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Spotlight on: Northern Ireland region
League football matches. Such applications proved a challenge for the ECA technical assessment team, as these companies’ work cannot be interrupted – being predominantly temporary installations for live TV productions. Fortunately, our assessors were up to the challenge. While there is plenty of work within the capital, Greater London region members have had to be resilient, due to competition from across the UK and Europe. This has driven down profit margins, which in turn has had a knock-on effect on companies’ investment in training and apprentice employment. London is currently seeing the lowest level of apprentice recruitment that it has for many years. The Greater London team works closely with JTL, SummitSkills, our Sector Skills Council, Unite the Union and the JIB.
Future The Greater London region team continues to play an active role alongside the Olympic Delivery Authority, London Development Agency and SummitSkills. Together, they are managing a special training initiative. This is open to all electrical contracting businesses in the London area. It aims to help local electrical companies benefit from potential opportunities arising from the 2012 Olympic Games and beyond.
Some Greater London region members are playing key roles on the Olympic Park in preparation for 2012 Games, and will also be competing for the work that is going to be involved with the Olympic
legacy. By developing the Olympic Park to become, in time, a new and prosperous metropolitan area, it is hoped that a lasting legacy will be created. The region’s members will be looking for a slice of this action. Without doubt, there are exciting times ahead, with a great deal of member interest and opportunities in new technologies such as smart homes, solar and photovoltaic’s and wind power. Much interest has been generated by the recent ECA/ ELECSA Renewables Roadshows, which have taken place throughout the region.
The Greater London region team continues to work alongside environmental colleagues on the FLASH programme, which is part- funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and aims to help London-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in construction.
Upcoming events n 13 April 2011 – Golf Day;
30 September 2011 – London Branch Grand Dinner and Ball. Please contact the Greater London region office on 01708 330710 or email
malcolm.conby@
eca.co.uk for more details.
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Let us know what you’re up to in your region, and share it with other ECA registered members. If you have any news of activities your region has been involved in, or details about forthcoming events, email
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office is managed by Alfie Watterson, who joined the ECA in May 2000. Whilst the ECA membership
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in Northern Ireland is small in comparison to other regions of the association, the combined annual turnover of Northern Ireland members is in excess of £110 million, which represents over a quarter of the estimated electrical contracting turnover in Northern Ireland. While all areas of electrical contracting are covered by the membership, most members are involved in industrial/commercial contracts through Public Sector and Private Finance Initiatives. The location of the membership base reflects population growth, with the majority of members being
he Northern Ireland regional office is based in the seaside town of Bangor, situated 12 miles east of Belfast. The
based in the greater Belfast area, although all six counties of Northern Ireland have ECA representation.
Regional activity Major contracts that members are involved in include government infrastructure projects, such as hospitals and schools, along with city and town-centre regeneration projects. ECA members in Northern Ireland
work closely with the Electrical Training Trust (ETT), which currently manages the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL) employer-led apprenticeship training programme. ETT also manages the electrical training programme for operatives/employees in Northern Ireland, and recently facilitated an HNC contract management course for ECA members, who were able to obtain course funding from the ECA Training Fund.
Bangor, the home of the Northern Ireland regional office
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