'Heat Training Grant': Government to offer £500 payments to help engineers take heat pump training courses

Cecilia Keating
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New £5m grant scheme designed to support faster uptake of heat pumps across the country

The government has this morning announced a new £5m grant programme designed to help expand the UK's qualified heat pump installer workforce. The newly minted Department for Energy Security and Net...

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