‘Resilience’ is a concept that’s enjoying something of a renaissance. To us Brits, it conjures images of the stiff upper lip and ‘keep calm and carry on’, but all around the world resilience is coming to the fore as a crucial characteristic for our businesses, cities and societies. It makes sense: climate change brings us…
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date in the year by when humanity will have consumed more from the planet, including food, fibres, timber, and absorption capacity for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning than the planet’s ecosystems can renew in the entire year. Schneider Electric believes that adoption of energy efficient and renewable technologies such…
Thousands of contractors and installers attended ECA’s #Project18 roadshow events during July, to learn about the changes introduced within the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations (BS7671). Over a three week period, around 2,000 people attended 14 events held across the country. In addition, these events had the added bonus of a CPD element…
JTL has formed a strategic alliance with a company that is seeking to make it simpler for young women to work in the building services engineering sector, by designing workwear especially for women to wear during working hours. JTL is working hard at attracting more young women to be electricians or heating and plumbing installers…
Heatrae Sadia has expressed support for a wave of local schemes enabling more consumers to benefit from solar PV panels. One of the most recent of these initiatives has been launched on the brand’s doorstop, by Norwich City Council. The ‘PV for Free’ scheme will see more than a thousand council houses in the area…
The iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden is packing arenas and wowing head-banging crowds with its spectacular Legacy of the Beast European tour. Helping to bring its richly-designed stage show to life is entertainment lighting from Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting. The company’s Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 beams provide both the heavy-duty punch and the subtlety required…
An award-winning company renowned for growing its own talent has been praised for recruiting a new intake of apprentices for the sixth year in succession. NES (North Electrical Services) Ltd, which has bases in Inverness and Elgin, has recently started three apprentice electricians, taking the total number of trainees currently employed to 14. This means…
Hamilton Litestat, which this year is celebrating 50 years since the company’s incorporation, sadly announces the death of its founder, Rod Hamilton at the age of 90, following a stroke. Rod started as a commission agent selling electric shavers, smoothing irons and electric fires. A request to try selling a new piece of technology called…
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, representing the largest sector in UK construction by value, is calling on construction procurers in local authorities to protect retention monies belonging to SMEs in their supply chains. This follows an extensive survey of English local authorities which has highlighted the use of cash retentions in construction-related projects procured…
BS7671 (IET Wiring Regulations) sets the standards for electrical installation in the UK and many other countries. Earlier this month the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations were released, with a number of substantial updates from the 17th Edition. DTL is running an intensive three-day course for operatives with responsibility for the design, installation or maintenance of electrical systems. The…