As it enters its fourth year of trading as an independent lighting company, Ovia is bigger, and its future brighter than ever. The company was launched at the end of 2019 with industry expert Mike Collins at the helm and a small sales team hitting the phones and the roads. The aim was to bring…
Engineering services apprentice Veronica Jennings of Imtech Engineering Services wins prestigious industry prize Veronica Jennings has been recognised as one of the country’s leading electrotechnical and engineering services apprentices, after winning the coveted 2022 ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year Award during a ceremony held at the Royal Society in London. Veronica, who works for…
MKM is proud to announce the opening of its 100th branch, which officially opened its doors in Bromsgrove on Friday 23rd September. The company began life as a start-up business, founded in Hull 27 years ago. From its humble beginnings with just five people in a 5,000sq ft shed, MKM now has over 2500 employees,…
Ellis Patents’ tool-room manager, Mark Angus likes to think big in his spare time. His hobby? Building steam engines in his backyard. Over the last eight years Mark’s been working on a full-scale replica of a Foster steam engine, which was originally built by William Foster & Co in Lincoln in the early 20th century….
Intrepid team members from Birmingham building services provider J S Wright have raised more than £4,200 for their adopted charity after completing an epic challenge in the Lake District. Twenty-six staff and three suppliers tested their fitness, commitment and determination by taking part in the Lakes Triple Challenge in aid of Warwick-based Molly Ollys, which…
World EV Day is a global movement, driving change, celebrating e-mobility and encouraging transitions to sustainable transport. City & Guilds have made significant strides to support this agenda in the past 12 months by developing a range of new products that will support the need to train tens of thousands of people to fit the…
BEIS awards grant funding to Thormer Solutions to develop revolutionary new heat pump app for installers and their customers. Total Heat Pump Installation Solution (THIS) is an exciting new software package and supporting app set to revolutionise the heat pump sector. Part funded by the department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Heat Pump…
Commusoft has partnered with City Plumbing: access real-time parts pricing with the powerful City Plumbing integration. Commusoft and City Plumbing announce their new partnership. This will enable the companies’ clients to sync their Commusoft and City Plumbing accounts. Additionally, they will be able to check live pricing for parts easily when they raise a purchase…
Chancellor Kwarteng presented the fiscal statement to the House of Commons. What many news outlets have referred to as a mini-budget, and yet it was anything but. Numerous policies were expected to be on the agenda, including a host of tax cuts. The tax cuts outlined this morning in the House of Commons was, as…
The Circular lighting live conference and exhibition sold out over a week before the event was due to take place. With 250 registered attendees from specifiers, manufacturers and suppliers, the one day conference, which took place on 22 September, discussed how the lighting industry can make the circular economy a reality. Chaired by Ray Molony,…