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Sparkies and Family Time

|Date: 7 November, 2016

Sparkies and Family Time

51% of electricians wish they could spend more time with their families. Hard working sparkies would rath ...

51% of electricians wish they could spend more time with their families. Hard working sparkies would rather spend time with their families than having fun in the pub, a study has found. Quality time w ...

7 November, 2016
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Gekko Gripper Wins US Award

|Date: 2 November, 2016

Gekko Gripper Wins US Award

The Gekko Gripper cable routing tool has won a prestigious Show Stopper Award at The NECA exhibition in B ...

The Gekko Gripper cable routing tool has won a prestigious Show Stopper Award at The NECA exhibition in Boston. The innovative product, distributed by Super Rod in the UK and Klein Tools in the US, fe ...

2 November, 2016
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SELECT Wants to Make “Electrician” A Registered Profession

|Date: 31 October, 2016

SELECT Wants to Make “Electrician” A Registered Profession

SELECT signals to Scottish Parliament that it intends to push for legislative change to make “Electrician ...

SELECT signals to Scottish Parliament that it intends to push for legislative change to make “Electrician” a regulated profession. SELECT, the campaigning trade body for the electro-technical industry ...

31 October, 2016
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NICEIC and ELECSA Launch Campaign to Protect Elderly From Faulty Electrical Equipment

|Date: 27 October, 2016

NICEIC and ELECSA Launch Campaign to Protect Elderly From Faulty Electrical Equipment

A new, consumer-facing, campaign from NICEIC and ELECSA is urging householders to think electrics when th ...

A new, consumer-facing, campaign from NICEIC and ELECSA is urging householders to think electrics when they carry out their checks on the elderly this winter. Proportionately, older people suffer more ...

27 October, 2016
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ECA Backs New Parliamentary Energy Storage Report

|Date: 21 October, 2016

ECA Backs New Parliamentary Energy Storage Report

Following a new report on future energy provision by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change (ECC) ...

Following a new report on future energy provision by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change (ECC) Committee, the ECA has voiced its full support for the report’s recommendation to boost the UK ...

21 October, 2016
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Van drivers: Bad drivers or Scapegoats?

|Date: 21 October, 2016

Van drivers: Bad drivers or Scapegoats?

New research has revealed that nearly 60% of van drivers believe they are made a scapegoat for perceived ...

New research has revealed that nearly 60% of van drivers believe they are made a scapegoat for perceived poor driving standards on UK roads. According to a study by TomTom Telematics, fewer than one i ...

21 October, 2016
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IET Publishes New Code of Practice for Connected Systems

|Date: 13 October, 2016

IET Publishes New Code of Practice for Connected Systems

The IET has published a new Code of Practice for Connected Systems Integration in Buildings, which gives ...

The IET has published a new Code of Practice for Connected Systems Integration in Buildings, which gives a thorough grounding in the principals behind system installation and integration. There’s a re ...

13 October, 2016
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JIB Launches New Apprentice Registration Package

|Date: 13 October, 2016

JIB Launches New Apprentice Registration Package

Apprentices in the electrical industry can now benefit from a wide-ranging package of services and suppor ...

Apprentices in the electrical industry can now benefit from a wide-ranging package of services and support, following the re-launch of the JIB apprentice registration scheme. JIB-registered apprentice ...

13 October, 2016
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Electrician Invents Socket Spacing Tool

|Date: 7 October, 2016

Electrician Invents Socket Spacing Tool

Electrician, Barry Shaw, explains how his time-saving, socket spacing invention, the Speedy Sparky, was c ...

Electrician, Barry Shaw, explains how his time-saving, socket spacing invention, the Speedy Sparky, was conceived. Electricians are an inventive bunch. It’s great when we get stories about guys on the ...

7 October, 2016
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Sage Offers up Some NMW Advice

|Date: 30 September, 2016

Sage Offers up Some NMW Advice

“The National Minimum Wage increase this Saturday is the latest in a long list of changes that businesses ...

“The National Minimum Wage increase this Saturday is the latest in a long list of changes that businesses need to implement,” says Sage. From Saturday 1 October 2016, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) i ...

30 September, 2016
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