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18/05/2023

StayMarked.co.uk

We are very pleased to introduce our new sister eCommerce website StayMarked. Bringing a different sector into the online space, to ensure customers from different markets can capitalise on our impressive products and brilliant service. StayMarked‘s main focus is in the provision of Long Lasting, Durable Branded Products manufactured and printed on site from a range of materials such as moulded rigid plastic and Laminated Vinyl which customers use for a variety of different reasons. A good example of one of StayMarked’s products would be a Printed Shutter Badge, available... Read More

Power Lines 18/08/2015
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How to work safely near overhead power lines

Many people are killed and injured each year by coming in contact with live overhead power lines or when flashovers happen. The risk is even higher if your occupation involves tall vehicles and long equipment, for example, elevated work platforms, vehicle mounted cranes, scaffold poles or combines, sprayer booms and irrigation pipes. Accidents have happened after mistaking overhead power lines for telephone wires; add to the fact that electricity can, under moist conditions, pass through wood, plastic and even rubber then subsequently flash over, you don’t even need to be... Read More

electrician work 27/07/2015

18 Million are at electrical risk because they don’t ask this one question…

Electrical Safety First, the UK’s electrical safety charity has released market research which shows that 18 Million UK residents could be putting themselves and their home at risk because they feel too embarrassed to ask if an electrician carrying work out for them, if they are registered to the UK national safety standard (BS 7671) The charity has since launched a major consumer campaign to increase awareness of the need to use a registered tradesman, especially for any electrical work. Phil Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First is quoted:... Read More

Electrics. 23/06/2015
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Pat Testing Requirements & FAQ’s

PAT testing is often a subject stumbled upon that many people didn’t know about. The requirements of PAT Testing is something we get asked for a lot, so we thought we would put a blog together covering some of the most frequently asked questions we receive. How often do my appliances have to be tested? In accordance with the Electricity at Work Regulations (1989) all electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is kept in a safe condition. The most effective way of ensuring that these regulations are... Read More

Vapour 23/03/2015
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Don’t Let Your Vapour Go Up In Smoke

On walking into a pub, an office or a shop many would be mistaken to think that you had time travelled back to Britain pre 2007, pre smoking ban. Seemingly ‘Harmless’ Vapour hangs in the air as people socialise, drink and work.  E-cigarettes, the industry worth hundreds of millions pounds is responsible. Around 2.1 million people in the UK have embraced E-cigarettes and subsequently the 2014 word of the year was in fact ‘Vape’, coming from the act vaporising the liquid in E-cigarettes. Little is known about the long term... Read More