The latest new appointment at ESP sees Ben Shucksmith take up the position of area sales manager for the South Yorkshire region. Ben brings to his role at ESP more than 12 years’ experience working with Cefco where he oversaw the selling of a range of products controls through the CEF network. These included lighting…
Forty-eight per cent of power professionals are concerned about an impending talent emergency Sixty-two per cent of respondents cite engineering as the discipline most affected by talent shortages Seventy-four per cent of non-hiring professionals anticipate further pay rises in 2019 The third annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest energy recruitment and employment…
BOFA International’s export focused sales team is being strengthened with the appointment of fume and dust extraction technical expert Tom Bullock. Tom moves to his new role in international sales having worked for BOFA for over five years in a variety of technical roles relating to manufacturing, product development, examination and testing of all types…
MK Electric, a name synonymous with wiring devices, and with products in millions of buildings across the UK, domestic, commercial, industrial and beyond, is proud to celebrate its centenary year in 2019. From humble beginnings with just two employees and second-hand machinery, the company is now a global manufacturer with hundreds of employees worldwide. MK…
ECA, BESA, SELECT and SNIPEF study shows a slowdown in growth, along with increased material and labour costs The latest sector-wide Building Engineering Business Survey, sponsored by Scolmore, has revealed that a quarter (26 per cent) of businesses reported increased turnover, while another quarter (26 per cent) said turnover had fallen, in Q4 2018, compared…
The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has announced that Graeme Rees has been elected on to its Management Committee. Graeme has been involved in the building controls industry for nearly 30 years and is currently Marketing Manager for Schneider Electric UK & Ireland Digital Energy division. He previously spent 19 years at Trend Control Systems, where…
Against the backdrop of changing technology and with industry facing fresh challenges, the need to access knowledge has never been greater. BSRIA membership can make your business more robust and will furnish you with industry best practice, practical guidance and a selection of tools to ensure you are “fully informed and connected.” Good, reliable information…
Terra 53 DC chargers from ABB have proven their absolute reliability during extreme cold-weather testing at the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy, in Arjeplog, Sweden, by powering an I-PACE eTROPHY racecar. Running the I-PACE at sub-zero temperatures, at a test track on the edge of the Arctic Circle, required the unmodified Terra 53 units to…
Energy Assets Group (EAG), one of Britain’s leading metering and energy services businesses, has announced that from 1 February 2019, all of its utility network design and construction operations will be rebranded as Energy Assets Utilities (EAU) As a result of the brand strategy, Future Energy Group (FEG), which was acquired by EAG in May last…
After more than a month of marking and deliberation from the judges, the second stage of this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Apprentice of the Year Competition, in association with competition partner, Scolmore Group, is now getting under way. More than a thousand apprentices across the UK took part in the competition, with 650 of them…