Screwfix recently welcomed Maggie Throup MP, Member of Parliament for Erewash, and Alex Avis, reigning champion for Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2022, to the Ilkeston store in Derbyshire. Ms Throup and Mr Avis, who is from Nottingham, had the opportunity to take a guided tour of the Ilkeston store and find out from the team how…
AEI Cables has won further valuable support for its initiative highlighting the need for only using approved cabling in a range of critical applications of Category 3 Control fire performance cables. The systems powered by these cables – including smoke and heat extraction systems – assist fire services in firefighting and enabling safe evacuation in…
JTL, the leading work-based learning provider in England and Wales, has recently partnered with Enerveo to launch its first apprenticeship academy. The academy will see 20 JTL trainees undertake a six-week traineeship before beginning their apprenticeship with Enerveo, one of the UK’s leading electrical contracting businesses that offers a uniquely broad scope of services, specialising…
PM hopeful Rishi Sunak’s pledge to protect the green belt and focus on delivering new homes on brownfield sites has been described as lacking insight by construction industry. Mr Sunak has said he wants to help smaller developers by removing barriers hindering them from building new homes and has pledged to tackle land banking. The…
The Joint Industry Board (JIB) has reiterated the importance of early workplace dispute resolution in order to prevent conflicts spiralling out of control and parties becoming ‘entrenched in their views’. The JIB has over 50 years’ experience of dispute resolution through conciliation and mediation. Under its Employment Terms and Conditions, the JIB has its own…
Suppliers’ reluctance to take on new customers and the struggles of brokers and intermediaries to secure the quantities of quotes for their clients that they have been used to are sign posts of where the business energy sector could be heading. With businesses potentially struggling to get credit insurance, which limits business risk, increasing supplier…
How understanding installation categories can keep you safe, explains Steve Dunning, managing director of Martindale Electric. Many electrical products, including vital pieces of testing equipment, are assigned a safety rating commonly known as “CAT”, falling into one of four measurement categories: a classification system determined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) which tells the user…
With unprecedented temperatures of 40 degrees hitting the UK last month, concerns have heightened surrounding climate change and the ambitious target of the UK to reach net zero by 2050. Net zero was a popular topic at our recent Round Table event. The consensus being that most people are fully behind becoming net zero but…
Grassroots rugby league clubs have been given the chance win a money-can’t-buy package to celebrate the Rugby League World Cup 2021 taking place this autumn. Tournament partner Selco Builders Warehouse, one of the UK’s leading builders merchants, has launched an exciting competition open to all amateur clubs in England and Wales. Amongst the prizes will…
MKM is paving the way to greater sustainability across its network by trialling solar power at two of its established branches. The UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant is taking another step forward in its commitment to tackling carbon emissions after installing solar PV technology at both its Leeds and Newark branches. Rachel Constable, Head of…