This month..

The first ECA Annual Review is available on the ECA website.

The ECA will be among the speakers at the Electrex show at the NEC from 22 to 24 April.

Raymond Jackson of Allan Jackson Electrical is the new chair of the ECA’s London branch. Malcolm Brown of EH Brown is chair of the Croydon branch.

The new staff agreement at the National Joint Council for Environmental Engineers and Allied Staffs will see a 4% rise in salaries from 1 January 2008 and a 4.25% rise from 1 January 2009.

Knowles has announced a new series of half and full-day seminars with 15% discounts for ECA members. See www.jrknowles.com

ECA members are invited to nominate outstanding apprentices for the annual ECA Edmundson Awards. More information is on the ECA’s website.

ATG employees Peter Doyle and Peter Bell have received contractor safety awards from Lilly Speke Operations.

SummitSkills is seeking comment on five skills priorities and a draft action plan, following publication of the stage three report of the Sector Skills Agreement project (Horizon).

This coming Christmas, contractors can claim double time for the day itself, time and a half for the other bank holidays.

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Electrical and Mechanical Contractor