. If you’re not digitising your business, then you’re potentially leaving money on the table. As the world becomes more digital, your business needs to keep up with these technological advancements to offer your clients the best possible service. Whether it’s updating engineers timetables, optimising travel routes or ema [...]

Global warming is happening. Melting icecaps, rising sea levels, heatwaves and catastrophic floods, the likes of which we’ve never seen before, are testimony. So, what can we as the heating industry do about this?Well, the race to Net Zero is on and decarbonising heat is a huge challenge.  In this blog we look at some of the alternatives, but first what does legislation say …In 2 [...]

Always being aware of your business expenses is as important as generating cash flow into your company. Whether it’s trivial daily costs or essential financial responsibilities like ensuring all payments have been made on time, every expense affects your business and should be recorded digitally. Understanding the inherent need for a business to be organised, Joblogic has created job [...]

Recent renewable energy and smart HVAC technology methods are making our commercial and residential systems more sustainable and energy efficient than ever before. A reduction in energy consumption not only offers huge savings on energy costs but can also reduce overall carbon footprint.  This step forward is one that all HVAC service providers are required to take, now needing t [...]

Building services and Facilities Management (FM) firms are busier than ever as they deal with a backlog of non-urgent maintenance and repairs. But despite the easing of lockdown restrictions, it’s not quite business as usual just yet. Deep concern about coronavirus continues, and many people in both residential and commercial settings are still wary of tradespeople and engineers visit [...]

Take a look around you. How many of your colleagues, managers, employees, business partners or other leaders in your sector are women? More to the point, how many of them are in qualified engineering or technical roles? If you are in the engineering, construction or building services sectors, the chances are it’s very few. Just 11% of the engineering sector in the UK is made up of wom [...]

On June 26th it is World Refrigeration Day and there’s never been a better time to celebrate it. From air conditioning to getting Covid vaccines delivered, here we celebrate 10 reasons why getting a job in the refrigeration, cooling and heat pump sector could be the coolest career move you’ve ever made. This year the campaign is “Cooling Champions: Cool Careers for a Better World”, an [...]

Optimising cash flow is a key element of business success, allowing you to pay your staff and suppliers on time. One of the easiest ways to do this is to invoice your customers accurately and fast, which sounds simple but without a streamlined invoicing process, there’s a lot that can go wrong. This guide walks you through how to create an invoice checklist to make sure that every pro [...]

As people return to workplaces, pubs, restaurants and shops, there is a renewed focus on how we keep buildings safely ventilated during Covid and beyond. All eyes are on the Facilities Management and HVAC sectors for guidance on making this happen. This blog explores ventilation solutions in the context of Covid-19, how ventilation in buildings after Covid can finally get the attentio [...]

Suicide is now sadly the single biggest killer of men under 45 and male site workers are three times more likely to commit suicide than the average male in the UK. In fact, suicide kills more construction workers than falls. Depression and anxiety have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders in construction, and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) warns of a silent mental heal [...]

Within the field service industry, businesses can often be guilty of a lack of organisation. This can naturally lead to mistakes, duplication of tasks or data and all round confusion for both staff and customers.  Having a proper job scheduling system in place enables your field workers to take complete ownership of a project. This not only increases productivity and revenue, but [...]