ECS has been referenced as part of the latest update to the Qualifications Guide for Qualified Supervisors with Electrotechnical Certification and Competent Persons Schemes, positioning the ECS Gold card as a quick and simple method of evidencing the standards achieved by an Installation or Maintenance Electrician. This means your ECS Gold card can now be…
Cost of living crisis leading to increasingly desperate measures with potentially fatal consequences, says SELECT and SNIPEF Illegal meter-tampering is putting people’s lives at risk as they resort to increasingly desperate measures to reduce spiralling energy bills, two leading electrical and plumbing trade bodies have warned. Campaigning electrical association SELECT and the Scottish and Northern…
One Surrey-based family saved over £850 on electricity bills in 2022 by charging their electric vehicle (EV) during the night to take advantage of lower off-peak rates. The whole charging process was managed automatically by their Andersen EV charger, which has built-in smart functionality to track when off-peak tariffs start and end, activating charging at…
The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code has reached an important milestone – there are now over 250 members who have pledged to increase the diversity and number of young people entering engineering and technology careers. Managed and delivered by EngineeringUK for the engineering community, The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code brings together organisations working towards common goals. Signatories of…
The Hudson Group, which owns RMS and Armorduct, has formed a new partnership with Wibe Group to provide specialist cable management solutions for corrosive and hazardous environments. The collaboration will see Wibe cable ladders and Mita Glass Reinforced Polymer (GRP) containment products distributed to the UK through ‘Milton’, a new division of the Hudson Group….
Develop Training, one of the UK’s leading accredited providers of compliance, technical and safety training, has announced that it has been awarded the coveted gold standard from Investors in People (IIP). Achieved by less than 10% of those that apply for IIP accreditation, Develop Training is now officially considered the kind of workplace that puts…
One of the UK’s leading universities, Kings College is expanding and updating its electric vehicle (EV) charging network with help from Mer. EV charging specialist Mer won the contract put out to tender by King’s, to grow and modernise its network of EV chargers across multiple sites. This included replacing older charging points with smart…
The Retrofit Academy secures funding to deliver over 1200 retrofit courses in England to help the UK achieve its net zero goals by building a highly skilled retrofit workforce. The Retrofit Academy (TRA), a leading provider in retrofit training, has been awarded funding from the Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to…
Following the Government announcing the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme to support businesses post-March, energy and sustainability consultancy Advantage Utilities have today provided their thoughts on what lies ahead for commercial energy in 2023. As the past 18 months have demonstrated, energy markets remain extremely volatile in the UK and abroad. Though predicting the direction…
JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, has donated £5,000 to community projects nominated by its own workforce. JTL presented cheques to three winning organisations, who were announced as: Dartford Royals Football Club, Blackburn Leisure Astronomical Society and Burton Rugby Club Young Ambassadors Programme. In…