NAPIT’s Group Chief Executive, Mike Andrews, outlines the Regulations for mandatory electrical safety checks in the Private Rented Sector coming in to force on 1st July 2020, and explains the Guidance for Landlords amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. NAPIT have spent many years campaigning to improve electrical safety standards in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) so…
Battery manufacturer GS Yuasa are pleased to be able to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus by supplying power to the NHS Nightingale hospitals and other key medical projects. Since the beginning of the outbreak, GS Yuasa have supplied Yuasa-branded Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system batteries to the new NHS Nightingale hospitals, including London, Birmingham…
With the fast evolution of the COVID-19 virus impacting all businesses throughout the UK and the country in lockdown, NAPIT address the impact this is having on members and what measures they have put in place to help support them during this time. Many tradespeople, since the coronavirus outbreak hit the UK, have found themselves…
3T-am, a leading production additive manufacturing (AM) company, is utilising EOS’ global partner ecosystem to 3D print face shield headbands for frontline health workers in the UK. 3T is now producing 20,000 headbands per week, and will exceed 100,000 within the next few weeks. The face shields are being used by frontline workers, across the…
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has issued an engaging new animation that offers clear and practical advice to contractors and occupiers undertaking emergency domestic work. In simple and graphic form, the short film outlines the precautions and operate-at-distance policies which the Forum has issued as guidance in order to provide the maximum protection for…
Contractors who have furloughed workers can now start their applications to reclaim cash from the Government. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme went live on Monday morning here. The scheme website contains full details of who can claim and a calculator for contractors to work out how much they are owed. For the full story visit:…
A short briefing has been prepared on behalf of the UK construction sector to brief companies and individuals on the ongoing repercussions of the Covid-19 crisis for our sector. The Briefing has been prepared in collaboration between the industry’s leading trade and representative bodies: Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Builders Merchant Federation, Build UK, Chartered…
A range of webinars covering coronavirus business issues and technical topics have been announced by leading engineering services trade body ECA. The upcoming webinar programme for April is as follows: Friday 17 April @ 11am [Sign up] Coronavirus Impact – Improving your mental wellbeing – featuring ECA’s Paul Williams and Vicki Leslie of ECIS Tuesday…
The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) surveyed its members to establish the effect of the current lockdown on the lighting industry. Currently 89 per cent of members reported their business remained open in some form with the most operative functions being sales (95 per cent), dispatch (90 per cent) and accounts (87 per cent). The average…
Sitemark, the independent benchmarking service for the facilities management industry, has today launched a workplace hygiene programme in response to the coronavirus outbreak. See https://youtu.be/GYKCOncJ2wU for more information. The programme has been developed to enable businesses to maintain clean and hygienic buildings so that building users remain safe and healthy. Unlike traditional cleaning specifications, which…