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A series of four practical ‘Health and Safety Focus Forums’ have been launched by the two leading building services trade bodies, the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and the Building Engineering Services Association (the BESA). The four events are being run across England and Wales, with the schedule as follows:
· Thursday 11 February – Newport, Wales
· Thursday 25 February – Stratford City, London
· Thursday 14 April – Rugby, Midlands
· Thursday 21 April – Leeds, Yorkshire

Vent-Axia, the Sussex-based leader in hevac technology, has launched the Jet Dry Plus hand-dryer. Designed with the needs of specifiers in mind it is one of the quickest hand dryers on the market with a 10-second dry time, while offering highly effective hygiene, low maintenance and astonishingly quiet operation at only 75dBA.

Fewer than 1 in 6 firms (16%) in the building services sector are ‘fully ready’ to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) on projects, according to new survey findings from the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA).
Construction companies are not ready for BIM
With the government deadline for the mandatory use of ‘BIM Level 2’ in all Whitehall-procured contracts just months away, nearly 6 in 10 firms (57%) said they were not fully ready, while over 1 in 4 (27%) said they were ‘not ready at all’ (please see attached graph).

A local electrical contracting company based in Milton Keynes is backing Government plans to end low quality apprenticeships and bring advocates of low quality apprenticeships to justice. Low quality apprenticeships not only bring the good reputation of electricians and the industry to it's knees but also affect the career progression of those affected.
Maintaining high standards of apprenticeships and training courses is the only way to ensure the electrical industry attracts the best candidates and thus addressing the impending skills gap crisis.

New safety regulations for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) which are due to come into force on October 1st 2015 have a major flaw according to the electrical safety charity Electrical Safety First.
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Regulations (England) 2015

Proposed cuts of 87% to the Feed in Tariff (FiT) proposed by the Government in January 2016 could put thousands of jobs at risk in the renewables sector.
If the cuts go ahead, home owners investing in renewable energy could wait decades for a viable return on their investment thus cutting the fledgling renewables industry apart. FiT payments per unit of electricity produced would drop to less than 2p with property owners receiving approximately £190 less than what they currently receive at the present FiT rates.
NICEIC & ELECSA share grave concerns

Yes you heard correctly - James Dewane, founder of the highly acclaimed My Electricians ToolBox has just published his FIRST book dedicated to the SPARKS Blueprint which is an exclusive framework James teaches to members of My Electricians ToolBox. It is this framework that fills the diary of qualified trades people all over the UK.

If you are upgrading the lighting anywhere in your home to downlights you may have been asked this age old question.....”do you want fire rated or non-fire rated downlights?” To the average home owner this question will be pretty meaningless apart from the fact that fire rated sounds better than non-fire rated possibly.
However, the difference between the two is stark and in fact opting for the wrong type of downlight could cost a life – this is why it is important to beware of the difference between the two before answering the question.
What is a fire rated downlight?

A partnership agreed in July 2015 between Stroma and TrustMark now allows Stroma registered electricians to gain TrustMark status which will help home-owners select competent qualified electricians and other trades people to carry out work in their homes. This followed a comprehensive and thorough assessment of it's processes of vetting and inspecting installers as well as it's customer service policies, compliance audits, quality management and compliant handling procedures.

In business, every penny has to be accounted for and it makes sense to slash prices by simply cutting out the middle man. This way, you are still obtaining the same quality of product but for less money – its a no brainer of course!
Quality lighting at factory prices
Here at Aurora clearance, we are not just any old lighting vendor – we know there are lots of those around already, we are already responsible for delivering quality lighting to practically any electrical project or design that is specified in today's market place.