Announcement
BAMMIE Award win for Aico T
Aico, the European market leader in home life safety, received a BAMMIE Award on the 20 January 2023 from Infl uitive, the leading provider of engagement soſt ware for customer marketing, advocacy, and online communities.
he award recognises companies with exemplary engagement and advocacy programs
The ‘Customer Advocacy Program of the Year’ was awarded to Aico, in the small business market for demonstrating the best overall employee advocacy marketing strategy, tactics and results. Ari Hoff man, vice president of customer marketing and advocacy at Infl uitive said: “Aico has been incredibly strategic in creating and delivering exclusive experiences for their community members that help them better run and propel their businesses forward. Congratulations to Matt Powell, Kieran Smith, and the entire Aico team for achieving this tremendous accomplishment - within two years of launching the Aico Installer Community none-the- less.”
Aico’s Installer Community was launched in 2021 during the pandemic to ensure Expert Installers were still able to resource education, training and information. Aico’s free, award-winning Expert Installer training scheme is FIA CPD accredited and is designed to make sure installers have all the information they need to correctly install domestic home life safety systems.
By providing exclusive access to their City & Guilds assured training through the community, Aico has doubled community membership while generating over 20,000 acts of advocacy.
Matt Powell, marketing executive at Aico who has worked closely on the project, commented: “In 2022 the platform went from strength to strength, by acting on Installer feedback and the addition of the sign-up feature for our City and Guilds assured course
UKALA and AICO announce partnership
In other Aico news, the company has partnered with the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA).
UKALA is a professional association that supports letting management agent members to be successful, stay compliant and provide a high-quality service. The organisation represents members’ interests across the UK, works constructively with various government departments and sits on many committees and policy input bodies.
Ever-evolving legislative changes require all rented accommodations in England to have a carbon monoxide alarm fi tted to a fuel-burning appliance. In rented domestic premises, a category LD2 fi re detection system must be installed within the residence. A Category LD2 system, as defi ned by BS5839-6 2019, means that mains-powered alarms with a sealed tamper-proof battery backup should be installed in the living areas and escape routes, with a heat alarm in the kitchen, and all alarms should be interlinked. Aico products are supplied to the UK’s professional electrical distribution network. UKALA members can procure Aico products through these channels through an agreement set up separately by the organisation. Tony Boyle, national sales manager at Aico, said: “In a climate of constant regulatory change, it is clear UKALA does a fantastic job of keeping its members up to date with the latest requirements for compliance and improving the safety of residents. With over 4 million privately rented homes in England alone, it’s encouraging to see organisations like UKALA improving standards within the sector.”
Aico products are supplied to the UK’s professional electrical distribution network. UKALA members can procure Aico products through these channels through an agreement set up separately by the organisation. Anthony Lock, Director of UKALA, added: “We aim to give letting agents a package of benefi ts from client money protection insurance, help and information through to commercial benefi ts. UKALA members can enjoy
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we have seen user engagement soar. A massive thanks to all our Installers for taking part, they are what makes the platform thrive.”
www.aico.co.uk/our-services/expert-installer- training/
access to all of Aico’s carbon monoxide, smoke and heat detector products that conform to the latest legislative changes through the appropriate professional electrical distribution channels. The partnership with Aico is an important safety-related addition to the benefi ts we off er UKALA members, and we are delighted to be working with them”.
UKALA members can register for Aico’s free, award-winning, CPD- accredited training using the link:
www.aico.co.uk/our-services/expert-installer-training/ ewnews.co.uk
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