P6,7,8 Industry News:Layout 1 18/03/2021 16:42 Page 6 IndustryNews
Appointments F
ollowing his 18 month tenure as commercial manager for
the company, Jim Hutchison (pictured) has been promoted to group commercial director at Scolmore. He will now oversee all commercial procedures across the Scolmore group of companies which includes Click wiring accessories, Ovia lighting, ESP security and fire protection, and Unicrimp cable accessories. Michala Medcalf has been
appointed vice president local authority at The Institution of Lighting Professionals, expected to bring “real deliverables to the role which is the support not only our existing local authority members need but also the asset managers who need guidance on where to come for the right industry knowledge.” Commercial heating manufacturer ELCO Heating Solutions has appointed Paul
Mickleburgh as area sales manager for the South East of England. Paul will be responsible for helping ELCO grow its market share in the region, driving sales of the company’s commercial heating, hot water, district heating and renewable products. ERA, a leading UK leading home security and fenestration component providers, has announced the appointment of Helen Downer as the UK and Ireland President of its parent company, Tyman. US manufacturer ToughBuilt Industries, whose product range includes Sawhorses,
Mitre Saw Stands, Roller Stands, Knee Pads, the ClipTech™ system of Belts and Pouches, Tool Bags and Totes, has strengthened its UK sales team with the appointment of two national key account managers, Scott Thompson and Stuart Cowling, and a new commercial manager - retail, Andrew Hatch.
Electrical Safety First update
A
manifesto to help reduce the number one cause of fires in Scottish homes has been launched ahead
of the Scottish Parliament election in May by leading consumer protection charity, Electrical Safety First. Electricity causes nearly three quarters of all house fires in
Scotland each year. In 2019 alone, it cost the Scottish economy an estimated £35 million. The Charity’s manifesto contains five key asks of the next Scottish Government and elected MSPs, to protect people and property from electrical risk. Central to these is a call for an integrated approach - a cross-government plan for electrical safety. In this way, intelligence can be shared and the evidence base improved, to ensure better targeting of resources, particularly for the most vulnerable.
Also this month, Electrical Safety First released a new
report on Northern Ireland’s homes which found private tenants had less protection from electrical risk than in other parts of the UK. It also suggests how annual savings of almost £9million could be made. Currently electricity is the primary cause of fires in Northern Ireland’s homes. In England and Scotland, five-yearly electrical safety checks in the PRS are legally required. Private landlords in Northern Ireland have no such requirement, leaving their tenants at greater risk of an electrical fire. Electrical Safety First’s Recharge report offers a series of recommendations to enhance electrical safety for all tenures.
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