The Electrical Industry Awards – now running for 31 years – brings together the electrical industry and its associated businesses. Organised by Electrical Times, it provides a platform to showcase the professionalism of organisations and individuals. Becoming a finalist is a great way to boost morale and gain the recognition that you and your team…
EDATA, the data pool for the UK’s electrotechnical sector which offers free access to EDA wholesalers, now has an extra data quality feature built in. If wholesalers suspect an error in a manufacturer’s product data, they can use a new alarm bell icon to raise a query that pings straight to the manufacturer. Richard Appleton,…
New OECD trade figures show UK exports slumped deeper than any other G7 nation’s in February. The international delivery expert ParcelHero says Britain’s exports fell by -4.45 per cent against January and also tumbled -2.91 per cent year-on-year. February was a bad month for UK exports, when contrasted with its fellow G7 nations. Britain’s international…
Specialist trade supplier, ElectricalDirect, has launched its latest catalogue featuring best-sellers from its huge range of over 12,000 products, plus a number of new additions. The free catalogue is perfect for browsing project essentials while on the move, so customers can easily find what they need, when they need it. The latest catalogue has been…
Selco Builders Warehouse has continued its UK expansion by opening a new branch in Peterborough. The builders merchant has officially cut the ribbon on its premises on Padholme Road East to take its total number of UK branches to 75. Howard Luft, Selco’s chief executive, is delighted to be extending the Selco offering into a…
1500 new product lines launched Leading lighting designer and manufacturer Ansell Lighting has launched its latest product catalogue, S16, with 1,500 new product lines, including new specialist healthcare products and the most comprehensive LED strip lighting range on the market. While the company, which recently received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation, has a…
Screwfix has partnered with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to roll out defibrillators in all of its stores across the UK and Ireland, becoming the first trade retailer to roll-out defibrillators on this scale. With more than 870 stores across the UK and Ireland, Screwfix is perfectly placed to provide the lifesaving devices in the…
Two apprentice electricians, Harry Baines and DJ Earley, have reached the final of the 2023 Screwfix Trade Apprentice award From 1,700 entries, the top 10 have been selected to attend the national final in May One winner will be named Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2023 and receive a career-boosting trade bundle worth £10,000 Ten ambitious apprentices,…
A new report reveals UK businesses’ online sales soared from £227.4bn in 2014 to £459.2bn in 2021. The home delivery expert ParcelHero says own website sales far eclipsed online marketplace results, while microbusinesses punched well above their weight. Businesses also aired their biggest marketplace gripes A new Office for National Statistics (ONS) report into the…
The amount of goods Brits bought in March fell by -0.9%. However, e-commerce sales shrugged off the slump as we all spent 0.8% more online. Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for March paint a mixed picture. It’s likely that shortages of some foods, particularly fruit and veg, drove down retail sales…