Toolstation, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of tools and building supplies, has partnered with eLocker to install 17 collection lockers outside its Toolstation GO store in Battersea, offering customers a faster, more convenient way to shop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Once the order is made at any time during business…
A new online tool is helping schools, hospitals and community organisations uncover solar projects that stack up, identify viable opportunities for network connections and find the funding to make them happen. Designed to take the guesswork out of solar planning, UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operators’ ‘Opportunity Finder’ tool provides simple, practical insights including estimated…
By William Heinzelmann, Product Director at Passiv UK One uncomfortable conclusion is becoming hard to ignore in the heat pump sector: heat pumps are often costing more than they need to, for both installers and homeowners. The Government is pushing hard to accelerate heat pump adoption, targeting more than 450,000 heat pump installations per year…
Local groups and organisations across the UK are being invited to apply for a share of £1 million to help protect people from electrical dangers in the home. Applications open on Monday 17 August for consumer safety charity Electrical Safety First’s annual Electrical Safety Fund, which is now in its fifth year. The Fund provides…
At the beginning of July, Colchester Institute officially launched its updated Multifuel Oil Training Facility where Grant UK have supplied HVO compatible Vortex oil boilers for the provision of OFTEC training and assessment as well as Grant product training. Alongside the delivery of oil-fired product training, the Grant UK Training Academy will also be delivering…
By Graeme Hamilton, Managing Director – Energy, OCS The UK’s relationship with cooling is changing. For decades, heating has rightly dominated conversations around energy management and building performance. Cooling, meanwhile, has often been viewed as a seasonal requirement rather than a year-round strategic priority. But with temperatures rising and the increasing frequency of heatwaves, that…
Leaders from across the electric vehicle and charging industries have responded to the publication of the Government’s consultation on the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The consultation follows weeks of speculation about potential reform of the mandate, including changes to the 2030 battery electric vehicle (BEV) target and extended allowances for plug-in hybrids. The Society…
With A Level results announced this morning and a record number of students securing places on engineering and technology courses, Dan Hutchinson, Vice President of HR, UK & Ireland at Schneider Electric, shares his thoughts on the many routes into industry available to young people today: “A Level results day is a significant milestone for young people…
High wages and lack of employer funding are the biggest obstacles to Scotland’s electrical businesses recruiting apprentices, a new survey by the country’s construction largest trade association has revealed. Some 52% of respondents to the poll by SELECT said that the financial double-whammy was the main reason for them not taking on an apprentice or adult trainee. A massive 87% claimed that…
Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has welcomed the approval of a new datacentre in west London, but warned that rapid expansion must be matched by sufficient grid capacity and a skilled electrical workforce. ECA said datacentres can bring major economic opportunities for UK engineering services businesses, from construction and installation to long-term maintenance and specialist technical work….