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Midlands Plumbing and Heating Company Acquired by EON

Gas and power giant has bought CHN Group, a Midlands based plumbing and heating firm, for an undisclosed multi-million pound amount.Headquartered in Lower Gornal, CHN Group provides plumbing and heating services to large builders, local authorities and housing associations. The company offers a wide range of services, from standard boiler installation and other plumbing and heating jobs through gas service and maintenance. In addition to traditional plumbers jobs, the company has taken on electrical expertise and is offering industry training services. The heating and plumbing company has grown to eleven offices around the West Midlands (including Birmingham, Telford, Kidderminster, Cheltenham and Cannock) and employs 430 employees. Turnover for 2006 was over £29m.The firm is proud of its training facility, and is one a small number of companies that has its own City & Guild and NICEIC approved training facilities for plumbing and heating engineers, both internally and extern ...
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Plumber 'Heat' Tops Sunday Times List

Plumbing and heating engineers Heat from Belfast has come top of the Sunday Times list of best 100 mid-size companies to work for. The plumbers and heating engineers that design, install and maintain domestic central heating systems and boilers in social housing in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and England has invested heavily in ensuring its staff is well looked after. This approach has won the plumbing and heating company many awards and the latest accolade is that it now won the official prize as the best mid-size company to work for in the UK.Managers at the plumbing and heating company go out of their way to motivate the plumbers and other staff and act as role models. All plumbers and heating engineers are encouraged to take decisions and the culture of asking permission is non existent, which is reflected across the board in boiler installation, central heating service and boiler replacement jobs. Many plumbers are investing in further plumbing NVQ training under the ...
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