To celebrate this year’s Guinness Six Nations Championship, Drayton, the official sponsors of European Rugby Champions the Exeter Chiefs, has launched ‘Drayton’s Big Tackle’, the fantasy league for heating engineers and electricians. Playing against fellow tradesmen, the Drayton team and merchants, installers will be challenged to build their own squad that will take them to…
Esh Construction is backing the industry-wide efforts to open up the dialogue on mental health, as workers continue to combat the mental strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about mental health anxieties is the best way to alleviate your own concerns, according to the firm’s Director of Health and Safety Quality and Environment, William Stobbs….
New report from Liquid Gas UK and Ecuity Consulting LLP outlines opportunities to decarbonise the non-domestic off-grid sector with LPG and bioLPG Replacing coal and oil in non-domestic buildings with LPG and bioLPG would save 3.5mt of CO2 – equivalent to taking over 240,000 cars off the road BioLPG produces 24 times less Particular Matter…
SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association, is throwing its weight behind the Government’s vaccination roll-out, with the offer of a ready-to-use facility which could accommodate hundreds of people. The campaigning body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland has offered its training centre at its Bush Estate HQ near Penicuik, Midlothian, to NHS professionals behind one…
It is easy for an Annual Review to focus on the many problems 2020 brought to the electrical contracting industry. The Joint Industry Board (JIB) releases its 2020 Annual Review by recapping its key announcements and achievements from last year. The speed and spread of Coronavirus made 2020 one of the most difficult years in…
Certsure has announced plans to retire the ELESCA brand from all of its schemes. Starting 26 April 2021, the organisation will begin to transfer ELECSA customers over to the NICEIC brand. The transition of all ELECSA customers will be completed by November 2022. This news marks an important moment in Certsure’s history as the company…
Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme, has set a target to be net zero carbon by 2030. The target, agreed by the Recolight board in January, will cover all Recolight’s operations. Commenting on the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said:“As a recycling compliance scheme, Recolight is already committed to limiting the environmental impact…
Siemens has unearthed the next generation of engineering, technology and business talent through an innovative, virtual competition which challenged students to design a smart, sustainable and interconnected transport system. The two-day hackathon-style event, dubbed ‘Siemens SustainaCity Racer’, involved 60 promising students from 11 of its partner universities including: Birmingham, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Loughborough, Portsmouth,…
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SELECT has urged electricians to take part in a second consultation on the regulation of the electrical industry – and says only government legislation can bring about “comfort and security” to customers. Scotland’s largest construction trade association is asking Members and the wider industry to make their views known in the latest appeal for feedback,…