BEW Electrical Distributors has launched its new corporate website, bew-elec.co.uk, designed to provide a more accessible, informative, and user-friendly digital experience. As part of BEW’s ongoing commitment to enhancing customer engagement, the new site offers detailed insights into its specialist divisions, branch network, and project management services. It also keeps customers up to date with…
The UK’s leading Electrical wholesaler, CEF, is teaming up with waste management and recycling company Waste Experts and ROSI – a French innovator in solar panel recycling, to offer UK wide collection capabilities for end-of-life solar panels. The partnership aims to directly address a critical issue in the renewable energy sector – the responsible recycling…
Now in its 11th year the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) held its annual Learning Achievement Awards recently at London’s Shard. The ceremony, where more trophies were presented than ever before, celebrates those working in the UK’s electrotechnical sector who have delivered excellence in their Apprenticeship or their EDA Product Knowledge studies. The trophies were presented…
Screwfix, the omnichannel retailer, has announced plans to open up to 35 new stores across the UK and Ireland by the end of January 2026, creating more than 400 jobs in local communities. Hyper-convenience from store to door The ambitious store opening strategy is spearheaded by its recently launched new store format, Screwfix City. Screwfix…
The 2025 EDA Investor in Training Awards marked a milestone 11th year of recognising outstanding commitment to workforce development in the UK’s electrical wholesale and manufacturing sector. This year’s nine winners received their trophies in front of 570 guests at the Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday 6 March 2025 in London’s Park Lane. The winners…
The Screwfix Foundation, in partnership with Volunteer It Yourself (VIY), is proud to announce its latest project to support GRIT Studios, a Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been transforming Stockport through affordable studio spaces for artists and a host of impactful community initiatives. The Screwfix Foundation is supporting its next VIY project, which will…
Builders’ merchants and construction suppliers are facing major challenges in modernising their eCommerce capabilities, according to new research. The report, Building the Future: The Evolution of Construction eCommerce, conducted by eCommerce agency PushON, highlights a sector grappling with budget constraints, resistance to change, and leadership knowledge gaps that are hampering progress. The study, which surveyed…
Bombshell new Government figures show transport & storage sector companies (including logistics, parcels and warehousing) have seen their staffing costs spiral by 35.7 per cent in the last three months – the highest increase of any industry. Increased NI and minimum wage costs, set to kick in this April, will add to the burden, warns…
The Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) Leadership Team has picked up the award for Association Team of the Year at the prestigious Trade Association Awards. The team is led by CEO Margaret Fitzsimons, with Tracy Hewett, Head of Education and Training, Richard Appleton, Head of Digitalisation, and Anne Vessey, Head of Marketing, Communications and Industry Insight….
Partnership empowers tradespeople to grow their businesses with highly relevant ads Koddi, the leading retail and commerce media technology for enterprises, announced today a new partnership with Checkatrade, the UK’s leading platform for home improvement, to enhance its advertising programme. This strategic partnership equips tradespeople with powerful, data-driven ad solutions to grow their businesses by…