IndustryNews
Smart meter owners reporting higher bills than savings A
ccording to new survey findings, having a smart meter installed at home does
not necessitate lower energy bills. Published by leading electrotechnical trade body ECA, its recent YouGov survey of adults who are eligible for a smart meter, just 1 in 14 respondents with a smart meter (7%) said that having one had reduced their energy bills, while 1 in 11 (9%) said they had increased. This is despite 1 in 4 (23%) reporting that the main reason for having a smart meter installed was to reduce their energy bills. Overall, nearly half of respondents (47%) said
they were ‘very unlikely’ to have a smart meter installed during the next 12 months, with 20% ‘fairly unlikely’ to do so. Just 5% of respondents said they were ‘very likely’ to do so, with a further 13% ‘fairly likely’ to have one installed in the next year.
ECA Energy Advisor Luke Osborne commented: “Public awareness of data security has increased significantly recently. These ECA findings show that the Government must do more to explain to the public why smart meters do not present a security risk from hacking or other data breaches.”
IAD Accreditation for Rexel’s Deeside branch
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he Rexel Industrial Solutions Deeside
branch has become the fiſth UK Industrial Automation Distributor (IAD) under an initiative from Schneider Electric, making it the first within the Rexel network to receive the accolade. Designed and developed by Schneider Electric’s Industry division, the scheme is part of a Channel Segmentation Strategy Plan for the
establishment of ‘Master’ Partners. It sets out to make a step change in its automation specification and services, offering the highest level of technical training and support for its customers, including end users and OEMs. IAD status is given to electrical distributors that meet a range of specified criteria, while demonstrating a high level of competence with training and technical knowledge of a wide range of control and automation products, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and drives. This in turn allows them to provide training to customers on how to specify the products they need and to use them effectively and safely. Training is provided by Schneider and the branch team are then assessed in a range of areas, such as offering 24/7 customer facing technical support, having an on-site qualified in-house application engineer and a certified external sales resource.
s a response to an ever growing demand from its business customers to rent electrical items, Hughes Trade has appointed Nick Thorby to
300 delegates and guests welcomed by EUEW
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he European Union of Electrical Wholesalers
(EUEW) will welcome nearly 300 delegates and guests from more than 120 leading electrical wholesaler and manufacturer companies across 21 European countries.
The 64th edition of EUEW General Convention will bring together key representatives of peer organizations such as EuroCommerce, ETIM International, FEST and AIE, and members of the international press, over a course of two days 9th–11th May. The convention will be hosted at Dolce La Hulpe Hotel, Brussels. Hans Hanegreefs, Secretary General of EUEW comments: “Improve &
Secure the value of your business’ is the prime theme of EUEW’s 2019 General Convention. We have brought together world’s leading speakers and authorities to help outline our industry’s priorities and gauge trends and challenges for electrical wholesalers including opportunities of the circular economy, artificial intelligence, digitalization, China’s vision on leading innovation, and understanding the European anti-trust and competition laws. As the leading organization that represents nearly €41.5 billion in annual turnover by its 1,050 companies employing 103,000 people – we consciously chose Brussels as the destination for our 2019 General Convention to raise profile of our objectives, strategies and priorities at the European Union level.”
Hughes Trade welcomes Nick Thorby A
its specialist Business Rental team. Thorby brings five years of experience to his new role, earned helping retail
rental customers at the Hughes Store in central Norwich. The demand in renting equipment has grown because it offers so many advantages for businesses, such as managing cash flow and taking the worry out of anything going wrong, plus for most it is 100 per cent tax deductible. There can also be flexibility over the length of the rental agreement. Although based in Norwich, Nick Thorby and the rest of the skilled Business
Rental team will be looking after customers across the UK who will be served from Hughes Trade's regional depots in the likes of Birmingham, Glasgow and Leeds. Nick Thorby commented: "I am really looking forward to my new role, helping businesses get the right equipment for their needs. In addition to traditional products we are seeing an ever increasing demand to rent items used for conferencing, network solutions, digital signage, and CCTV, all of which we can supply and install."
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