The Government response to a petition signed by more than 54,000 small business directors of Limited companies is woefully inadequate and suggests a complete lack of understanding of a Director’s plight. Worse, it’s as though Directors are being penalised for past successes, which is totally contrary to the government’s pledge to support entrepreneurial businesses and…
Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s Covid-19 press briefing on 29 April 2020 which cited ventilation as being critical in the fight against the virus. At the briefing Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, said “There is a definite truism across all of the science literature, that ventilation is a most critical part of reducing…
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has presented Holyrood with a paper of comprehensive recommendations to ease the cashflow crisis as the group continues fighting to save Scotland’s construction sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper, which outlines a series of urgently-needed actions to improve liquidity in the industry, will go to both public and…
Despite the COVID-19 challenges to business, well over 90 per cent of UK electrical wholesalers are continuing to trade, with only a handful taking the decision to temporarily close completely, according to the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) following a recent survey. The EDA recently polled all 245 wholesaler members on their opening status, the results…
Staff and office bearers at the electrical trade association SELECT have saluted the work of the NHS and key workers by putting their hands together in a new film for the weekly ‘Clap for our Carers’ event. The isolated workers filmed themselves clapping in a special compilation video that was screened on social media on…
A short briefing has been prepared on behalf of the UK construction sector to brief companies and individuals on the ongoing repercussions of the Covid-19 crisis for our sector. The Briefing has been prepared in collaboration between the industry’s leading trade and representative bodies: Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Builders Merchant Federation, Build UK, Chartered…
Luton Plant employees seconded to boost ventilator production with local company Workers from Vauxhall’s Luton plant this week downed their regular tools in favour of slightly more clinical surroundings to meet huge NHS demand for ventilator production. Vauxhall is providing 22 staff to the Luton site of Smiths Medical, a division of Smiths Group plc,…
The small business champion ParcelHero says the new Government lockdown doesn’t have to spell the end for SME businesses. It has issued a ten-step guide to making full use of the Government’s latest coronavirus SME aid schemes. The UK courier services expert ParcelHero says that, even following the tough new Government measures closing non-essential stores…
With suicide rates among construction workers at 3.7 times the national average*, a Yorkshire electrical engineering firm has made a commitment to protecting the mental wellbeing of its employees. Smith Brothers Contracting Ltd is now an official Supporter of Mates in Mind (MinM) – a leading UK charity that enables organisations to improve their workforces’…
Businesses in Scotland which have been left reeling by the unprecedented scale of the Coronavirus closures have been thrown a welcome lifeline by one of Scotland’s biggest family-run property and storage companies. As the crisis continues to unfold, East End of Glasgow-based Spectrum Properties is announcing that it is offering free storage in its two…