Following the completion of a £5.5 million, three-year project, the OpenLV project team is presenting its findings to the energy industry via a webinar on 17 November. This ground-breaking project was carried out to explore how distributed intelligence in substations can directly benefit network operators – and how it might benefit the transition to Net…
Self-employed electricians earned an average of £1,074 a week last month – the equivalent of a £52,000 annual salary. Hudson Contract, the construction industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors, said earnings increased by 5.6 per cent during October. It was the fourth consecutive month in which weekly pay was above the £1,000 threshold. Electrical contractors in…
The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) has once again teamed up with Electrical Safety First (ESF) to give free lockout kits to Scotland’s trainee electricians. Now in its 12th year, the partnership saw SECTT training officers visit colleges and training centres across the country to hand out more than 650 of the kits to…
Leading electrotechnical and engineering services trade body ECA has called on the Government to further ramp up measures against late payers in the private sector supply chain. In its response to a Government consultation on proposed changes to the Prompt Payment Code, ECA stated that Code signatories should commit to pay 95 per cent of…
Chalmit, a division of the Hubbell Harsh & Hazardous Group, and the leading manufacturer for industrial lighting, is hosting two live, online webinars on its new Luna LED Temporary Floodlight. The one-hour sessions, to be held at 9am and 3pm (GMT) on Tuesday 10 November, will introduce the company’s newly launched durable, lightweight and highly…
The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) has added its voice to the parliamentary consultation on regulation of electricians, claiming that protection of title would “significantly enhance consumer, client and public protection and safety while deterring unqualified individuals”. The leading industry body also says any new scheme would bring significant economic benefits and would assist in…
Leading manufacturer of cable management systems, Marshall-Tufflex, has been recognised by the British Chambers of Commerce as a ‘UK Business Hero’ for its immediate response to meet demand for its antimicrobial trunking for the emergency NHS Nightingale Hospitals. Launched in early October by the British Chambers of Commerce, the UK Business Heroes campaign recognises the…
Only approved cabling should be used in critical signal and control equipment in the event of a real fire, and the announcement of a revised version of the Code of Practice covering these areas of performance highlights how critical it is. Graham Turner of AEI Cables examines the detail. The equipment served by these cables…
UK motorists have been offered guidance to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 and maintain good hygiene levels when driving cars and vans. Motoring experts from LeaseVan.co.uk have released six pieces of important advice to help drivers maintain good health and personal hygiene while in their vehicles. If Brits are using vehicles to…
Marco Verdonkschot, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest supplier of specialist ironmongery, has commented on the potential impact of a second lockdown on the construction industry: “With rising case numbers and hospital admissions, the announcement of a second national lockdown was perhaps inevitable, but businesses will be hit hard once again. However, the construction industry is exempt…