Beware of dodgy appliances
Counterfeit electrical products are more common than you might think. Since 2000, UK trade body BEAMA's anti-counterfeit campaign has seen over 15 million products seized, with most of them being...
View ArticleElectrical Safety Register firms get free training
All firms listed on the Electrical Safety Register can now access the second of three free online training courses. The course, MCS QMS, is designed to help firms develop their own quality management...
View ArticleIET warn of counterfeit regulations
Following a massive interception of counterfeit copies of key publications such as the IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008 (2011), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have warned the...
View ArticleWe're based in a Solar PV Hotspot!
As if there already weren't enough good reasons for the Electrician Academy to be based in Kent, news from the county's Met Office has added another one. It turns out that Kent receives some of the...
View ArticleCheck Your Electrician's Credentials!
The Electrical Safety Council have discovered rather alarmingly that almost a quarter of people will hire an electrician without first checking their credentials. With around 20,000 non-registered...
View ArticleGovernment Proposes Four Million Solar Panels
Britain's solar output is continued to rise throughout 2013, and so electricians taking a solar PV training course and become adept in solar PV installation is becoming more and more vital. 2014 looks...
View ArticleElectrical Industry unites for a single mark
An easily identifiable mark has been put forward by leading groups in the electrical industry so that consumers can confidently hire full scope Part P electricians. This comes from both NAPIT and...
View ArticleConcern over Competent Persons Scheme Reforms
Competent Persons Scheme bodies NICEIC and Elecsa (both part of the Certsure brand) have expressed concern over parliamentary recommendations to alter current-standing regulations, saying that they...
View ArticleHelp to Buy Boosts Trade
It seems it isn't just the construction trade that's reaping the benefit of the Government's 'Help to Buy' housing scheme, as a new marketing report suggests that the electrical contracting market grew...
View ArticleIndustry report calls for better safety in private rented homes
NAPIT have pledged their support to a new report into tackling electrical safety in privately rented properties from Electrical Safety First, Shelter and British Gas."Home Improvement: Tackling Poor...
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