News

Increase in debt recovery needs

With Prompt Payer busier than ever with recovering members’ debts, it is no surprise the Criminal court backlog figures for April this year have been published, showing 58,271 outstanding cases in the Crown Court compared to 57,870 the month earlier.

Relaxing Airbnbs in the UK with wood burners

As summer approaches and the weather gets warmer, Airbnb’s become increasingly popular for booking short breaks away in the UK. We have put together a list of Airbnb’s in the UK with wood burners, so you can end each day of your staycation by cosying up in front of a stove.

HETAS Is Helping Make Cleaner Choices Each And Every Day

As the non-profit organisation committed to helping people make cleaner and safer choices in the use of biomass and other solid fuels and associated technologies, HETAS is helping everyone make cleaner choices each and every day.

HETAS Approved Biomass Maintenance Scheme; the latest news

As of April 2022, updates to The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 made it a legal requirement to prove non-domestic biomass heating systems have been properly maintained in order to continue receiving RHI payments.

Fresh, new look for the HETAS, Woodsure, and Ready to Burn websites

HETAS, Woodsure and the DEFRA-backed Ready to Burn scheme websites reveal brand new looks, as well as dedicated areas for Consumer and Trade, giving users access to the very latest industry news and knowledge, with ease of navigation at their heart.

CAFS2 Update | April 2022

Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 – Towards a Better Place for Everyone is Scotland’s second air quality strategy, setting out how the Scottish Government and its partner organisations propose to further reduce air pollution to protect human health and fulfil Scotland’s legal responsibilities over the period 2021-2026. Representatives from the domestic combustion sector regularly meet…

Boiler Upgrade Scheme now open

The £450 million Boiler Upgrade Scheme (previously known as the Clean Heat Grant) is part of more than £3.9 billion of new funding being announced by the government for decarbonising heat and buildings. This will fund the next 3 years of investment through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, the Home Upgrade Grant scheme, the Boiler…

Biomass maintenance requirements

Incoming legislation this April will pay dividends for installers, non-domestic biomass heating owners and the environment, says HETAS.  As of April 2022, updates to The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 will make it a legal requirement to prove biomass heating systems in non-domestic settings have been properly…

International Women’s Day – What #BreakTheBias Means To HETAS Registrants?

For International Women’s Day, this year’s theme is #BreakTheBias, and we saw this as an opportunity to showcase some of the women within the industry, which is traditionally seen as a male-dominated sector. We are proud to support women as an employer and through our registration schemes and feel it is important to continue to…

National statistics of emissions of air pollutants

On the 18th February 2022 Defra published its emissions of air pollutants national statistics. The publication provides estimates of UK emissions of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen oxides, ammonia, non-methane volatile organic compounds and sulphur dioxide. The information contains statistics on annual emissions for the period 1970 to 2020.  The full set of emissions…