Approximately half of all self-employed people have experienced poor mental health within the past 12 months – 22% worse than the national average.* Simply Business, one of the UK’s largest insurance providers for small businesses, has partnered with Mental Health at Work, a programme curated by leading mental health charity Mind, to conduct the…
Steve Humphreys, Technical Commercial Manager at NAPIT, urges the industry to back the petition to ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets. A petition has been launched calling for the Government to ban the sale of used power tools at car boot sales and markets. Every year hundreds of…
Van drivers have been warned of the common mistakes which could see their insurance void, including having a messy vehicle. Motoring experts from Quotezone.co.uk have revealed five reasons drivers could be invalidating their insurance. One of the most unusual mistakes is having a messy van. Experts advise if the police feel the mess is a hazard…
Unicrimp, part of the Scolmore Group of companies, has welcomed the first visitors to its newly opened showroom at its headquarters in Staffordshire. Launched by Scolmore Group in 2014, Unicrimp has continued to enjoy success with its comprehensive range of cable accessory products and the requirement to invest in a visitor centre and showroom resource…
Outdoor electrical experts and one of the UK’s first EV chargepoint manufacturers, Rolec, and UK-based solar panel engineer and installation partners The Solar Advisory Service have joined forces in a joint mission to spread green energy solutions nationwide. Rolec, who have a full range of solar compatible chargepoints, have been named The Solar Advisory Service’s…
The AEMT has expanded its support for businesses looking at Equality, Diversity & Inclusion The AEMT’s EDI committee has collated a new resource toolkit New AEMT resource offers support with neurodivergence, workplace stress, mental health support and more EDI topics As part of its focus on the topic through the Association’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion…
This year’s InstallerSHOW – the UK’s largest event for influential installers, specifiers and decision makers within heat, water, air and energy – will welcome the cooling industry to the NEC, Birmingham from 25th-27th June with a host of events, lectures and discussions as we aim to inform, debate, network, and celebrate. Whilst the show has…
Power line workers helped residents make ‘swift’ work of a wildlife conservation project in Horsham. Ahead of World Swift Day on June 7, UK Power Networks linespeople teamed up with Trafalgar Neighbourhood Council, Horsham Men’s Shed and residents to fit seven swift nest boxes in hard-to-reach places on homes in the Trafalgar area. A colony…
Experts at Clear Amber used Indeed to find the average weekly pay for different trade positions throughout the UK and discover which profession earns the most. You can find the full research here: https://clearambershop.com/blogs/trade-and-diy-blog/uk-trade-index?_pos=1&_sid=c1f261b6f&_ss=r The top 10 highest earning trades in the UK: Rank Profession Average weekly pay 1 Carpenter £832 2 Gas engineer £735…
Tell me more about your role at McNally and Thompson Reporting to the parent company I am responsible for over 75 employees. With a turnover of £18m my main role is in Pre-Construction and business development whilst overseeing both the Estimating and the Operations Department consisting of over 60 site employees’ as well as specialist…