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Meeting the Government’s Net Zero Emissions Targets – an installers perspective | NAPIT

|Date: 6 August, 2021

Meeting the Government’s Net Zero Emissions Targets – an installers perspective | NAPIT

David Cowburn, Chief Operating Officer at NAPIT, reflects on the progress made by the electrical industry ...

David Cowburn, Chief Operating Officer at NAPIT, reflects on the progress made by the electrical industry to enhance electrical safety standards over the past decade, including the Electrotechnical As ...

6 August, 2021
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Utilising existing fire safety technologies efficiently | FireAngel

|Date: 5 August, 2021

Utilising existing fire safety technologies efficiently | FireAngel

Latest BRE research into the investigation of fire fatalities in domestic dwellings in Scotland concluded ...

Latest BRE research into the investigation of fire fatalities in domestic dwellings in Scotland concluded the installation of interlinked smoke alarms, supported by additional recommendations, would b ...

5 August, 2021
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Product Test: Quickwire Plug-in T-Connector

|Date: 28 July, 2021

Product Test: Quickwire Plug-in T-Connector

Gary Fisher of Lougar Electrical tries out the Plug-in T-Connector from Quickwire. We're very fortunate i ...

Gary Fisher of Lougar Electrical tries out the Plug-in T-Connector from Quickwire. We're very fortunate in the electrical industry that a number of the companies whose products we use on a daily basis ...

28 July, 2021
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Why handheld testers will help security installers overcome their biggest challenges | Trend Networks

|Date: 26 July, 2021

Why handheld testers will help security installers overcome their biggest challenges | Trend Networks

A new generation of handheld tools can help security installers overcome key industry challenges and bene ...

A new generation of handheld tools can help security installers overcome key industry challenges and benefit from significant time and cost savings, says TREND Networks. “Despite the fact that ...

26 July, 2021
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UV sterilisation: products that work (without the risks) | Red Arrow

|Date: 25 July, 2021

UV sterilisation: products that work (without the risks) | Red Arrow

UV light can kill 99.0% or airborne viruses, making it a powerful tool in the fight against Covid-19. Yet ...

UV light can kill 99.0% or airborne viruses, making it a powerful tool in the fight against Covid-19. Yet while UV devices are already widely used in medical settings to disinfect equipment, operating ...

25 July, 2021
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Ask Ovia: what is UGR<19 and why is it important?

|Date: 22 July, 2021

Ask Ovia: what is UGR<19 and why is it important?

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike C ...

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. UGR is the metric for defining the level of discomfo ...

22 July, 2021
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Wired and wonderful – a look at Prowired Electrical Contractors

|Date: 16 July, 2021

Wired and wonderful – a look at Prowired Electrical Contractors

We catch up with Danny Edmonds, Co-owner of Prowired Electrical Contractors, to find out more about why t ...

We catch up with Danny Edmonds, Co-owner of Prowired Electrical Contractors, to find out more about why teamwork really is dreamwork as the business continues to prosper. Tell us a bit about th ...

16 July, 2021
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The Training Ground: why can’t I get detailed feedback on why I failed my AM2? | National Electrotechnical Training

|Date: 14 July, 2021

The Training Ground: why can’t I get detailed feedback on why I failed my AM2? | National Electrotechnical Training

The experts at NET answer a common training-related question. Q. Why can’t I get detailed feedback on how ...

The experts at NET answer a common training-related question. Q. Why can’t I get detailed feedback on how I failed my AM2? I need to know where I went wrong, so I know what to focus on next time. This ...

14 July, 2021
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“I worked ON the business, not just IN it!” | Ben Curry, Electrical Innovations

|Date: 13 July, 2021

“I worked ON the business, not just IN it!” | Ben Curry, Electrical Innovations

Ben Curry, Owner of Electrical Innovations, tells us more about how his company put its time to good use ...

Ben Curry, Owner of Electrical Innovations, tells us more about how his company put its time to good use over lockdown and why business is booming as a result. I won't lie, the last 12-14 months have ...

13 July, 2021
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Emergency lighting – why safe is sound | CFE Lighting

|Date: 11 July, 2021

Emergency lighting – why safe is sound | CFE Lighting

Amanda Speight, Business Development Manager at CFE Lighting, explains how emergency lighting systems are ...

Amanda Speight, Business Development Manager at CFE Lighting, explains how emergency lighting systems are evolving and what this means for installers. Emergency lighting – whether standby lighting whi ...

11 July, 2021
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