Despite Government committing to the introduction in England of electrical safety checks in the private rented sector in July 2018 and then the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) stating its intention to introduce legislation in January 2019, landlords and letting agents are still left without answers. In…

Senior industry figures have welcomed the Scottish Government’s pledge to publish a consultation on the regulation of electricians – but have also urged them to make it happen soon.             The announcement in the 2019-20 Programme for Government was accompanied by an assurance from Holyrood…

UK businesses that produce or trade products that contain F gas or ODSs need to sign up to online system which will maintain current environmental standards. On World Ozone Day, the government is reminding businesses to register on an online system to ensure the UK maintains current restrictions on the use of…

Prysmian’s FP range of fire-resistant cables have been the market leader for over 40 years for a very good reason: they meet the requirements of the British Standards for fire alarm and emergency lighting cables and they offer increased protection against damage during and after installation. BS5839-1 Fire detection and fire…

Nation is turning its attention away from safety in the home, and some wouldn’t even consider using professionals in times of need. Over half of Brits (52%) do not know how to test their smoke alarm. Over a quarter (26%) of British adults are unaware that their boiler requires an…

European cooling body hopes to build awareness of best practice when using a range of newer to market refrigerants and accounting for their unique properties in cooling and AC systems AREA has unveiled new guidance that introduces key features of the EN378 standard. EN378 outlines a number of considerations for the design,…

The hierarchy of controls is the core occupational safety and health approach for preventing injuries and fatalities, as well as to protect equipment. This framework has been a cornerstone to established occupational safety and health practices and standards, ANSI/ASSP Z10, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, and was adopted as…

Critical vulnerabilities in the Siemens S7 Simatic programmable logic controller (PLC) have been discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Technion Institute of Technology. Prof. Avishai Wool and M.Sc student Uriel Malin of TAU’s School of Electrical Engineering worked together with Prof. Eli Biham and Dr. Sara…

It’s quite easy to be put off Apprenticeships when you hear the word ‘Levy’ but the word is no longer just a word for tax. In fact, the Apprenticeship Levy is essentially a big pot of money that companies can use to train their staff to enhance their staff and…

The latest accident statistics for electrical contracting businesses, employing over 13,000 operatives in total, show a further reduction in the accident rate in 2018. The figures, collected by the Joint Industry Board on behalf of leading electrotechnical trade body ECA and Unite the Union, show that the rate of RIDDOR-reportable…