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NVC Lighting announces new appointments N
VC Lighting has welcomed four new area sales managers and a new key account manager, further enhancing the company’s commitment to providing support to both new and existing customers. Mark Compton, Billy Foster, Aaron Chandi and Andrew Dear join NVC Lighting as area sales managers with extensive sales backgrounds in the lighting sector. The new recruits will be tasked with serving and developing key regions for the brand.
Mark Holman, meanwhile, has joined the company as key account manager, responsible for building contractor relationships and growing project opportunities.
Chris Tanner, Southern regional sales manager at NVC Lighting, said: “This has been a remarkably positive year for NVC Lighting, and these appointments are a testament to our ongoing growth and success.”
ECA champions electrical apprenticeships
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uring A-level results week, leading electrotechnical and engineering services association ECA highlighted the importance of electrical apprenticeships in the move to low carbon technologies and net zero. ECA is putting the need for more electrical apprentices fi rmly at the centre of the new government’s agenda, launching the Electrical Skills Index - a dataset analysing how many people in England are starting classroom-based courses compared to apprenticeships – to highlight the areas of the country facing a shocking shortage of electrical skills.
A career in electrical engineering, design or installation can open a whole world of opportunities, and it all starts with an apprenticeship. The Electrical Careers website is the industry approved portal for fi nding routes into electrical apprenticeships.
Tickets on sale for EW Awards
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he prestigious Electrical Wholesaler Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 26 September – once again bringing together wholesalers and distributors to recognise excellence across the whole electrical industry. Organised by Datateam Business Media, the publisher of EW, the awards ceremony will take place at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London. For those in the running as well as those in the industry at large, the live presentation promises to be a brilliant showcase of the fi nest that the industry has to off er. You can purchase your tickets now at
electricalwholesalerawards.co.uk
Also in the news:
Volt Group Scotland, a Glasgow based electrical installation business, has announced a strategic partnership with HDM Energies, a renewable energy solutions provider.
CEF’s popular TechTalks returns for a fourth series - register for free at
www.cef.co.uk/tech-talks
NAPIT welcomed Mansfi eld MP Steve Yemm MP to its headquarters for a visit.
The Retrofi t Academy has announced a revitalised membership for learners. to bring together professionals and raise standards by off ering a lifelong learning software, networking and recognition solution to support those working in the relatively new industry of retrofi t.
Schneider Electric has launched a new, holistic, digital training programme to upskill engineers and support digital transformation, automation and manufacturing in the UK&I. It covers everything from AI to the automation of machinery equipment and safety regulations via specialist academies, and a digital campus that off ers on-demand courses.
Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT appointed Catherine Gillon as its new director of employment aff airs and secretary of the SJIB
JTL’s upcoming ‘Trade Talks’ event at its Birmingham training centre on Rocky Lane in Aston will give local employers in the West Midlands the chance to take advantage of exclusive opportunities, engage directly with JTL and share their business needs.
ewnews.co.uk
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