Professional tradespeople wanting to leave their mark where there’s an element of painting to be completed on the job can turn to new Crown Contract Super Covertex paint to create the right impression.

The quick drying, high opacity matt emulsion makes a clean sweep of painting works, with a water-based, easy to apply formulation developed to offer low spatter and less mess in use.

Crown Contract Super Covertex also offers exceptional coverage, even over new plaster.

The product – for use on walls and ceilings - is part of the new Crown Contract range, developed for professional tradespeople looking for straight-forward and easy to use paints, that will guarantee a great finish to complement their high quality workmanship.

Modern air conditioning does much more than just allow you to control the temperature in your home and keep things cool. There are a whole host of advantages to having your own air conditioning system. Here are some of the benefits of modern air conditioning from the specialists at Comfy Kiwi Homes. 

1.     Choose a Comfortable Temperature

NEC, Birmingham, September 6 – 7 2017, Stand 7

Epson will be demonstrating its complete LabelWorks range of printers at the inaugural ED&I Expo which takes place next month at Birmingham’s NEC.  

Epson’s LabelWorks handheld label printers are ideal for electrical and IT engineers, maintenance contractors, builders and plumbers.  Together with the Epson Label editor application on your mobile phone you can quickly and easily produce high visibility safety signage, magnetic labels and heat shrink wrap for tagging electrical equipment including, network comms cables, audio visual cables, pipes and machinery.

The Electrical Industries Charity is urging the industry to join its Practical Participation Programme and volunteer their time and skills to help transform the lives of those in need.

Practical support is an essential tool which helps to change the lives of those desperately in need of a helping hand and could significantly improve their quality of life. By being part of the Charity’s Practical Participation Programme, you will have an opportunity to work alongside the Electrical Industries Charity and its partners in solving, or contributing to solutions, for those in need of your help.

Recent tragic events at Grenfell Tower have rightly put product safety at the top of the news agenda. So wherever you are in the electrical product chain, you’ll want to attend Electrical Safety First’s 7th annual product safety conference, Improving Product Safety in an Ever-Changing World.

Analysis from Simply Business reveals trades most likely to suffer an accident at work

New research from Simply Business, one of the UK’s largest business insurance providers, reveals that tree-felling, roof tiling and scaffolding top the list of the most dangerous professions for tradespeople.

Simply Business insures more than 425,000 small businesses and landlords across the UK, and tradespeople represent over 100,000 of these. After analysing customer injury and accident claims from 2012-2016, the online insurance provider discovered that tree surgeons are the most likely tradespeople to suffer an accident at work, and ranked the 15 most dangerous trades in the UK overall.

Tusker, one of the UK’s leading car benefit companies, recently installed a substantial number of Rolec’s AutoCharge electric vehicle charging pedestals at its Watford HQ.

Each of the AutoCharge pedestals were equipped with Rolec’s EV Charge Online pay-to-charge system, allowing EV drivers to use their mobile phone to pay to charge using Visa, Mastercard, American Express or PayPal.

These new charging points are the latest additions to Rolec’s UK-wide EV Charge Online network, and expand upon the hundreds of online charging points already operating on the network. 

Recent Survey Suggests Indifferent Attitudes Towards Workplace Lighting

Lamp Shop Online has recently carried out research into attitudes towards lighting in the workplace.

Two separate surveys asked 500 people the following questions:

1. Would you know how to replace a fluorescent strip light in the workplace?

2. Have you or a colleague ever changed a fluorescent strip at work?

NAPIT EXPO 2017 kicks off on 7th September in Bristol and has announced a line-up of technical presentations which cannot be missed! 

NAPIT will be visiting four major locations in the UK this year with NAPIT EXPO. The EXPO brings tradespeople from all across the UK a day packed full of technical knowledge, industry updates and an exhibition full of the latest products and services useful for their business.

Starting the events at Bristol Premier Training Academy, visitors have the option to attend one of two sessions on the day. The afternoon session, which takes place from 12-4pm, or the evening session which takes place from 4-8pm. Visitors can choose which time suits them best to attend so they can fit the EXPO around their working schedules.

When analysing the small van market, this sector of the motoring industry has it all – from small, compact and practical, to fun and funky, there is a small van out there for everyone, whatever your needs require. 

For tradesmen and small businesses who don’t need to carry a lot of equipment and tools around on a daily basis, a small van is likely to make the cut. Why invest in a large van if the majority of it will remain empty? Small vans are compact enough to navigate around small crowded streets with enough room to store your tools and equipment, whilst looking smart enough to promote your business on the roads – practical, safe and reliable. 

The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire highlighted the deep issues faced by social housing in the UK and sparked an outcry of discussion. In particular, the causes of the fire have spurred intense debate, as it was revealed by police that the fire started in a fridge freezer due to an electrical fault. 

This, coupled with the fact that the tower had been blighted with electrical issues for many years, raises serious concerns about the state of electrical safety in rented housing across the UK. NAPIT have long campaigned for electrical safety and are intent on raising awareness by outlining key ways of ensuring electrical safety in order to prevent future disasters.

Electrical power training specialist, The Faraday Training Centre Ltd continues its growth phase with the launch of a new course.

The Faraday Training Centre Ltd has launched a new three-day Wind Farm HV Cable Termination course, which will train electrical engineers on how to correctly prepare HV cables for wind farm applicable termination.

The course will also provide insight into how a cable is constructed and the function of individual components as well as topics such as: electrical fields and stress control, electrical connections and cable testing.

The story of SWA is quite remarkable.

There were a couple of ways SWA could have celebrated reaching their 30th anniversary year. They could have produced a special brochure patting themselves on their collective backs while blowing their own trumpet (not easy to do). Or they could have printed a 300 page special issue brochure charting their history.

Instead, they’re focusing on the products and people who have shared this history with them, and without whom they’d have never made it to 3 years, let alone 30.