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NAGS celebrates 20th anniversary T
he National Agent’s Golf Society (NAGS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and recently held its annual Open Golf Tournament and Agents conference.
The event is held in a diff erent parts of the country each year depending on who the captain is. For 2024, the captain was Adrian Frearson of Dereck Freason Agencies, and the event was held at Rockcliff e Hall in Darlington. This year’s champion was Matt Holmes (pictured below) from WRA (White Rose Agencies).
Electrical manufacturers agents, or commercial agents, look after the sales and marketing on behalf of manufacturers across the UK, selling directly into electrical wholesalers. They represent brand leaders such as Manrose Fans, Kosnic Lighting, Crompton Lamps, Project EV, Wiska UK, Doncaster Cables, Rolec, Stiebel Eltron and more.
NAGS members are all well known to electrical
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wholesale distributors, from independents to the CEOs of the nationals. Many have been in the business more more than 35 years, promoting products which in many cases end up with signifi cant market share.
Industry urges next Government to invest in electrical skills for net-zero transition
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eading industry voices are calling on the next Government to prioritise investment in the electrical skills necessary to achieve the UK’s net-zero goals. As electrifi cation plays a pivotal role in the nation’s decarbonisation strategy, the demand for a skilled electrical workforce is becoming increasingly urgent, and the future economy will heavily depend on competent, qualifi ed electricians to install and maintain low-carbon technologies. However, the industry faces a signifi cant shortfall in skilled electricians. To address this urgent issue, a coalition of industry leaders, including Green Alliance, Energy
Also in the news:
● Electrical Safety First has opened entries for the Safety Innovation Award 2024. The deadline for submission is 30 August.
● Midlothian-based electrical contractor Lime Electrical has rebranded as Lime, and has appointed David Houston as joint managing director to launch the company’s new mechanical division with a six-strong team of M&E professionals.
● Electrical test and measurement specialist Seaward Electronic has appointed Amy Lyons as international business development
manager to oversee its global brand and business development as it invests further in international operations.
● Electro Replacement Ltd has been named a fi nalist in the Family Business of the Year category at the SME Hertfordshire Business Awards.
● Signify has been appointed by leading aerospace company Leonardo UK to help accelerate its carbon reduction using the innovative ‘Light as a Service’ model. The programme, once completed, will reduce
energy consumption and Leonardo’s CO2 location-based emissions by an estimated 725 tons per year.
● Schneider Electric and AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, have partnered with IN- CORE Systèmes to drive effi ciency in Electric Vehicle (EV) battery production.
● Unicrimp, part of the Scolmore Group of companies, has welcomed the fi rst visitors to its newly opened showroom at its headquarters in Staff ordshire.
Networks Association, RenewableUK, Joint Industry Board, EAL, and BESA, have endorsed the ECA’s Charter to #RechargeElectricalSkills. Introduced in November of last year, this Charter provides a comprehensive framework for future electrical skills development, aiming to build a robust, skilled workforce essential for the net-zero transition.
As the general election campaign intensifi es, apprenticeships and skills have emerged as a key battleground issue. The industry coalition urges the next Government to support these initiatives and invest in the infrastructure needed to foster a skilled electrical workforce.
TIM UK introduced the UK to a “tried- and-tested, cost-eff ective option” for manufacturers that need to create 3D product objects for use in BIM models at recent event Digital Construction Week 2024. “ETIM Modelling Class, or ETIM MC, is an extension to the ETIM product data standard, which we introduced to the UK back in 2017 and which is now adopted widely,” explained Margaret Fitzsimons, board director at ETIM UK and CEO at the EDA, who opened the presentation. Jeroen van der Holst, community director at ETIM International, fl ew in from the Netherlands for the presentation.
“Following our presentation at Digital Construction Week, we invited representatives from across the construction supply chain to a focus group to hear their thoughts on the potential for ETIM MC in the UK,” commented Margaret. “The creation and sharing of BIM objects is a complex topic with well-established players, but ETIM MC off ers tremendous potential for the many manufacturers that have not already created BIM objects for their products. This is very much the start of the conversation for the UK.”
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