“Passion for lighting, regardless of our differences, keeps us all connected and will be our strength moving forwards “, the Institution of Lighting Professionals’ new President has said in her President’s Address. Fiona Horgan became the Institution’s 90th President and the second woman to ever hold the role at the ILP AGM held yesterday. Quoting…
Average earnings on London building sites showed a 4.5 per cent month-on-month increase in May to £885 a week, according to construction payroll data from Hudson Contract. The firm is the UK’s largest payer of freelance site workers with more than 2,500 companies across England and Wales on its books. Managing director Ian Anfield attributed…
The ongoing raw materials shortage is expected to continue into the summer, yet British construction activity surged in May at the fastest rate in nearly seven years – with demand threatening to outstrip supply. One key driver of this activity has been the continued rise in home improvement projects, recent search data from Checkatrade showed…
Campaigning trade association SELECT has welcomed a number of new additions to its Wall of Support which promotes its ongoing crusade for regulation of the electrical industry. Scotland’s largest construction trade association has responded to demand from those who work in the industry by allowing qualified electricians to add a digital ‘brick’ to the online…
In anticipation of events set to take place again later this year, NAPIT have officially released the rescheduled dates and locations for the NAPIT EXPO Technical Roadshow for 2021/22. The Roadshow is a networking and CPD event for like-minded people in the industry, open to both members and non-members free of charge. On the day…
A winning combination of fixed costs, product reliability and good honest customer service means highways services specialist Electrical Testing has now resolved to switch its entire fleet to Mercedes-Benz vehicles from Dealer Orwell Truck & Van. The manufacturer’s representative in East Anglia has just supplied the Norwich-based company with eight small Citan vans. Another 12…
According to figures released today by power management leader Eaton, half (51%) of NHS trusts in the UK have installed EV Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) on-site for their staff, patients and the wider community. While this is a positive step towards a low-carbon future, a similar proportion (53%) of NHS trusts are either behind on decarbonisation targets…
A fledgling women’s football team in Neath has hit the back of the net by winning funding from a national builders’ merchant. Coedffranc Ladies FC, in Skewen, scooped £500 worth of building materials in a competition run by Selco Builders Warehouse. The team, which is preparing for its first season having launched last year, has…
Housebuilders will have to offer effective aftercare service on new homes to iron out snagging problems in a new draft code on quality out for consultation this month. The code requires builders to offer greater consumer protection to new home buyers from when they walk into a sales office through to two years after occupation….
Powercor has worked with leading equine stables Bourne Hill Stables in West Sussex to to protect their thoroughbreds against Equine Flu. The stables has become the first breeding centre in the world to install UV-C lighting. Powercor has installed 22 Philips UV-C disinfection – upper air wall mount units from Signify, the world leader in…