As the construction industry gets ready to return to work, the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) have stressed the importance of preparing the next generation of electricians through the Pre-apprenticeship Programme. Since its launch in 2000, the programme has given thousands of youngsters a thorough grounding in the…
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has launched a major consultation to discover what stakeholders want for the industry after COVID-19 – and how to achieve it. With companies beginning a phased return to work, the wide-ranging questionnaire addresses multiple issues which have not gone away during the pandemic and suggests that the sector cannot…
SELECT, the campaigning trade organisation for Scotland’s electrotechnical industry, has welcomed the UK Government’s further postponement of the planned VAT reverse charge scheme. The announcement delaying introduction of the scheme until 1 March 2021 because of the economic chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, follows an earlier one-year delay until 1 October 2020. Fearing a…
By Sean Miller, Electrician Channel Programme Manager at Schneider Electric With schools and universities largely empty due to the UK lockdown, many facility managers are drawing up plans for major upgrades to their sites. While educational facilities are constantly receiving minor improvements, rarely has there been such an extended period to schedule major works to…
The complex question of how to bring Scotland’s workforce safely off furlough and back to work is examined in detail in the latest guidance to be issued by the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum. With the Scottish Government authorising a phased easing of the lockdown rules, the Forum’s comprehensive 22-page document, Returning from Furlough,provides a…
The UK’s lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 has left many contractors facing severe disruption and uncertainty, with many seeing their workload much reduced, or forced to stop work temporarily. The result for some is significantly reduced income and the need to carefully manage costs, which may lead to questions about insurance. At first…
ECA involved in development of ambitious, holistic plan A new plan to ‘reinvent’ the construction industry, called ‘Roadmap to Recovery’, has today (Monday 1 June) been released by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). The plan has been developed by participants on the CLC’s coronavirus industry taskforce, which includes ECA CEO Steve Bratt, as well as…
Technology expert Professor Lucy Rogers PhD returns with comedians Bec Hill and Harriet Braine to take a comedic look at technology, with six full episodes and new expansion pack bonus episodes for each RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), a global multi-channel provider of industrial and electronic products and solutions,…
As Scotland’s colleges and training centres discuss reopening, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has helped develop a new set of guidelines designed to keep staff and apprentices safe. Compiled by Forum members the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT), SELECT and SNIPEF, the presentation outlines practical day-to-day measures…
Sage, the UK’s largest listed technology company, today published its SMB Tracker highlighting the latest sentiment from the UK’s small and medium sized businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. As the UK enters Phase 2 of its lockdown, the SMB Tracker confirms there is a growing sectoral divide in the impact of the…