Monthly Archives: September 2013

Nestle – New Production Line

Virtus were recently appointed to provide Construction Management and Health and Safety expertise on a new production line for the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Virtus are working with MUSK; one of Nestle’s Trusted Suppliers to provide the Principal Contractor role on this fast moving and complex project within a live 24 hour […]

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Changes to Building Regulations for England – Part L from 6th April 2014

According to the government’s latest announcement, the updates to Part L that were originally planned for October 2013 will now come into force on 6th April 2014.  There is still only limited information on the changes. The information that is available is summarised in brief below: New build homes will have to be an average […]

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Virtus Expands its NHS Team

On the back of recent success and a strong relationship with the NHS both on Energy Reduction and Capital Projects, Virtus have increased their client programme office support at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. One of our Senior Project Managers has joined the Programme office team at Heartlands Hospital […]

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UK could benefit by up to £1.9bn through new assessment plan

Proposals for new energy saving assessments for larger firms in the UK have been published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).  These assessments, required by the new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), will enable companies to identify opportunities to save money on energy bills through improved energy efficiency and could benefit the […]

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Government set to weaken EU:ETS penalty regime

The government is set to weaken its penalty regime for those companies which fail to comply with the EU carbon emissions trading system (EU:ETS).  This follows the reduction in sanctions for non-compliance introduced last January, which lowered the Environment Agency’s enforcement powers from criminal sanctions to purely civil remedies. Currently, undisclosed errors that are voluntarily […]

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