The number of apprentices fell in almost a quarter of electrotechnical and engineering services firms since the beginning of 2021. The figure comes from an ECA business survey carried out earlier in May. In the light of this finding, ECA applauded yesterday’s confirmation of a ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ in England and urged engineering services employers…
For Mental Health Awareness Week, exhibition visualises the scale of the problem in the UK Male construction workers are three times more likely to die from suicide than the average UK man Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work IronmongeryDirect is campaigning to raise awareness of mental health issues in UK…
JTL, the leading national training provider for electrical and heating and plumbing apprenticeships, has launched a new campaign to guide employers through the process of taking on an apprentice whilst also highlighting the benefit of receiving up to £4,000 in government grants. Its new campaign, ‘six simple steps to taking on an apprentice’, aims to…
Redistributing the £1billion in unspent and expired apprenticeship levy funding could help tens of thousands of young people forge new careers in the trades sector and construction industry By filling a huge gap in the numbers of skilled tradespeople needed in the UK we can help meet soaring home repair and improvement demand and the…
Jamie Jefferies, commercial manager at Access Training UK, on the lifetime skills guarantee: “We welcome the decision to introduce a ‘lifetime skills guarantee,’ supporting construction and manual trade, some of the UK’s strongest sectors during the pandemic. We have seen a surge in people looking to retrain with noticeable increases across the board. Training to…
This pride month the Electrical Industries Charity focuses on its ok to be you. Within the construction industry, 71 per cent of LGBTQ+ workers felt they had to hide their sexuality on site and 51 per cent felt their sexuality prohibited them from career progression. Tom, a generation and renewables employee, had to hide his…
Increasingly long lead times for many products has prompted SELECT and ECA to issue a joint alert to members, warning them about extended delays and urging them to plan ahead and order early. The advice by the leading electrical trade associations comes hot on the heels of a recent warning by BEAMA that demand was…
Government measures to unlock the full potential of local builders would maximise the construction sector’s economic recovery and support the country’s transition to net zero, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to construction PMI data published today. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “It is very positive news that construction…
Bricklayers (73 per cent) are the most likely tradespeople to experience work-related stress Finances are the most common cause of stress IronmongeryDirect is working with mental health charity, Mind, to raise awareness of the issue Nearly half (49 per cent) of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work-related issues, a new study has…
Applications Open for Safety Innovation Award Electrical Safety First has just opened applications for its Safety Innovation Award, with the closing date for entries being the 28 August. The award, now in its fourth year, was established to recognise those who put safety at the heart of product development, while encouraging sustainability and innovation. The Charity…