Electrical news

• Stu’s Views: The Times, They Are A-Changin’

  03-06-2025 13:00 via ertonline.co.uk
  By Stuart Tickle, Managing Director at AWE Europe If you’re a regular reader of ERT magazine, you may have noticed a new addition in 2024. Stuart Tickle, Managing Director at AWE now has a regular column in which he shares updates from the world of smart home. Here you can read his opening column, which […]
  
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• 100th Manufacturer joins EDATA data pool

  03-06-2025 12:41 via ewnews.co.uk
  Hispec Electrical Products Ltd has become the 100th manufacturer to sign up to the EDATA data pool to share their product information with wholesalers. Since the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) launched the data pool in 2020 it has grown rapidly, attracting many of the leading brands in the UK’s electrotechnical sector. Now with over 297,000 products listed inside, manufacturers are seeing the commercial advantage in giving their wholesaler customers access high-quality pr
  
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• New WEEE regulations published today

  03-06-2025 12:39 via ewnews.co.uk
  New regulations that will require online marketplaces to finance recycling of electrical waste were published today. The new waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations laid before parliament close a crucial loophole that has allowed non-compliant product to be sold via online marketplaces.
  Commenting on the news, Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey said “For over a decade, online marketplaces have facilitated the sale of WEEE non-compliant products on an industrial scale. The cons
  
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• Middlesex Uni launches digital degree apprenticeships for engineering

  03-06-2025 10:36 via ewnews.co.uk
  Middlesex University has launched its digital degree apprenticeship programmes, to address the growing employer demand for digital skills in the engineering sector.
  Designed to bridge the digital skills gap, promote social inclusion and increase productivity across engineering businesses, the six programmes span cyber security and data science through to digital marketing and user experience (UX).
  Since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, an estimated £2.7 billion of unused funds
  
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