Meeting the standard: FP fire-resistant cables
Thursday, 12 September 2019
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 alarm systems for buildings provides recommendations
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What are the annual safety checks required for electrical appliances?
Tuesday, 03 September 2019
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 annual safety check. Further dangerous
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AREA unveils EN378 refrigeration guidance
Thursday, 29 August 2019
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, maintenance and decommissioning of refrigeration
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Hierarchy Of Controls For Electrical Safety
Monday, 19 August 2019
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 a key concept in the
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Vulnerabilities in Siemens’ most secure industrial PLCs can lead to industrial havoc
Monday, 12 August 2019
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 Bitan of the Technion to
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Six ways UK employers can benefit from the Apprenticeship Levy.
Thursday, 08 August 2019
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 their business. The problem though
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Electrical contractors show further fall in reportable accidents
Wednesday, 07 August 2019
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 accidents fell once again, to
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Climate change advisors urge UK to up F-gas elimination efforts
Monday, 05 August 2019
The Committee on Climate Change has appealed to the UK government to accelerate the pace of fluorinated greenhouse gas (F-gas) emission eradication. Many refrigeration, fire protection and air conditioning and heat pump systems contain hydrofluorocarbons, a type of F-gas. The independent government advisory group pointed out in its just-launched ‘Reducing UK emissions – 2019 Progress
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The languishing Levy pot: Accessing unspent apprenticeship funds
Thursday, 01 August 2019
Almost two years after the apprenticeship levy was implemented, apprenticeship start figures continue to decline in overall terms and questions remain around the ways in which the funds collected by the Government are being spent. 07 March 2019 The apprenticeship levy was introduced to businesses in April 2017, amid fanfare from Government, which made much
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‘We need more electric car charging points’
Friday, 26 July 2019
The owner of an electric car has accused a council of not doing enough to support drivers like him. John Coulthard, 62, said he is reliant on public charging spaces – but often finds those in Brighton are already occupied by hybrid cars. He said: “They don’t give any thought to where they park their
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