Two West Country businesses are collaborating to create the first regionally available apprenticeship for trainee smart home technicians. South West Construction Academy in Bristol and Zmart Hohm in Gloucester are working together to design and roll out the South West’s first Smart Home Technician (SHT) apprenticeship course, available this autumn. Newly revised Smart Home Technician ...

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Ali Khan, EVC Business Development Manager at Vestel, highlights the growing EV opportunity for electricians and electrical contractors. In the rapidly evolving automotive landscape of the UK, the surge in hybrid and fully electric vehicles (EVs) is unmistakable. With battery EVs and full hybrid EVs now accounting for a whopping 31% of new car sales ...

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In response to this week’s Budget announcement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, leading engineering and electrotechnical services trade body ECA has welcomed the extra support for green energy, while expressing some concern over funds directed for infrastructure projects under the levelling up agenda. ECA Head of Public Relations and Public Affairs Jane Dawson said: “We welcome ...

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The team at KNX UK take a look at KNX training and certification and the value it can bring to electrical contractors. Today’s building automation and smart home ecosystem presents electrical contractors with a transformative opportunity. Just as the emergence of LED lighting ‘changed the game’ a decade ago, the rise of intelligent building systems ...

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Electrical engineers and contractors can now access a free course from the UK’s leading retrofit knowledge and skills provider to kickstart their career in retrofit. The new online course, Retrofit 101, has been curated and designed by The Retrofit Academy to provide anyone wanting to learn about the fundamentals of what domestic retrofit involves and ...

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Supporting start-ups to sole traders, through to growing contractor companies, we discover more about the launch of the ‘Essentials’ and ‘Pro’ plans as part of the Fergus job management software offering. Fergus has announced the launch of two new, simpler, plans designed to help all trade businesses, from start-ups, to sole traders, all the way ...

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With revisions to the RoHS Directive (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) coming into force, Mike Collins, Director of Operations at Ovia, looks at the implications of the ban on fluorescent lamps for contractors and installers. The EU published its review of RoHS exemptions on mercury containing lamps on 24th February 2022 in the Official Journal of ...

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The experts at NICEIC provide more detail on the installation of equipment in meter boxes. Electrical equipment associated with the consumer’s electrical installation is increasingly being found within the meter cabinet of domestic and similar premises. The space within such cabinets is limited and typically allocated for specific usages by the distributor and energy supplier ...

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Leading home security experts, Yale are pleased to announce the launch of an exclusive Yale Smart Motion CCTV & Door Camera Kit, designed for professional installers and electrical contractors. The kit will be exclusively available to trade members only and has been designed with installers in mind, providing all you need to install a full ...

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This article from the experts at NICEIC will remind contractors of the need to apply due diligence when installing cables in thin walls and/or partitions, especially where there is access to both sides. A cable embedded in a wall or partition at a depth of less than 50 mm from the surface can be vulnerable ...

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