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• Vent-Axia hosts charity football tournament

  24-03-2025 17:17 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  Ventilation specialist, Vent-Axia, brought together building design professionals for a charity five-a-side football tournament on Thursday 20 March in Shoreditch, London, in aid of Cancer Research UK.
  Hosted by Vent-Axia at the Powerleague in Shoreditch, the tournament saw eight teams battle it out over the course of five hours, and a total of £1,625 was for Cancer Research UK – which is Vent-Axia’s charity of the year for 2025.
  The event welcomed 70 industry professionals com
  
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• REPIC rebrands to Ecogenesys

  24-03-2025 16:41 via ertonline.co.uk
  
  REPIC has announced it has rebranded and will now be known as Ecogenesys, alongside this it has expanded its services to include sustainability consultancy. The organisation will continue delivering compliance services for WEEE, batteries and packaging while adding environmental research, carbon solutions, packaging consutling and product returns services. Graeme Milne, Chief Executive of Ecogenesys, said: […]
  
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• ECA comments on Government’s construction skills announcement

  24-03-2025 15:31 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  In response to the Government’s announced skills programme to deliver 1.5 million homes, Andrew Eldred, COO of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), issues the following remarks:
  “We’re pleased to see the Government taking significant steps to address the construction skills crisis, which remains one of the biggest blockers to building homes, upgrading infrastructure and delivering net zero. Today’s announcement recognises the scale of the challenge and the
  
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• Zumtobel celebrates its 75-year anniversary

  24-03-2025 12:51 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  
  The Zumtobel Group is celebrating the 75-year anniversary of its core brand, Zumtobel.
  Initially started as a family business, the company was founded as ‘Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG’ by Dr. Walter Zumtobel in Dornbirn in 1950 and started producing ballasts for the newly introduced fluorescent light fitting technology.
  Back then, the replacement of incandescent lamps by fluorescent lamps marked the beginning of a new era in lighting technology and prompte
  
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• Legrand launches new training portal

  24-03-2025 12:35 via ewnews.co.uk
  
  Legrand UK & Ireland is furthering its commitment to supporting electrical distributors with the launch of its new online training portal.
  Developed to provide electrical professionals at all levels with easy access to training resources and to complement the training already offered in Legrand Training Academy centres in London, Birmingham, Reading and Dublin, the online portal currently features over 20 courses covering healthcare, education, data centres, office environments and other pro
  
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• BEAMA shares details of 2050 Connected Conference

  24-03-2025 12:11 via ewnews.co.uk
  
  BEAMA and The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) are proud to present the 2050 Connected Conference, a landmark two-day event designed to drive action on net zero, circularity, and transformation in the built environment and energy supply chains.
  Taking place on the 1st and 2nd July 2025 at the Royal College of Physicians, London; this industry- defining conference will bring together manufacturers, policymakers, and wider professionals to tackle supply chain decarbonisation and circularity cha
  
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• Fears that gov reforms could stifle demand for higher and degree apprenticeship

  24-03-2025 12:03 via ewnews.co.uk
  
  Recent research indicates that the government’s forthcoming apprenticeship reforms will deter many engineering employers from upskilling their workforce via higher and degree apprenticeships, according to 69% of the nation’s universities.
  Research by the University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) of its university members across the UK, examines what impact future changes, such as the government’s new Growth and Skills Levy, will have on firms from a funding, diversity, skills
  
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