Scolmore Group, through its community-focused platform Scolmore Connect, has announced a new partnership with the Marc Albrighton Centre of Development (MACOD), a collaboration that underlines the company’s wider commitment to delivering meaningful social value alongside its established role in the electrical industry. By bringing together business and community organisations, Scolmore Connect reflects Scolmore Group’s people-first…
Taking action to support your mental health can help make positive changes to your wellbeing. There are many pressures that tradespeople constantly face that can affect their mental health. The cost-of-living crisis, personal, family or business finances, work overload, a poor work-life balance, pressures of being a self-employed sole trader or owner and employees of…
The Connectivity Standards Alliance and the OpenADR Alliance today announced a formal liaison agreement to enable their mutual members to accelerate the adoption of grid-connected residential energy management solutions. This collaboration across two leading standards organisations addresses a growing need for seamless communication between smart home devices and the energy grid. Utilities face mounting pressure to manage…
Utilligence has secured a significant contract with independent power producer Enviromena for the design, construction and commissioning of a new 132kV electrical substation and associated power infrastructure. This project is at Enviromena’s recently acquired Longpasture solar farm near County Durham. This pivotal project underscores Utilligence’s expertise in delivering complex, contestable connections for the UK’s accelerating…
TBWA\MCR today launches a new campaign for Toolstation, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of tools, accessories and building supplies. The new brand campaign “First Stop Toolstation” is an evolution of last year’s ‘Next Stop Toolstation’ proposition and is designed to shift the perception of the brand from being a reactive choice, to the first…
Installers have until 26 May to submit claims for Electric Vehicle (EV) chargepoint grants under three schemes which are now closed by the Government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). The three schemes which ended on 31 March were: the infrastructure grant for staff and fleets; the commercial landlord grant; and the residential landlord infrastructure…
Consumer safety charity Electrical Safety First is pleased to announce that its annual Electrical Product Safety Conference will be taking place on Thursday 26 November 2026, at Church House, Westminster, London. Now in its 18th year, the conference brings together leading experts and industry figures to explore the most pressing challenges in electrical product safety, share insight, and identify practical solutions. The theme…
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (11-17th May), new research reveals Britain’s tradespeople are suffering a crisis of silence, and are now more likely to confide in AI than their own colleagues. A nationwide survey of 2,000 Brits, conducted by leading online new van retailer, Vanaways, has found that one in ten (9%) tradespeople are…
More than one in three (34%) UK tradespeople say their job is harming their mental health, with mounting financial pressure, overwhelming workloads and fear of theft pushing many to the breaking point, new survey data from Trade Direct Insurance reveals. Alarmingly, nearly one in five (19%) say their job is directly causing mental health problems,…
Fluke Corporation today released survey findings revealing a significant acceleration in digital maturity across manufacturing, propelled by a YoY increase in predictive maintenance adoption. Rising investment in Generative AI (38%) and Industrial AI (34%) underscores this transition, as organisations move beyond pilot programmes toward production-scale impact. The research, conducted by Censuswide, surveyed over 600 senior…