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Scotland’s largest trade association has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of an industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. Electrotechnical industry campaigning body SELECT said that it would now actively encourage all firms in Scotland&rsqu

More than 30 MSPs have added their voices to SELECT’s rapidly-growing campaign for regulation of the electrical industry. Some 32 new politicians have joined the swell of cross-party backing after Scotland’s largest trade association spent three days meeting MSPs and delivering its vital

SELECT’s Alan Wilson details how the electrical industry is tackling demographic changes in the Scottish population. Electricity and electrotechnology underpin every aspect of modern Scottish society and the recently highlighted prospect of an erosion of highly technical skills as a result of

A campaign to raise public awareness of new safety regulations affecting all homes has been launched by SELECT, Scotland’s leading trade body for the electrical industry.

The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) will celebrate its 50th anniversary at a gala banquet at Edinburgh Castle later this week. SJIB members and special guests will gather at the historic landmark on Thursday 21 November to mark five decades of achievement.

Scotland’s electrical industry trade body for the SELECT has backed a new campaign by The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group that calls on all general election candidates to end late payment in the construction sector. The SEC Group is seeking to obtain a commitment from all

One of Scotland’s most revered electrical associations is marking its 100th anniversary as it seeks an injection of new blood from the industry’s younger professionals. The centenary celebrations of The Edinburgh Electrical Society will take place on 12 November at the Charwood restauran

Trade body SELECT is taking its campaign for regulation of the electrical industry to the Scottish Parliament this week in a bid to keep the issue firmly in the public eye. Scotland’s largest trade association has secured prominent exhibition space at Holyrood, where it will spend three days e

SELECT, the trade body for electrical professionals in Scotland, has raised more than £5,000 for the UK’s leading charity devoted to those working within the industry.

The head of Scotland’s largest trade association has highlighted a major European report on the importance of electricians to an increasingly digital-dependent society which strongly reinforces the sector’s campaign for recognition of electricians as a profession. The first ever Europe-w

In a year in which the Scottish electrical industry took another historic step towards being recognised as a profession, the country’s largest trade association paid tribute to the sector’s leading talent, drive and enterprise last week. Bernard McAulay being presented the Lifetime

New advice that confirms how Construction Products Regulation (CPR) could be affected by a no-deal Brexit has been welcomed by Scotland’s largest trade association SELECT. The UK government has announced that if the UK leaves the European Union (EU) without a deal on 31 October, EU CPR will be

Fiona Harper, secretary of the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), has said that stricter regulations within the electrical industry would have a significant uplift on the economy while also driving massive improvements in public safety. Ms Harper, also head of employment affairs at SELECT, spoke

Senior industry figures have welcomed a pledge to publish a consultation on the regulation of electricians but have called on the Scottish Government to make it happen soon. The announcement in the 2019-20 Programme for Government was accompanied by an assurance from Holyrood that it would “la

Scotland’s electrical contractors’ trade association SELECT is to collaborate with BESCA to allow its electrical contractor members to apply for membership of the BESCA Competent Person Scheme (CPS).