Certsure, the organisations that operates the NICEIC and ELECSA brands, has raised £26,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK). In September 2017, Certsure employees chose to partner with ARUK, Europe’s leading dementia research charity, as its official charity. There are currently 850,000 people in the UK living with dementia and it is set to rise to…
Bosch Rexroth takes Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously and allows its associates time off work to support good causes either by giving their time in the community supporting local projects and schools or in fund raising activities. A team of keen cyclists from Bosch Rexroth have raised more than £1750 already in aid of the…
Energys Group is urging maintained schools to take advantage of £15 million of funding for energy efficiency projects made available through Salix and the Department for Education. The £15M of funds is the remainder of a £25M pot of cash launched in 2018 – specifically for use by maintained schools looking to install energy efficiency…
A white paper that answers questions regarding the benefits of non-proprietary, automatic emergency lighting testing and its benefits to building owners, managers and operators has been published by Abtec Building Technologies. Effective control and monitoring of emergency lighting systems is more highly prized than ever as building management systems (BMS) come under renewed scrutiny…
The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has announced an event at Westminster for the launch of its ‘Roadmap’ document. The report outlines the heat pump industry’s vision for how the deployment of heat pumps can scale up to meet net zero by 2050. It signals the industry’s readiness to ‘step-up’ to this challenge and how the…
CEF Director of Operations, Chris Ashworth, has taken office as Vice President of the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA), and will serve until March 2021. This appointment further strengthens the EDA’s Presidential Team: he’ll work alongside the current President, Rexel UK’s Chris Gibson, and immediate Past President, Simon Barkes of BEMCO. With over 34 years’ experience…
The head of Scotland’s largest trade association has highlighted a major European report on the importance of electricians to an increasingly digital-dependent society which strongly reinforces the sector’s campaign for Recognition of Electricians as a Profession. The first ever Europe-wide sector report emphasises the vital, safety-critical contribution which electricians make to day-to-day life across the…
Exchange Plaza is a prestigious landmark office building located on Lothian Road in the heart of Edinburgh’s financial district. This 100,000 sq ft modern six-storey building is home to large companies that include oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy, law firm Burness Paull, the All Bar One restaurant and bar group, and award-winning craft beer…
Screwfix welcomed more than 20,000 visitors across the weekend, crowned Britain’s Top Tradesperson 2019 and hosted Q&As with football legends, Matt Le Tissier, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Emile Heskey. In a bumper weekend at Farnborough Exhibition Centre, 150 suppliers came together under one roof, including Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, Karcher and Mountfield to give customers the…
The launch of the new website now enables customers to quickly access all the product ranges, resources such as videos, brochures and safety datasheet as well as news about products and services supplied by IDEAL INDUSTRIES EMEA. IDEAL INDUSTRIES EMEA is dedicated to support electrical contractors and installers with the right tool for the right…