The Energy Savings Trust (EST) have today announced that 44% of the total number of discount vouchers available have been claimed since the Boiler Scrappage Scheme was launched in England on January 18th.
Some 54,758 vouchers which give households a £400 discount off a new A-Rated boiler when they trade in their old G-Rated boiler have...
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Boiler Scrappage Scheme Benefit for Thousands
Scottish Parliament Approves Boiler Scrappage Scheme
Alex Salmond’s SNP budget won approval yesterday from MSPs by 66 votes to 45, with the announcement of a £2m Boiler Scrappage Scheme for Scotland.
Pressure had been on the Scottish Government for some time to introduce a similar scrappage scheme to the one which has run so successfully in England since the beginning of 2010. Yesterday’s...
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Boiler Scrappage Scheme Vouchers Released
As from January 18th, the Energy Savings Trust (EST) will begin issuing the £400 vouchers to those homeowners who have successfully applied for the recently launched Boiler Scrappage Scheme.
The £400 vouchers should be received approximately 10 days after receipt of your application to the EST. The vouchers are valid for 12 weeks from the date of issue...
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Funding Under Pressure From Boiler Scrappage Scheme Popularity
The Energy Savings Trust (EST) has stated that the Boiler Scrappage Scheme’s £50m funding could run out as soon as March due to high popularity of the scheme during the first few days since its launch on January 5th.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed the scheme had prompted 72,000 telephone calls to...
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Heat is Turned Up for Scottish Boiler Scrappage Scheme
The Scottish Government is feeling the heat as pressure mounts to fund their own Boiler Scrappage Scheme, similar to the scheme announced by Chancellor Alistair Darling in his pre-Budget report for England and Wales.
The Scottish Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) believes the scheme would be both beneficial to their economy, while contributing to their...
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Are You One Of The 125,000 Eligible Homeowners?
Since the Government’s announcement of the Boiler Scrappage Scheme, homeowners and gas engineers a-like are waiting for full details to determine whether the scheme is to be operated through Warm Front on a nationwide level or alternatively at a local level, which would make the homeowner responsible for arranging the installation process.
Furthermore, there is...
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NPower Launches its own Boiler Scrappage Scheme
Following the announcement of the Government’s proposed Boiler Scrappage Scheme, Npower has become the first major energy supplier to launch its own scrappage scheme.
As from Monday 14th December, Npower have said they will offer £400 off a new boiler when homeowners replace one that is more than 10 years old, with the only stipulation being that...
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Identifying The Rating of Your Existing Boiler
The newly introduced boiler scrappage scheme will see households with a G-rated boiler (the lowest efficiency level) receive £400 towards a new boiler or renewable heat unit. With new boilers costing anything between £600 and £3,000 this incentive comes as a welcome saving, but how do you find out if you have a G-rated...
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Government Announces Boiler Scrappage Scheme
“Building on our successful car scrappage scheme, I will help up to 125,000 homes replace the most inefficient boilers with new models.” declared Chancellor Alistair Darling today.
Homeowners in England will now be able to claim £400 subsidies for the purchase of new energy efficient boilers through a new, (and much petitioned) Boiler Scrappage Scheme,...
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