HPIN and City Plumbing announce strategic partnership to encourage more plumbers and heating engineers to install heat pumps
The Heat Pump Installer Network (HPIN) has announced a new partnership with City Plumbing, one of the UK’s leading plumbing, heating, and electrical suppliers, to make installing heat pumps easier and more accessible for plumbing and heating engineers.
The partnership gives City Plumbing customers access to the HPIN network and HPIN’s new free-to-use MCS umbrella scheme HPIN Direct, which removes the need for installers to obtain and pay for their own MCS accreditation.
With exclusive heat pump bundle pricing for City Plumbing’s customers, free training and support and a range of other benefits, HPIN Direct streamlines MCS-certified heat pump installations from start to finish. From training and support to compliance and pricing, HPIN and HPIN Direct provides a complete installer solution for heat pumps, and it’s free of charge for installers.
With more engineers and plumbers looking to install heat pumps and needing access to MCS accreditations and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, HPIN fills a gap in the market that will help the UK meet its heat pump installation targets.
“City Plumbing is delighted to formalise a partnership with HPIN and EDF Heat Pumps. This partnership gives City Plumbing customers better access to one of the most well established and professionally operated MCS heat pump umbrella services – a great option for our customers to make their business stronger,” said Jez Climas, Head of Business Development – ASHP at City Plumbing.
“I’m really excited with this partnership which gives thousands of boiler installers access to a market they couldn’t reach before with no need to join MCS or pay an umbrella scheme. With our partnership, HPIN and City Plumbing bring together solutions, experience and value for City’s customers including transparent, simple bundle pricing,” said Clayton Browne, Managing Director, HPIN & EDF Heat Pumps
For more information on heat pump installation training and HPIN Direct, visit www.hpin.co.uk
About EDF
EDF is driving the transition towards An Electric Britain – a secure, affordable, low-carbon future for everyone. As Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity, we are investing more than £100 million weekly in Britain’s electricity infrastructure. We supply millions of customers with electricity and help homes and businesses switch to electricity for heating, transport and industrial processes.
We operate five nuclear power stations and more than 35 onshore wind farms and three offshore wind farms. Since 2009, EDF has invested almost £9 billion in the nuclear fleet to improve reliability and extend station lifetimes. The five generating stations currently supply about 12% of the UK’s electricity demand.
EDF is building the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. We are a minority investor (12.5%) in and major supplier to a replica plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C will provide low carbon electricity to meet 14% of UK demand and power around 12 million homes. EDF Group companies Framatome and Arabelle Solutions have a presence in the UK and manufacture critical equipment such as reactor pressure vessels and turbines.
EDF is enabling its 5 million customers, both in business and at home, to choose electric solutions that save cash and carbon, whether it is buying an electric car, generating and storing electricity, selling energy back to the grid or installing solar panels or a heat pump. In 2025, EDF’s Customers business was ranked as one of the Sunday Times’s Best Place to Work.
It is also one of the UK’s leading developers of renewable energy through EDF power solutions UK and Ireland. We have more than 2GW of renewable generation in operation and over 10GW in construction, planning and development across a range of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage.
We are one of the largest suppliers to British business and a leading supplier of innovative energy solutions that are helping businesses become more energy independent. In addition, the company’s energy services business, Dalkia, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest technical service providers.
About City Plumbing
Award-winning experts in the plumbing and heating market, City Plumbing is a national plumbing, heating and electrical supplier for the trade and stocks a wide range of essential products from boilers and circuit breakers to heat pumps and bathroom suites.
Operating from a dedicated network of 300+ branches nationwide, a 250+ network of bathroom showrooms and through its website, City Plumbing serves various industries including heating, plumbing, bathroom, and kitchen installation, electrical, housing development and social housing.
City Plumbing also includes The Bathroom Showroom, Spares, Electrical and Renewables. It is also home to several well-known brands including PTS, City Heating Spares, Direct Heating Spares, The Underfloor Heating Store, National Shower Spares, PlumbNation, and Plumbworld.
The business prides itself on personal customer service and dedicated partnerships with the industry’s major manufacturers. The merchant has also partnered with leading training provider, GTEC, as part of its support for tradespeople making the most of the latest innovations in plumbing and heating.
About EDF Heat Pumps and HPIN
Owned by EDF, the UK’s largest supplier of zero carbon electricity, EDF Heat Pumps is leading the charge towards Zero Carbon Homes. Founded by Clayton Browne, the company has grown to be one of the largest MCS-Certified Heat Pump Installers in the UK. With over 25 years’ experience, the company has installed thousands of heat pumps bringing sustainable heating solutions to homeowners all over the UK.
HPIN is one of the UK’s largest heat pump installer networks, from its state-of-the-art training academy, heat pump training courses, and access to presold jobs for EDF*. Installers can also access HPIN Direct, HPIN’s free MCS umbrella scheme and more including simple heat pump bundle pricing for account holders. All this makes it easier for heating engineers to install heat pumps than ever before.
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