ERA, the UK’s home security expert, has recently moved to brand new purpose-built premises, reflecting the company’s success and confidence in the future. Located on the i54 business park just outside Wolverhampton, the 135,625 sq ft new facility brings together three existing facilities in the West Midlands and provides ERA with the perfect platform for…
Lindsey Young, who started her career at Clarkson Evans as a training administrator more than 16 years ago, has been promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Mrs Young, who has devoted the vast majority of her working life to the electrical contractor, says she is excited at being able to “influence the future…
Employees are unwittingly undermining workplace safety by using ‘untested’ electrical devices in the work place. Almost 70% of employees admit to plugging in personal mobile phone chargers at work, according to an independent survey carried out by office power supplier CMD. The danger lies in the amount of fake phone chargers currently in circulation, of…
A survey from The Grocer’s 2015 Switch the Lights campaign suggests that retail businesses aim to have at least 80% of total floor space lit by LEDs by 2020. And 85% of companies who have changed, said that switching to LED lighting had resulted in “highly beneficial” or “beneficial” savings to maintenance budgets. Upgrading lighting…
Bicester-based Justin Bucknell Electrical has been named February 2018 Which? Trusted Trader of the month. Justin Bucknell, the man behind the business which trades in the Oxford and Bicester area, said much of his success is to simply ‘getting the basics right’. Customer service is at the heart of how the Justin Bucknell Electrical team…
AEI Cables says it customers from the UK and overseas will be able to access its products and services more quickly and easily after the company partnered with Achilles industrial supply chain management service. Among its services, Achilles operates supplier pre-qualification programmes designed to benefit both suppliers and buyers in the natural resources, industrials and…
50,000 retired colleagues of the industry are struggling with loneliness, poverty, isolation and mental health problems and The Electrical Industries Charity is counting on those in the trade to show their support and solidarity. The idea of retirement is viewed as a time when someone can start living the way they would like, but a…
In the last few weeks, JTL – the leading specialist provider of apprenticeships for young people in the electrical, heating and plumbing sectors – has been helping apprentices that have been working towards qualifications through JTL. The provider works with more than 6,000 apprentices across England and Wales and remains the largest in the electrical…
Drayton has launched its own channel on ‘If This Then That’, the Internet of Things platform, to pair with the Wiser range of smart heating controls. IFTTT, the web-based service, can be used to create Applets, which are commands that pair up smart devices using two elements: a trigger (‘If This’) and an action (‘Then…
RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers, have announced an agreement for the EMEA region IDEC EMEA, a leading manufacturer of innovative industrial automation and control products. As told on their website, the signed deal between the two companies builds upon the longstanding and successful relationship between APEM and…