WHAT’S NEW? MAKING LIGHT WORK


The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) has taken steps to differentiate its Member’s services and products, through the introduction of random product testing as a mandatory requirement of Membership.


The LIA has always been proud of the fact that its Members represent the best of the Lighting Industry and this initiative is aimed at both proving and maintaining that position.


Through the LIA’s Code of Conduct, every Member is required to participate in a random product assessment scheme that is overseen by the LIA’s UKAS accredited Lighting Laboratory, the largest facility of its kind in Europe. The LIA Council agreed to introduce the new membership criteria after observing several market surveillance initiatives that


failed to address non-conformities. Whilst it is difficult for the LIA to influence non-Member companies, it can ensure that the products and services offered by its Membership are of the highest quality.


For over 150 years, the LIA has represented the interests of its Members, who comprise of UK and European lighting Manufacturers and through the utilisation of the LIA’s technical expertise and dedicated test laboratory, the LIA actively supports its Members to stay at the forefront of technological change in the lighting market.


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WHAT I LEARNT


THIS MONTH Liz Kentish


I was discussing music with a friend recently, he has a very different taste than me so he challenged me to go to a gig of his choosing and in return he would come to a gig of my choosing; I accepted.


will provide that balance for world economics in the future".


The British Water Cooler Association (BWCA) conference is a key fixture in the industry's calendar. The theme this year - ‘New Horizons: Plan to Win' - reflected the motivational strengths of the speaker, who is of course the former Director of Coaching for British Athletics.


THE VITAL RESOURCE


Frank Dick OBE, former Director of Coaching for British Athletics, the keynote speaker at the British Water Cooler Association Conference held this month in Nottingham, spoke about the vital resource of which the water cooler industry is a supplier. He also spoke to the audience about the need to encourage children to become more active.


Mr Dick said: "Today's world economics may be balanced on the cost of oil or gold or even cocoa. But while we can live without these we cannot live without water. Its value, then, is beyond measure. So it is the value and therefore cost of water that


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Frank Dick said: "Your industry is sustainable and essential. The extraordinary thing is if you think about where we are - what fluid will be driving the world's economy in the future? It's not oil: that will cease just as other companies and industries have folded because the world moved on. The world in the future will be founded on water, I believe. I'm talking about not just the economy, but about health and wellbeing and the safety of the planet."


Frank Dick also commented further on the theme of making a difference. Praising the industry for its fundraising efforts he said: "You chose to support Just a Drop, as an industry," he said. "You made a decision to make a difference and you did".


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Now, Black Sabbath would have been way down my list of bands to see, but in fairness it was their final tour, so with my best rock chick outfit on, I went.


It was a fabulous show, and although Ozzy Osbourne is not the greatest singer in the world, he is a great performer. I later found out that Ozzy is deaf. Apparently he wears a clicker on stage that tells him when to come in and sing. I found this quite remarkable; it requires considerable concentration and perseverance.


It would have been understandable for Ozzy with his hearing problem, to have given up on music. But instead his persistence in rehearsing and becoming competent with the device allowed him to perform with the band on the biggest stages in the world.


Now as I said, he is probably not the most gifted of singers, but he proves the point, that if you work hard enough, you can continue doing what you love, even if it is against the odds. It is all about persistence.


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