March 5, 2021
Wholesalers: this useful guide from BEAMA, the trade association for manufacturers, helps support your sales teams when customers ask for guidance on the right circuit breaker to use with LEDs.
February 2, 2021
Data and software experts from the 9 Solution Provider Affiliated Members give you their top tips for the digitalisation of the electrotechnical sector in 2021. Find out who says what, and do you agree?
February 1, 2021
Wrestling with product data can seem overwhelming. Here Javier Garcia, Data & Onboarding Manager at EDA Data Services, shares his practical tips for turning product data into a strategic asset.
January 26, 2021
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is launching an industry-wide consultation into a new proposed Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI),...
January 4, 2021
In late December 2020 the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) announced that the Trade Credit Insurance Scheme would be extended by...
December 10, 2020
Wholesalers: Electrium speaks your language It’s a message that Ian Hunter, Head of Sales and Marketing at EDA Affiliated Member,...
December 2, 2020
Why is product data so important for manufacturers, wholesalers and contractors? Understand the product data challenges, meet the speakers and download their presentations.
December 1, 2020
Thank you for your support throughout 2020, and we hope we have helped you navigate some challenging times. We look forward to working with you all in 2021 and to a better year ahead.
November 12, 2020
Introducing the first edition of Click & Connect, the EDA’s new quarterly newsletter covering all matters relating to ecommerce and digitalisation.
November 9, 2020
Javier Garcia, Onboarding & Product Data Manager at EDA Data Services, gives you an insight into his role supporting manufacturers on their data journeys.
Go behind the scenes at the CEF Bedfordshire logistics hub where they have big plans for growth. Jeremy Saunders explains why it is all about the data.
November 6, 2020
A further cohort of leading manufacturers have signed up to syndicate their product data to wholesalers through EDATA, the industry-owned data pool.
October 9, 2020
The drive to digitalise the UK’s electrotechnical sector received a further boost as Michael Wright, Product Development Manager at Aico...
September 10, 2020
A further ten leading manufacturers have signed up to syndicate their product data to wholesalers through EDATA’s product data pool...
August 28, 2020
With thanks to Andy Douglas, Managing Director at Timeguard for his article in the September 2020 issue of Professional Electrician...
August 24, 2020
NG15 Ltd, product information management specialist and provider of the ETIM-enabled PIM system e-Pim, has recently become the first business...
August 3, 2020
EDA welcomes new jobs portal for the Construction Sector and encourages the electro-technical sector to get involved On Friday 24...
June 2, 2020
Counterintuitive or good commercial sense? Why planning your team’s training schedule now could make all the difference to post COVID-19...
April 9, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 challenges, we have had to reschedule some of the Forum dates and the latest information is...
March 11, 2020
Twelve outstanding individuals from EDA member and affiliate member businesses took home EDA Learning Achievement Awards recently at a high-flying...
March 10, 2020
After five years of service on the EDA Board of Management, Holland House Co Ltd’s Chairman, Alan Dunnet, has stepped...
March 9, 2020
Twenty-five leading manufacturers and wholesalers have signed up as Founder Members of EDATA, a new ‘by the industry for the...
Former House of Commons speaker, The Right Honourable John Bercow, hosted the EDA’s annual Education & Training Awards in front...
January 9, 2020
Wholesalers: The LIA needs your help to put Emergency Lighting to the test Our colleagues at the LIA are putting emergency...
December 16, 2019
Wishing you a peaceful, prosperous and digital 2020! Click play below to enjoy our animated good wishes and please share.
CEF Director of Operations, Chris Ashworth, has taken over as President of the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) following the resignation...
November 14, 2019
Thank you to the 80 people who joined us yesterday (Wed 13 November 2019) at London’s ExCeL for the last...
November 4, 2019
BEAMA has recently published updates of two of guides, The Residual Current Device (RCD) Handbook (October 2019), and The Guide...
October 23, 2019
CEF Director of Operations, Chris Ashworth, has taken office as the EDA’s Vice President, serving until March 2021. This appointment...
October 15, 2019
The increasingly high standard and technical complexity of electrical distribution was put in the spotlight recently (Friday 11 October 2019)...
October 14, 2019
Our latest EDA Sector Survey shows that in-person support offered by wholesaler trade counter teams is still a highly valued...
September 26, 2019
Over 80 member and affiliate delegates joined us in Macclesfield at the third EDA Regional Business Forum of the year...
September 24, 2019
Will Messenger, at South West electrical wholesaler Devondale, is one of the first in the country to complete the new...
September 5, 2019
Join us for the final EDA Forum of 2019 on Wednesday 13 November 2019, alongside LuxLive at London’s ExCeL. This...
August 27, 2019
The Good Work Plan comes into force on 6 April 2020, and has been dubbed the “biggest overhaul of employment...
August 14, 2019
ECA’s Power Players, supported by Schneider Electric, is back for 2019! And you have until Tuesday 17 September 2019 to...
August 13, 2019
It is with great regret that the EDA announces the death of David Cartwright, who twice held the role of...
August 5, 2019
Here we respond to your FAQs about the EDA Product Knowledge Programme. This Programme is a suite of 12 stand-alone...
July 24, 2019
Nineteen-year-old Jonathan McArdle is the 2000th apprentice to join the UK’s electro-technical sector through EDA Apprenticeship Plus, the organization behind...
July 14, 2019
The British Cables Association (BCA) has created guides to the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) & Cables. Edition 2 (issued in...
July 5, 2019
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the annual EDA Summer Event 2019 (Thursday 4 July) where the hotly-contested...
July 1, 2019
Our colleagues at BEAMA, the UK association for manufacturers of electrical infrastructure products and systems, have produced a simple safety...
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