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By Kirsty Shillabeer, Channel Marketing Manager for Philips Lighting Over the past 18-24 months we have witnessed unprecedented instability in the world’s financial markets. This in turn has led to global economic uncertainty which has impacted on every sector of industry. Despite these conditions, it has been those businesses which have been able to maintain, and ... Full story

By Richard Shaw, Managing Director of GreenBrook Electrical It’s when times get tough that you find out who your friends are.  And times have never been much tougher for the electrical industry than the past year as all the way down the supply chain contracts have been harder to come by, margins have been squeezed and ... Full story

By Jeff Bierman, Senior VP at Volex Manufacturers are demanding increasingly tight relationships with suppliers to meet faster targets for manufacture on demand and ‘just in time’ delivery. But, as yet, few are maximising the value these organisations can deliver early in the design phase to both optimise technology and inform logistics decision-making. Why are laptop manufacturers, ... Full story

Lightning can cause significant amounts of damage to systems in a building if the right type of protection isn’t used, but do you know what the right standard is and what products you should be selling? Mark Redfern of Wieland Electric explains how a little knowledge on your part will go a long way with ... Full story

It can be very tempting to think of so-called commodity items as being all the same but in fact they can vary a great deal. Ian Peacock, Technical Manager of Lewden Electrical discusses the sort of criteria that can make a big difference to the electrical installer Every electrical wholesaler will be aware that there are ... Full story

By Adrian Kitching of Megaman Increasing concern from end users about the sustainability credentials of the products used in their buildings is generating more searching questions to suppliers.  Over the last few years the ways in which we all think about sustainability have evolved in a very interesting way. Initially the focus was very much on the energy efficiency ... Full story

By Lorna Fellowes, Managing Director of Triton I feel pretty sure that the UK shower market is beginning to improve; or at least the decline has eased. The Market was at its height in mid 2007 and for the two years from then the market has declined by about 20 per cent. Electric showers however have suffered ... Full story

By Charles Whitfield, new product development manager for Carl Kammerling International. It is fair to say that the key to the success of a business is its people. When staff have sound knowledge of the workplace, commitment to the job and more satisfaction and enjoyment in their careers, customers will reap the rewards from more superior standards of ... Full story

Recycling of end of life electrical equipment is here to stay and wholesalers can choose to treat it as nuisance or an opportunity. Ernest Magog of Lumicom looks on the bright side of luminaire recycling. From talking to a number of electrical wholesalers, it?s clear that the tighter regulations on waste disposal through the WEEE (Waste Electrical and ... Full story

The ongoing evolution of light sources means that there is now more choice for high and low bay applications but it’s important to make decisions based on accurate information, says Keith Huxley of Venture Lighting Europe. Until quite recently the only sensible choice of light source for high and low bay lighting has been high intensity discharge ... Full story