NICEIC’s hit technical webinar series THE WIRE returns All-new episodes released covering the most relevant electrotechnical topics Building on the success of the previous series, which saw viewing numbers exceed 45,000, NICEIC takes aim at another record-breaking season NICEIC, the UK’s leading certification body for the building services industry, has released details of an all-new…
This year, Electrical Safety First’s annual Product Safety Conference has the theme of Safe and Sustainable. Chaired by Katie Prescott, Technology Business Editor at The Times, and with a keynote speech by the Minister for Small Business, Consumers, and Labour Markets, it will explore the safety and sustainability agenda and how our move to net…
EDATA, the data pool for the UK’s electrotechnical sector, has recently released a technical update designed to improve the experience of both the creators of product information (the manufacturers) and the consumers of product data (the wholesalers and their contractor customers). Highlights from the latest upgrade include: Automatic 3-tier website navigation structure: for wholesalers moving…
Speaking to tradespeople and the general population, Toolstation have uncovered all the details on how the UK likes their brews, with some interesting results. Yorkshire Tea is Britain’s favourite tea brand; Typhoo is the least popular 92 per cent of Brits agree that the teabag goes in first, however 1.3 per cent put the milk…
The expected surge in the energy price cap to a rumoured £4,266 in January 2023 is not only causing distress for households but has also blown a hole in the Government’s domestic heating strategy. That’s the warning from industry body, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), who have slammed the Government’s Heat and Building Strategy…
Scotland’s first-ever Green Home Festival has been hailed as a resounding success, with organisers already planning next year’s event to cater for the growing interest in low-carbon construction and sustainable living. More than 350 delegates signed up for the five-day renewables jamboree organised by the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV), enjoying a series of in-person…
Dominick Sandford, managing director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “Over the summer, the average pay in UK construction rose at a faster rate than all but one sector, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. “In June, typical weekly earnings stood at £707, which was the fourth consecutive month where income…
Koze Group Ltd, the newly formed business incorporating boiler pricing and ordering app, hiber, is set to offer heating installers unprecedented access to a variety of consumer finance packages following its acquisition of home improvement finance provider, Vendigo Finance. The addition of Vendigo to its family of brands positions Koze Group as one of the…
Electronics and telecommunications have reduced their delivery lead time delays by over half in the last two years, new data has revealed. Unleashed’s Product Lead Time Index used data from its inventory management software to track how product fulfilment has changed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. According to the index, electronic…
More than three quarters (78 per cent) of tradespeople have struggled to source materials this year New research reveals the 10 materials that workers have found hardest to source Plasterers, surveyors and joiners are the worst affected trades The materials shortage has plagued the UK trade industry for two years, and now new research has…