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• Dame Judith Hackitt to chair ETIM UK discussion on building safety

  16-03-2023 17:38 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Dame Judith Hackitt will chair ETIM UK’s panel discussion at Digital Construction Week 2023, highlighting the importance of digitalisation in the drive for building safety. The event takes place on 18 May at London’s ExCeL.
  In the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, Dame Judith conducted an independent review for the government into building regulations and fire safety. Since publishing her final report in 2018 she has continued to press for regulatory change and for an industry cul
  
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• John Lewis scraps staff bonus due to group losses and ‘soaring’ costs

  16-03-2023 17:22 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  There could be job losses on the cards at John Lewis as the company posted an annual loss of £234 million for its last financial year. The Partnership announced that sales at John Lewis (excluding its sister company Waitrose) were strong at £4.94 billion, up 0.2 per cent on the previous year. And across both […]
  
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• Spring Budget: electrical sector welcomes energy bills u-turn

  16-03-2023 13:17 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  ECA has broadly welcomed today’s Spring Budget, praising the extension of the energy support guarantee for another three months.
  However, ECA has warned that the Chancellor’s corporation tax hike could harm electrotechnical businesses, especially SMEs, as they continue to face fiscal pressures from the energy crisis, the cost-of-living crisis, and inflation.
  ECA Director of Legal and Business, Rob Driscoll says, “SMEs are a vital part of the construction sector, which itself is
  
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• There’s a brand new category for the ERT Awards!

  16-03-2023 11:16 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  Entries are OPEN for the ERT Awards 2023, bringing you all the usual categories and opportunities to get involved. But this year, we have introduced a brand new category! On the retailer side, the category for Best Independent Electrical Retailer – Custom Install, sponsored by AWE, is new! This trophy will be awarded to an […]
  
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• Volution Ventilation UK’s Richard Paine joins EDA Data Services Board

  16-03-2023 10:50 via ewnews.co.uk
  Richard Paine, Product and Marketing Director at Volution Ventilation UK, has joined the EDA Data Services Board to lead the strategic development of the EDATA Data Pool.
  The Board comprises volunteer representatives from EDA Wholesalers and Manufacturers involved in the EDATA data pool. EDATA, which was launched by the Electrical Distributors’ Association in 2020, is expanding rapidly, offering EDA wholesalers free access to information on hundreds of thousands of products from 60+ leadin
  
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• Vent-Axia celebrates Global Recycling Day

  16-03-2023 10:39 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Vent-Axia is celebrating Global Recycling Day, which takes place on 18 March 2023, by showing its commitment to expanding its range of recycled plastic ventilation products and meeting its environmental targets. Vent-Axia says that it is leading the way in the ventilation sector with a market transformation to manufacturing from recycled material to improve indoor air sustainably. This includes its Lo-Carbon Multivent MEV range which broke the mould to be made from recycled plastic. This has now
  
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• It’s just like the 70’s all over again!

  16-03-2023 09:54 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  OK, so maybe it’s not quite that bad. But with rising inflation, strikes across the country and a government limping towards a general election, you might be forgiven for thinking that you’d woken up in the wrong decade… the wrong century even! By Paul Laville, MD of T21 Group. The start of this year picks […]
  
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