SELECT, the trade body for electrical professionals in Scotland, has given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s measures, announced on Thursday 26 March 2020, to provide financial support to the self-employed – but insists more clarity is still needed.
Right now, almost anyone can claim to be an electrician and carry out electrical work. The absence of the necessary qualifications and experience required to do so of course make this practice incredibly dangerous for both the ‘electrician’ in question and unwitting
The Scottish arm of construction body SEC Group has welcomed two experienced industry professionals to senior roles within the organisation.
SELECT has reminded its members to have their say and take part in an industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction.
The need for more young people to join the electrical industry in Scotland has never been greater – and those who do so will have an “opportunity for life”, SELECT managing director Alan Wilson has said.
A new survey from the ECA and BESA has found that 47% of small business owners and managing directors have had to stop their own pay due to the impact of unfair payment practices by their buyers. This is just the latest
SELECT’s campaign to introduce more regulation in the electrical industry has received backing from 32 more members of the Scottish Parliament. That brings the total number of MSPs backing the regulation to 41.
Alan Wilson, managing director of industry body, SELECT, looks at how the electrical industry in Scotland is managing changing demographics and the continued issues surrounding the skills gap.
SELECT is getting involved in the upcoming general election by urging all candidates to back legislation that would end late payments on all public sector contracts and subcontracts.
SELECT has taken its campaign for regulation of the electrical industry to the Scottish Parliament this week in a bid to keep the issue firmly in the public eye.
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