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Capita has signed a ten-year contract with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to operate a new gas installer registration scheme in Great Britain from April 1 2009, with HSE retaining the option to terminate the contract after five years.
Around 250 CORGI employees are expected to TUPE transfer to Capita when the CORGI scheme, which has run for more than 17 years, ends on March 31. Capita will operate the scheme from Basingstoke and accept registrations and renewals for April 1 2009 from January 2009.

WORLD LP GAS FORUM 2008 PROMOTES LOW CARBON LPG

The World LP Gas Association (WLPGA) held its World LP Gas Forum 2008, themed Clean Energy for a Low Carbon World, on September 24-26 in Seoul, Korea.

BRITISH COMPRESSED GASES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2009

The British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) will hold its 2009 Annual Conference on April 23 at the De Vere Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry.

Other news

EUROTUNNEL SAYS NON TO LPG AUTOGAS VEHICLES - Eurotunnel has announced that it has decided not to allow lpg autogas vehicles through the Channel Tunnel. .

LPG PROVIDA STAFF TO ATTEMPT NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ABSEIL -On December 14 2008, five intrepid employees from LPG Provida Ltd will attempt the Christmas Nightmare Abseil 150ft down the Abyss at the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham to raise money for the Stroke Association.

LOCHINVAR EXTENDS ECOFORCE WATER HEATER RANGE - Lochinvar has extended its range of high efficiency, gas-fired condensing water heaters. The company’s EcoForce range now comprises eight models, with hot water recovery rates from 716 to 3,400 litres per hour against a 44 degree Celsius temperature rise.

FEATURES

TACKLING THE LP GAS INDUSTRY’S ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ON UKLPG’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY

UKLPG, the lp gas industry’s new trade association, celebrates its first birthday on January 1 2009. David Asquith of Countrywide Energy Ltd, the association’s first chairman, looks back.

TAKING A VITAL STEP FORWARD IN LPG CYLINDER RETRIEVAL

The problem of lpg cylinders in the waste stream remains a highly contentious issue for the lp gas industry. Understandably, we face increasing pressures from local authorities.

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