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• Last mile fleets risk delays to electrification plans

  03-03-2023 14:16 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Mer works with delivery fleets to solve conflicts between ambitious electrification goals and challenges around power availability. The company is seeing that many businesses are focused on whether existing vehicle fleets can be switched to EVs, but are omitting to factor in the challenges of charging them all.
  Mer has produced a new guide to help last mile logistics managers properly understand the process and ensure that their fleet electrification plans don’t get stuck in a bottleneck.
  
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• Octopus Energy strikes solar supply deal with Iceland Foods

  03-03-2023 13:01 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Octopus Energy’s generation arm has inked a new partnership with Iceland Foods.
  The 10-year deal will see green power supplied to Iceland from the Breach solar farm in Cambridgeshire, which Octopus manages on behalf of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT).
  The solar farm will provide 64GWh of renewable energy every year to power 150 sites, which will cover 14% of Iceland Foods’ electricity needs for its UK stores.
  Iceland has nearly 1,000 stores in the UK. This deal with Oc
  
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• Octopus Energy strikes solar supply deal with Iceland

  03-03-2023 13:01 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Octopus Energy’s generation arm has inked a new partnership with Iceland Foods.
  The 10-year deal will see green power supplied to Iceland from the Breach solar farm in Cambridgeshire, which Octopus manages on behalf of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT).
  The solar farm will provide 64GWh of renewable energy every year to power 150 sites, which will cover 14% of Iceland Foods’ electricity needs for its UK stores.
  Iceland has nearly 1,000 stores in the UK. This deal with Oc
  
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• UK footfall jumps by double figures against 2022

  03-03-2023 11:51 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  Retail footfall growth slowed slightly in February as shoppers tightened their belts after Christmas and the January sales. However, year-on-year figures showed that high street and shopping centre footfall was up considerably! According to the latest BRC-Sensormatic IQ Footfall Monitor, total UK footfall was up 10.4 per cent on February 2022. Within this, high street […]
  
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• Welsh Government highlights ECA in Green Skills Action Plan

  03-03-2023 10:49 via ewnews.co.uk
  Leading electrotechnical and engineering services trade body ECA has been highlighted in a new Welsh Government Net Zero Skills Action Plan designed to create a stronger, fairer, greener Wales.
  The plan commits Wales to a just transition away from the fossil-fuelled economy, with skills playing a central role. It features ECA’s ground-breaking Leading the Charge initiative, which showcased the low-carbon engineering services work of Welsh ECA Member EFT Consult.
  ECA members are at the fore
  
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• Hudson appoints new projects director

  03-03-2023 10:34 via ewnews.co.uk
  Hudson, a leading, independent UK  group of specialist cable containment companies, has appointed Paul Nolan as projects director.
  Paul brings extensive cable management expertise to the team having worked in the industry for more than 30 years. He began his career in sales at Vantrunk and has since held senior business development roles at companies, including Mita and Cablofil.
  At Hudson, Paul will be responsible for growing the group’s newly launched business, Milton, which special
  
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