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New national campaign launches to put solar in the spotlight

A new campaign designed to educate and inspire UK homeowners to adopt solar technology has launched today. The Our Solar Britain initiative has unveiled a new website, oursolarbritain.co.uk, which will provide a range of resources, as well as social media profiles designed

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Yuasa Battery Sales (UK) marks 30 years in UK

Yuasa Battery Sales (UK) marked its 30th anniversary of business in the UK with the official opening of its new sales and distribution facility near Swindon. The new sales, warehousing and distribution facilities in South Marston just outside Swindon were officially opened

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M&E – The Building Services Event 2011

As the UK moves towards a sustainable future, the latest industry research predicts a wealth of new opportunities for the electrical engineering industry, making it more important than ever for professionals to embrace the imminent changes and develop new skills. Highlighted by

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Lack of suitably skilled engineers

Almost half of organisations in the IT and engineering sectors are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit suitably skilled engineers in senior roles, while a third of respondents reported that new engineers, IT and technical recruits did not meet reasonable expectations for

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UK specialists build labs for climate change scientists

The scientific laboratories used to carry out some of the most important research into climate change have been designed and built by engineers from EIC Alcester. Six specially equipped research pods – or cabooses – have been commissioned from EIC for use

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SummitSkills marks the ‘coming of age’ of the sector

Building services engineering is coming of age after years of work to bring together the four industries which make up the sector, with SummitSkills recently celebrating the successful completion of important milestone projects. SummitSkills says its work to ensure training, funding and

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Birmingham firm fits out UK’s largest solar farm

Birmingham electrical services contractor JT Hawkes has brought renewable energy to 1,500 homes in Oxfordshire by fitting out Britain's largest solar power plant. The environmental specialist worked against the clock to design, install and commission the electricity plant for Westmill Solar Farm

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New lighting event for UK

November 2011 sees the launch of LuxLive, a new lighting event for the UK. Launched by the Lighting Industry Federation and Lux magazine, and backed by leading lighting organisations, LuxLive takes place from 9-10 November at Earls Court, London, and is designed

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Gambica launches VSD energy savings calculator

Gambica has launched a simple calculator that estimates the energy savings installing a variable speed drive (VSD) on a relevant application can achieve. Gambica, the national organisation that represents the interests of the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology industries in the

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