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• WISKA awarded EcoVadis silver medal

  21-03-2025 15:21 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  WISKA has announced that the company has been awarded the silver medal by EcoVadis, a globally recognised provider of sustainability ratings. Founded in Hamburg over 100 years ago, WISKA states that sustainability is more than just a goal – and that it’s a core value that drives everything it does.
  The achievement places WISKA in the top 15% of over 150,000 companies assessed globally, a milestone which the company says reflects the hard work and dedication of its entire team. WISKA
  
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• Heathrow shut down after electrical fire: the experts explain

  21-03-2025 13:32 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  More than 1,300 flights around the world have been affected when a fire at an electrical substation caused Heathrow Airport to close late yesterday evening (Thursday 20 March).
  The UK’s busiest airport shut after the blaze at the North Hyde substation in Hayes, west London. With the airport closed until at least midnight tonight (21 March), and passengers across the globe wondering what caused the disruption and how long it will persist for, engineering experts from the Institution of Engi
  
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• Harvey Norman to open new UK store and head office

  21-03-2025 12:00 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  Following on from opening its UK debut store in Dudley in October last year, Australian electrical and home retailer, Harvey Norman, is set to open its second UK store and a new UK head office in the West Midlands. The retailer, which already has stores in Northern Ireland, will open a 53,000sq ft premises at […]
  
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• John Lewis Partnership triples profits but withholds staff bonus again

  21-03-2025 11:59 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  John Lewis Partnership has tripled its profits to £126 million but has announced its staff won’t be receiving a bonus for the third consecutive year.  The employee-owned group reported that sales rose three per cent to £12.8 billion in the 52 weeks to 25 January, and a 4.4 per cent uplift in sales across Waitrose […]
  
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• The TRIC Awards public vote goes live for 2025!

  21-03-2025 11:55 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  Voting has officially opened for the highly anticipated TRIC Awards 2025! Once again handing the power to the people, TRIC is inviting the public to cast their votes – HERE – to help decide who will take home one of the trophies. For the third year running the voting will be in partnership with TiVo, […]
  
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• Ashden welcomes Government’s solar panel project

  21-03-2025 10:37 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Climate change charity, Ashden, has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the first major project for Great British Energy, which will see an investment of £80m to put rooftop solar panels on around 200 schools, alongside £100 million for nearly 200 NHS sites and increased support for community energy.
  Alex Green, Head of Let’s Go Zero, the zero carbon schools campaign run by Ashden, says, “The huge potential of Great British Energy has always been about giving
  
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• ‘The shopping experience matters just as much as the products we sell’

  21-03-2025 10:35 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  ERT-Award winning family-run retailer Stuart Westmoreland was founded in 1968. Will McGill chats to Director Richard Westmoreland about the highs and lows of being a retailer in 2025. In 1968, Stuart Westmoreland founded the retail business in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire after recognising the potential impact of colour television. While his father and brothers ran an […]
  
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