CRS Building Supplies is thanking customers and suppliers for helping them to raise £2,552.08 for the Somerset-based charity Help the Child. The charity is dedicated to helping children with disabilities across the county reach their full potential and create a brighter future by providing specialist equipment, such as wheelchairs, computer software, car seats and sensory…
26 young volunteers gain skills in painting and decorating and health and safety Toolstation, one of Britain’s fastest-growing suppliers of tools and building supplies has joined forces with social enterprise Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) for its latest project, transforming the Traffic Light System Boxing Club in Lambeth, London. The club was established by local boxing…
Charlie Mullins OBE, Founder of £multi-million plumbing empire, Pimlico Plumbers, opened the East Anglia Energy Academy yesterday alongside leading figures from the trade, businesses, and the public sector including Huntingdonshire District Council and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Last year, The Trade Skills Index warned of a “catastrophic” and increasing skills shortage impacting the…
By Paul Spence , Technical Manager for heatly There is a lot of talk about the ‘spark gap’ – the difference in price between gas and electricity – as being one of the main reasons between consumers shying away from heat pumps, with closing this gap heralded by some in the heat pump sector as…
A utility firm has pledged £700,000 as part of its commitment to its Supported Studies programme this year – as the UK celebrates ‘Learning at Work Week’. UK Power Networks, which delivers electricity to London, the East and the South East of the UK, has several staff training programmes including: Supported Studies: £700,000 towards employees’…
A family-owned electrician business in Lanarkshire has been modernised after the new owners accessed specialist advice from Business Gateway. T.R. Aitchison is an electrical contractor with over 60 years of experience in the electrical industry. They specialise in reactive and planned electrical maintenance work and electrical testing for both domestic and commercial clients. Husband and…
Falls from height remain the leading cause of workplace fatalities and injuries in the UK, accounting for an alarming 30 per cent of all deaths in 2022/2023¹. In order to gather more comprehensive data on the underlying causes and circumstances of falls from height, the No Falls Foundation, the first and only UK-based charity devoted…
Four in five UK tradespeople experience some form of mental health problem due to work As part of IronmongeryDirect’s Mental Health in the Trades campaign, UK electricians have shared their stories A charity tournament at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge (25th May) is raising money for Mind For Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19th May), UK electricians have…
In a landmark move to address the pressing issue of mental health within construction, Veriforce CHAS has launched the first Mental Health & Wellbeing evaluation for the sector. The question set is integrated as a voluntary module within the core Veriforce CHAS assessment and marks a significant step towards embedding a culture of mental health…
Following the Scottish Government’s declaration of a national housing crisis, The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) urgently calls on government and industry leaders to launch a comprehensive national retrofit plan. This strategy would harness the tens of thousands of vacant, sub-standard properties across Scotland, transforming them into energy-efficient homes and significantly alleviating…