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What does the recent Spending Review mean for the electrical industry?

|Date: 3 July, 2025

What does the recent Spending Review mean for the electrical industry?

Following the Chancellor's recent Spending Review, Richard Orton, CEO of Certsure, explains why meeting h ...

Following the Chancellor's recent Spending Review, Richard Orton, CEO of Certsure, explains why meeting housing targets will be largely dependent on the skills of the construction industry's operative ...

3 July, 2025
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Emergency lighting: is BS 5266-1 effective enough? | Carvell Group

|Date: 12 January, 2022

Emergency lighting: is BS 5266-1 effective enough? | Carvell Group

Christopher Carvell MIET MIFSM PCQI, MD and Principal Consultant at Carvell Group, discusses the effectiv ...

Christopher Carvell MIET MIFSM PCQI, MD and Principal Consultant at Carvell Group, discusses the effectiveness of BS 5266-1 and if the standard is effective in meeting its objective. Although British ...

12 January, 2022
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“If I had a magic wand…”

|Date: 27 August, 2019

“If I had a magic wand…”

This month’s guest columnist has some suggestions for ways that our industry could be improved, based on ...

This month’s guest columnist has some suggestions for ways that our industry could be improved, based on his own real-life experience. I’d like start this month’s column by introducing myself. My name ...

27 August, 2019
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