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The International Property Flood Resilience Association (IPFRA) launches with a mission to support, promote, and grow the property flood resilience (PFR) sector as it becomes an increasingly mainstream part of construction and environmental…
Electrical contractors warn of capacity crisis ahead
Select president Mike Stark
Mike Stark, who took over as president of Scotland’s electrical trade association Select last week (6th June), said that the UK’s National Grid could struggle to satisfy the voracious energy needs of artificial…
IWFM relocates AGM and moves to a hybrid event
The IWFM’s annual general meeting which is taking place on Thursday, 28th July and was scheduled to run as an in-person meeting in central London, is now to take place as a hybrid event following a national train strike on Wednesday which…
CIWM elects new chair
The Trustees of the leading professional body for the resource and waste management sector, CIWM, have elected Liz Parkes as Chair of General Council. Parkes, who has been a trustee of CIWM since 2021 and of CIWM Enterprises before that,…
IFMA’s new board reflects the breadth of experience and global reach of the FM Industry
The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has announced the member-elected Executive Committee and Appointees to its Global Board of Directors for the 2022-23 fiscal year. With members based in Italy, Trinidad and Tobago,…
ECA announces new President
Business leader and electrical engineer, Steve Murray, has been named as the new President of the UK’s leading engineering services trade association, the ECA. Murray jointly owns WT Jenkins Ltd, an electrical contractor based in…
ASFP expands its range of guidance documents
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has released three new and three updated documents which cover the structural fire protection of steel beams with corrugated webs, the firestopping of metal pipes, and planned…
SNIPEF hails significantly improved diversity amongst its most recent intake of plumbing apprentices
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation, SNIPEF, the trade association for plumbing...
BESA’s Crosland named chair of health & safety body
Rebecca Crosland has been elected as the new chair of the Safety and Health Engineering Partnership (SHEP).
She is only the second person to take up the role following Christopher Buxton, CEO of the British Fluid Power Association, who has…
UK businesses are failing to follow through on their net zero promises
UK firms are failing to back their net zero promises with effective measurement according to a report commissioned by the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management.
The IWFM 2021 Sustainability Survey, supported by consultancy…
BESA elects new IOR president
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has elected Graeme Fox as the next President of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR).
A chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the sector, Fox ran his own air…
SELECT launches animation to help public and electrical contractors prepare for new heat and smoke…
Influential electrical trade body SELECT has launched a new public safety campaign to help...