Thank you to our 73 delegates who gave us a warm welcome at our first EDA Forum in the South West for some time, and our second Forum of 2019.
Just short of 70 per cent of attendees were first time Forum attenders, which is excellent news.
Above and below: EDA Forums offer plenty of networking opportunities between the topical presentations.
BS5839 – update on part 6 British Standard for Domestic Smoke and Heat Alarms
Presenters: Steve Trafford, National Sales Manager, South West and Jo White, Marketing Manager
Aico has produced a Z-card setting out the changes to the British Standard BS 5839-6-2019 which you can request from them by email.
They also have more information available on their website.
Impact of counterfeit and non-compliant products on your business: what you need to know and what’s been done about it.
Presenter: Chris Stammers, Compliance Services Manger (above)
During his presentation, Chris referred to a Safety Checklist, produced by Beama, which is available to you as an EDA member to download.
Digitalisation development – the wholesale transformation
Presenter: Nicola Surman, Regional Sales Manager (pictured above with CEF’s Alex Stratton)
To view the short film introducing ETIM.
EDA Update
Presenters: Anne Vessey, Head of Marketing & Communications; David Lorrison, Head of ETIM-UK; Rose Jerez-O’Flaherty, Education and Training Coordinator
Above: Rose (left), the EDA’s Education and Training Programme Coordinator discusses the EDA Product Knowledge Programme with Nina Reed, HR Business Partner with Rexel UK Ltd