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(Last update 04/07/2010)

ADVENT News:

• Renewable Energy Page Added (Added 04/07/2010)
  We have added a brand new Renewable Energy page to our website, detailing how Advent can assist you with all your Renewable Energy needs. The following Project Sheet has also been added to our Projects page:
  
  Renewable Energy: Bodrydd, Lleyn Peninsula
  
  
• Steel prices (Added 29/05/2010)
  It has been announced that steel prices are to be linked to the new iron ore pricing mechanism. This means a possible increase of between 20% and 30% in product prices!!! This could well seriously hinder signs of recovery, especially in the new build office development sector which is one of the main markets for steel.
  
  
• Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariffs finalised (Added 03/02/2010)
  This week saw the Government finally confirming the Feed-In Tariff rates for Renewable Energy. More information here!
  Please contact us on info@adventpm.co.uk if you wish to speak to us about any renewable energy and require assistance with Planning applications etc.
  
  
• Tender prices continuing to fall! (Added 03/02/2010)
  The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has recently reported that in the 3rd quarter of 2009, tender prices fell by 0.9% compared with the previous quarter. This is the 4th successive quarterly fall. In comparison with a year earlier, tender prices have fallen by 12.2%.
  
  The BCIS also reports that general inflation fell by 1.3% over the year to 3rd quarter 2009. The BCIS’ forecast to the 4th quarter 2011 is that general inflation is forecast to remain between -0.5 and 3.5% with a return to growth in new work output during 2011, which may see tender prices beginning to rise again over the year. We believe this will depend a lot on whether the Public sector funding is provided at the levels promised to date. We’ll keep you posted!
  
  
• Renewable Energy Grants (Added 03/02/2010)
  Funding has become available from the Government for industrial, commercial and community sectors to assist towards the cost of installing biomass heating systems. Up to 40% grants are available for the difference in cost between a biomass boiler and its fossil fuel alternative. More information here. In order to be eligible for the grant, the boiler (or Combined Heat and Power - CHP Plant) must be fuelled by such materials as wood pellets, purpose-grown energy crops or similar materials.
  
  
• Tîm Fflam are in the Finals! (Added 17/01/2010)
  Advent Project Management are delighted to be sponsoring Tîm Fflam who following their success in December 2009 where they won the best Sponsorship and marketing award and were crowned the Regional Winners they are now representing North Wales in the National Finals that will be held in Birmingham on the 16th / 17th of January 2010.
  
  Tîm Fflam is made up of pupils of Botwnnog School in Gwynedd and have been assisted by Hugh Evans of Rhoshirwaun.
  
  Hugh is involved with Advent to promote Advents business development in the Middle East where he lived and worked for over 15 years and established various international businesses and a reputation for build and establish top level business network between Western and Middle Eastern companies and institutions winning many international business awards for his effort. Hugh not only brings his wealth of business and marketing experience to Tîm Fflam, he is also able to draw on his experience in Championship Motor Car Rallying and Tîm Fflam are personalising Hugh Evans’s car which he will be using in the Arctic Race at the end of January 2010 when he will be joined in Lapland by his son Dylan Evans who also works for Advent Project Management in Bangor.
  
  We will bring more details of both Tîm Fflam’s efforts in the National Finals and Hugh and Dylan’s story of the Arctic Race later on this month but for now , click here to read more about Tîm Fflam……www.tim-fflam.com “
  
  
• More Project Sheets Added (Added 22/12/2009)
  We have added the following Project Sheets to our Projects page:
  
  Leisure & Tourism: Redline Indoor Karting
  Education: Birkenhead School Science & IT Block
  Education: Ysgol Glan-Y-Môr, Pwllheli
  Healthcare: Ysbyty Alltwen, Porthmadog
  Healthcare: Ysbyty Bryn-Y-Neuadd
  Residential: Welsh Housing Quality Standards Project - Anglesey
  Residential: Rhosneigr, Anglesey
  Infrastructure & Transport: Caernarfon Airport Developments
  Commercial: Anglesey Sea Salt
  Industrial: Medical Production Facility
  Public/Community: Penrallt Baptist Church
  
  Please take a few minutes to visit our Projects page for more details on all of these, and our other successful projects.
  
  
• Interested in developing your own wind farm? (Added 05/02/2010)
  Over the past 6 months, Advent Project Management have been assisting clients to look at the potential of erecting small wind turbines at various locations in north Wales. If you require any further information or wish to have an informal and free chat with our Director, please do get in touch. We can also arrange a free no-obligation assessment of the energy that may be created at your site. We can also find funding to erect your own turbines or we can organise your land to be leased for others to develop the wind turbine on your land providing you with up to 25 years of income with little or no outlay. Our fees may be discounted for members of the Country Land and Business Association.
  
  
• Tender Prices update (Added 05/12/2009)
  Tender prices are continuing to fall. The Building Cost Information Service reports… “Tender prices fell by 3.1% in Q2 of 2009 compared with Q1 2009. With new work output is also continuing to fall in 2009 and 2010, tender prices are expected to continue to fall through to the end of 2010, albeit at a slowing rate. As new work output returns to growth in 2011, prices are expected to start rising again.”
  
  
  

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