The Government’s ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee’ has widened its eligibility criteria so now more can benefit from Level 3 course funding. Until recently, the initiative was only open to those who didn’t already have a Level 3 qualification. From April 2022, any adult in England who is unemployed or earning under £18,525 annually can now also…
The pandemic quickly highlighted that tradespeople are essential to our day-to-day lives. They are the people who keep our homes warm, the lights on and the water running. Because of this, when the UK went into lockdown tradespeople were quickly one of the few professions to be labelled as key workers and were able to…
Leading provider of Compliance, Technical and Safety training, Develop Training has now officially opened the doors to its sixth training centre in Brentwood, Essex. The new Brentwood-based centre is situated in the rural setting of Codham Hall and ran its first course, Gas Distribution for Managers, at the start of February. With centres opening in…
Business events are being held in Yorkshire & the Humber and the North East to give local companies more information about how they can win contracts to help Drax deliver its multi-billion-pound bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at Drax Power Station. Drax is aiming to source 80 per cent of construction materials…
Frank Bertie, NAPIT’s Chief Technical Officer, reflects on the success of the NAPIT webinar series that provided support to landlords, letting agents and local authorities on the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations (England) 2020. Since early 2020, NAPIT has run a series of free webinars to provide details and an opportunity…
Leading specialist trade supplier, ElectricalDirect has released its latest catalogue, showcasing the key highlights from its range of over 12,000 stocked products for tradespeople to ‘pick and fuse from’. Perfect for browsing whilst on the go, the 2022 Spring / Summer Edition is available for free delivery, or to view directly from the retailer’s website….
Amendment 2 BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 of the wiring regulations came into effect on Monday, 28th March 2022. As the industry gets to grips with the latest changes to the 18th Edition wiring regulations, Scolmore Group has offered its support to a number of the industry’s key organisations as they embark on a series of events to…
Leading power tools manufacturer Makita UK is offering end users the chance to get their hands on a FREE MR002GZ01 Bluetooth Job Site Radio, or MP001GZ XGT 40VMax Inflator, or ML003G XGT 40VMax Worklight with the purchase and registration of selected XGT 40VMax machines. Makita’s XGT 40VMax range has been designed to offer tradespeople the…
Independent Builders Merchant Group’s (IBMG) electrical division is pleased to announce the opening of its latest Grant & Stone electrical wholesaler located on 32-34 Churchfield Rd, Acton, London. Acton Branch will be the exclusive Schneider franchise in the Acton area. The new branch will also stock MK, Hager, Prysmian, Aurora, Ansell to name but a…
Dave Love from Warrington is Assistant Director of Apprenticeships & STEM at Warrington and Vale Royal College. He started out as an electrician before switching to teaching—first part-time and now full time. Dave previously owned his own Electrical business for 7 years before turning to FE teaching. He’s calling on others to help train the…