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AES wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise W
akefield-based company AES Ltd has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. It is just one of 220 organisations nationally to be recognised for its
contribution to International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Promoting Opportunity (through Social Mobility). Employing eleven members of staff, AES was founded in 1992 and has become the leading global distributor and exporter of Harnessflex Conduit Systems, supplying products that protect critical electrical and electronic wiring cabling assemblies in the automotive industry. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise celebrates the success of businesses
that are leading the way with pioneering products or services, delivering impressive social mobility programmes or showing their commitment to excellent sustainable development practices. “For a small business from Wakefield to share such an achievement with the giants of British industry is staggering, and we are just thrilled to have
Keeping key workers safe from abuse during essential work
T
he Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is
providing greater visibility on what constitutes ‘essential work’ to prevent key workers being harassed and verbally abused during vital construction projects. The Forum’s members have
reported an increasing number of tradespeople being intimidated and verbally abused by the public while carrying out legitimate projects in line with CICV Forum guidelines. To try and diffuse the situation, the Forum has produced a
checklist of projects to help the public understand the range of work classified as ‘essential’. It also plans to offer on-site signage to help workers make it clear to the public they are carrying out essential work only. Kevin Stewart, Minister for Local Government, Housing and
Planning, said: “The general public may not be aware of the full range of projects that constitute ‘essential work’, but these are workers who are performing a vital role safely and responsibly. It is important that the public understand that there is still a need for essential works to be carried out in these challenging times and industry professionals should be able to complete repairs in safety, without fear of criticism and rebuke.”
pecialist supplier AEI Cables has won support from major industry
won this award,” explains James Fawkes. “I started this business in my 10 x 8- foot garden shed and spotted ‘a gap in the market’ to distribute conduit systems and connector interfaces that protect critical wiring in commercial and off-highway vehicles. Today, we are global leaders.”
Storing waste lamps and electricals during the corona crisis
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rganisations providing essential services during the lockdown continue to operate, although in a difficult environment, whilst
applying appropriate social distancing requirements. Such organisations can be expected to continue producing waste lamps, electricals and batteries. Recolight, a not-for-profit UK WEEE compliance body for the lighting industry, has announced help with storage of the additional waste, and the Environment Agency has published guidance for sites that may exceed their permits during the current lockdown period. The Recolight Network
for dropping off small quantiles of waste lamps and luminaries is temporally closed. This may result in some
waste containers reaching capacity. In such situations, Recolight can supply an additional container to allow the safe storage of additional waste. In addition, on 6 April, the Environment Agency announced that where a
collection point operates a permitted site, that site may temporarily store more waste than the permit allows, but only for wastes covered by the permit. Recolight collection points that do not operate under an S2 exemption will benefit from this change.
body the Institution of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO) for its campaign highlighting the need for the highest quality of cabling for use in sprinkler systems, to ensure reliable continuous power. Martin Dunne of the IFPO said: “We
IFPO support for AEI Cables S
support the move towards increased use of sprinklers especially in tower blocks and the use of quality products including cables which ensure they will continue to operate in the event of a real fire. "The recent advances in fire alarm
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technology will continue to give an early warning of a fire in its initial stages giving everyone the opportunity to use valuable time to evacuate the building. However, we must always remember
that even the best super designed fire alarm system will not extinguish a fire. “A sprinkler system always goes one
step further as well as detecting a fire and raising the alarm it will also extinguish the fire to protect the structure by suppressing the fire developing further to protect the escape routes from the building even when unoccupied.”
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