The Lighthouse Charity has published its 2025 Impact Report, demonstrating once again that they have risen to the challenge of delivering unprecedented and vital emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support in what has been another challenging year for the industry. Key achievements in 2025: Increased the charitable and leveraged support delivered to £6.3m. Supported 6,712…
July 15, marks World Youth Skills Day, which celebrates the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The 2026 theme is ‘Skills for a shared future’ aiming to answer a pivotal question: “What will it take to equip every young person with the competencies they need to thrive…
Energy data specialist IMSERV is strengthening its ability to help customers optimise building performance and accelerate decarbonisation following the acquisition of proptech company arbnco. The acquisition marks IMSERV’s third in 18 months, reflecting the company’s continued investment in building a connected platform that transforms energy data into practical insight for customers. Once integrated, arbnco’s smart…
July 15, marks World Youth Skills Day, which celebrates the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The 2026 theme is ‘Skills for a shared future’ aiming to answer a pivotal question: “What will it take to equip every young person with the competencies they need to thrive…
Senior business leaders from T Clarke, Crown House Technologies, Emcor, Group Metropolitan, Sudlows, Phoenix ME and other contractors joined government departments, Skills England, Barbour ABI, JTL, JIB and Oxford University at the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and BESA’s latest data centre skills roundtable to address one of the UK’s biggest growth opportunities. With more than…
West Northamptonshire is set to deliver one of the country’s most ambitious local on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging programmes, with Char.gy appointed to lead the rollout funded through the Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund and backed by substantial private investment. Following a competitive procurement process, the partnership will deliver more than 3,000 EV…
CU Phosco has supplied a high mast lighting system as part of the redevelopment of Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport in Anguilla. Working with Precision ATM, the project delivers ICAO-compliant LED lighting for the airport’s expanded aircraft stands and apron infrastructure, helping to improve visibility and operational safety across the airfield. Clayton J. Lloyd International…
Finning UK & Ireland is urging operators of commercial, industrial and critical sites to test emergency power arrangements as extreme weather, infrastructure faults and unplanned outages put renewed focus on site-level resilience. The power and energy specialist says organisations should not assume a reliable electricity network means their own site is protected from disruption, with National…
Messe Frankfurt has acquired LiGHT Expo London from [d]arc media to be run out of its London subsidiary, further strengthening its presence within the international lighting and building technology sector. Launched in 2022, LiGHT has rapidly established itself as one of the UK’s leading events for the lighting specification community. Bringing together architects, interior designers,…
Thousands of households are set to benefit from enhanced energy support as UK Power Networks launches a new four-year Enduring Partnership programme with Community Energy Pathways and Hope4U. The initiative has been designed to help around 60,000 customers facing energy challenges by providing both immediate assistance and longer-term solutions, helping households reduce costs, improve home…