The Specialist Engineering Contractors Group (SECG) met the Treasury's chief secretary Paul Boateng this month to discuss retentions. An estimated £3.25bn in cash retentions is funded by SMEs every year with the annual cost to the public purse an estimated £750m. The

A free CPD seminar – part of the Leonardo Power Quality Initiative – aims to help electrical contractors and installers understand the theory behind power problems and provide practical guidance on their identification, measurement and mitigation in LV installations. Content includes measurement

Hartlepool-based CBL Contractors has bagged a lucrative contract for cabling and electrical installation work on the new Wembley stadium.Worth some £10m, the deal will enable the firm to create up to 200 jobs over two years. CBL already has experience of stadium

Shell Solar and Gesellschaft f??olarenergie hope to build the world

Scottish and Southern Energy has announced its preferred route for a 400kV electricity transmission line, which must be built between the Highlands and the Central Belt of Scotland if the company is to meet the government

The mayor of London has installed photovoltaic panels on his home to promote his Draft Energy Strategy, which calls for the Capital

Electricity firms will not be prosecuted for the power cuts that hit south London and Kent on 28 August and the West Midlands on 5 September. The energy minister, Stephen Timms, said findings from an investigation will be passed on to the

Gaining a five-year licence to operate as the Sector Skills Council for the building services engineering sector, SummitSkills has ?absolute confidence? it will improve the industry