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• Bira: Independent retailers urge Chancellor – Boost business confidence or risk killing growth before it starts

  12-11-2025 15:23 via ertonline.co.uk
  Britain’s independent retailers, through Bira, are calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use the autumn budget to restore business confidence, warning that mounting uncertainty is strangling the government’s growth ambitions before they can take root. New research from the British Independent Retailers Association has revealed a collapse in business confidence, with nearly half of independent retailers (46.2 […]
  
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• ‘PPE knowledge gap putting electrical workers at risk’

  12-11-2025 14:56 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  A new research report from European workwear provider Alsico reveals that a knowledge gap lies behind widespread failures to wear protective uniforms correctly – or at all – across environments with live electricity in the UK.
  The new report, A safer future: Closing the PPE knowledge gap, explores the education and communication shortfalls highlighted by Alsico’s earlier research and offers expert recommendations from organisations, including the British Standards Institute, on
  
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• In2tec develops disassemblable lightbars using ReUSE tech

  12-11-2025 12:51 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  In2tec, a UK-based sustainable electronics specialist, has introduced new technology designed to make industrial LED lightbars more circular, repairable, and resource-efficient.
  The company’s ReUSE and ReCYCLE processes allow lightbars to be fully disassembled and reused, significantly reducing carbon emissions and electronic waste.
  Reducing manufacturing emissions and e-waste
  As energy costs rise and environmental regulations tighten, LED lightbars have become a mainstay in industrial and
  
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• Entries open for the 2026 DALI Alliance Lighting Awards

  12-11-2025 11:35 via electricalcontractingnews.com
  The DALI Alliance, a global industry organisation for DALI (an internationally standardised protocol for digital communication between lighting control devices), has announced that entries are now open for the 2026 DALI Alliance Lighting Awards.
  Submissions will be accepted until 19 December 2026.
  The annual awards remain free to enter and are an opportunity to be recognised for excellence and innovation in DALI-based lighting controls from across the global lighting industry.
  Awards will be giv
  
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• MP praises Europa’s innovation in renewables

  12-11-2025 10:36 via ewnews.co.uk
  Europa, one of the UK’s leading distributors of electrical components and smart solutions, has been praised for its innovation, sustainability and contribution to local employment.
  The company welcomed Rachel Hopkins, MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, to its Luton head office where she met with its senior leadership team, toured the company’s Research & Development facilities, and learned more about its ambitious plans.
  The company has embraced innovation through custom-
  
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