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NATIONAL - Not‑for‑Profits Cleaner Safer Group and BCTA Join Forces

9 March 2026, UK: HETAS’ and Woodsure's parent organisation Cleaner Safer Group (CSG) has announced its formal merger with the Building Compliance Testers Association (BCTA), uniting five respected certification and compliance schemes under a single governance structure. The merger which took…

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GLOS - Not‑for‑Profits Tewkesbury-based Cleaner Safer Group and BCTA Join Forces

9 March 2026, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Tewkesbury-based Cleaner Safer Group (CSG), the parent organisation of HETAS and Woodsure, has announced its formal merger with the Building Compliance Testers Association (BCTA), uniting five respected certification and compliance schemes under a single

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BUCKS - Not‑for‑Profits Cleaner Safer Group and High Wycombe-based BCTA Join Forces

9 March 2026, High Wycombe, Bucks: Cleaner Safer Group (CSG), the parent organisation of HETAS and Woodsure, has announced its formal merger with High Wycombe-based Building Compliance Testers Association (BCTA), uniting five respected certification and compliance schemes under a single governance

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October Press Statement - Wood-burning stoves: The majority of domestic combustion emissions are caused by poor burning habits on outdated appliances

Please find below comment from Head of Technical Services at Cleaner Safer Group, Calvin May, addressing the misconceptions and misinformation around woodburning and the wider solid fuel industry. We thought this could be of interest to keep on file should you be writing future features on…

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Cleaner Safer Group appoints new CEO

31 July 2025, UK: Cleaner Safer Group (CSG) - parent company to independent not-for-profit organisations, HETAS and Woodsure – appoints Barry Cope as its new Chief Executive Officer.  Barry takes the reins from Bruce Allen, who has been in the role at HETAS since 2006, and at Woodsure since 2017.

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Cleaner Safer Group CEO steps down after almost two decades

8 July 2025, UK: Bruce Allen, longstanding CEO of Cleaner Safer Group (CSG) is retiring after almost 20 years. He will remain in his role until September 2025, overseeing the handover and induction of a new CEO to be announced this month.  CSG is the parent company to independent not-for-profit…

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