December 2023

Industry News
BIG BENEFITS FOR
BURTON IRVINE
BRANCH
Burton Roofing Merchants has relocated and
invested in a more extensive Irvine branch to
enhance its product range and service
offering in Ayrshire and the wider East
Scotland.
The new branch, which also
carries the latest energy-efficient
green technologies to help reduce its
carbon footprint, sees over £200,000 invested
to more than quadruple capacity from 18,400
sq. ft. to 80,358 sq. ft. compared to the
previous branch.
The additional space means more product
lines will be stocked to facilitate increased
demand, particularly for solar and flat roof
products, and it is the largest branch that the
company has opened this year.
The new Burton Roofing Merchants branch on
Auchengate Business Park replaces the
former Rinus branch, which Burton Roofing
Merchants acquired in 2021 and was located
at Mackintosh Place. The company aims for
the expansion to lead to additional jobs within
the year.
Jon Smith, Operations Director at Burton
Roofing, commented on the investment: “As a
business, we have a purpose centred around
helping customers enhance their businesses.
The enlarged branch will help us deliver our
promise by giving access to innovative roofing
products combined with our Irvine team’s
expert and friendly service.”
More news, updates and interviews at www.total-contractor.co.uk
CERTIFIED CONTRACTOR GROWTH AT MCS
MCS (the Microgeneration Certification years of the scheme combined.
Scheme), the standards organisation for
At the end of 2022, MCS says it had fewer than
small-scale renewable energy and heat, has
2,000 solar PV contractors – whereas today, they
announced it has surpassed 4,000 MCS
have over 3,200. This growth mirrors the rapid
certified contractors.
rise in certified solar PV installations across the
The organisation says the growth in the number UK and the growing demand amongst
of certified companies installing low-carbon homeowners to generate their own home-grown
technology highlights the growth in consumer electricity, reducing energy bills, claiming energy
confidence in home-grown energy across the UK, independence, and decreasing their carbon
and reflects the growing demand for MCS
footprint.
certified contractors across the nation.
The scheme has also recorded over 200,000
In October, MCS certified its 4,000th contractor, certified installations of small-scale technologies
as the number of homeowners looking for
in 2023.
certified installers to retrofit their homes with
Ian Rippin, MCS CEO, explained: “MCS is
solar panels, heat pumps and other renewable
extremely proud to have certified more than 4,000
technologies continued to grow. MCS says its
contractors. It is extremely encouraging to see our
certification is a mark of quality providing
certified contractor base continuing to grow at
assurance to consumers, and being MCS certified
pace in support of the ever-growing demand for
demonstrates that a contractor installs renewable
small-scale renewable technologies.
energy and heating systems to industry-expected
levels of quality every time.
“Our mission is to give people confidence in
home-grown energy, and this enormous growth
The organisation says 2023 has been a recordbreaking
year for MCS so far as the scheme has
in our contractor base shows that UK
consumers have more and more confidence
seen over 1,700 new contractors becoming
every day.”
certified in the last 11 months, a 70% growth in
the contractor base since the end of 2022. In You can hear from the Installer community here -
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in 2023 so far than in the previous six EV7E
Branch Manager Jim Finnegan added:
“Customers that have already been to the new
branch have been impressed with the product
range, and it will help cement our ambition to
be a centre of excellence in new roofing
technologies and products.”
www.burtonroofing.co.uk
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