June 13, 2019
Thank you to our 73 delegates who gave us a warm welcome at our first EDA Forum in the South...
June 9, 2019
The EDA represents the UK at the European Union of Electrical Wholesalers (EUEW). Each year, as members and affiliates, you...
May 31, 2019
“I am a firm believer in leading by example,” says Alan Reynolds FInstSMM, and CEO of buying group Fegime UK,...
Andy O’Hair, Profit Centre Manager for Edmundson Electrical Ltd in Sunderland, explains the positive difference the training offered by the...
May 23, 2019
Thank you to the 80+ people who joined us today (Thursday 23 May 2019) at the Great Yorkshire Showground in...
May 16, 2019
Mark Ashworth, MD at ABM electrical Wholesale Ltd,has enrolled five of his team on the EDA Product Knowledge Programme but not...
May 14, 2019
The EDA won the Best Training Provider trophy for the EDA Product Knowledge Programme at the 2019 Electrical Wholesaler Awards recently....
May 9, 2019
BEAMA, the trade association for manufacturers of electrical infrastructure products and systems, has recently issued an information bulletin Safe Selection of...
May 7, 2019
A good working relationship came out top of a recent ECA survey into what contractors rate as most important when...
April 30, 2019
An EDA-led delegation will join around 300 representatives from across 21 European countries at the upcoming 64th General Convention of...
April 12, 2019
You might have a customer ask you why the products you’re suggesting are so much more expensive than, say, a...
March 25, 2019
The largest order – by some margin – for EDA Product Knowledge Modules from an affiliate has come from LEDVANCE...
March 20, 2019
Here Mark Allanson, MD at electrical wholesalers BED (Corby) Ltd (centre) part of the ANEW buying group, talks about their apprenticeship...
March 14, 2019
BEMCO – British Electrical and Manufacturing Company – joined the EDA 100 years ago. In celebration of their membership centenary...
March 11, 2019
Sixteen high performing individuals from across the UK’s electro-technical wholesaling sector were celebrated at the EDA’s 2019 Education & Training...
Chris Gibson (pictured left), Projects Director at Rexel UK Ltd became the EDA’s 91st President (March 2019 – March 2021), taking over...
February 22, 2019
Get ready to take advantage of new cash, says EDA The EDA is encouraging members and affiliates who run SMEs...
February 14, 2019
The EDA requested a statement from BEAMA on their members’ no-deal Brexit preparedness. Below is the statement from their CEO,...
February 12, 2019
In 2018 there was a jump of 32 per cent in apprentices already in training – or about to start...
February 1, 2019
The UK Government has issued guidance to businesses that use chemicals on the actions they should take now to minimise...
January 29, 2019
The 18th Edition of the wiring regulation came into effect on 1 January 2019. There are several changes in the...
January 7, 2019
I was asked to write an article for the January Edition of Taking Stock, the quarterly newsletter of the EDA,...
January 4, 2019
Issued by government, this information provides a high-level guide to processes and procedures that are likely to apply to cross-border...
November 22, 2018
View the latest infographic (published 22/11/18) from our colleagues at the Approved Cables Initiative setting out the dangers of substandard Flexible...
November 20, 2018
How do you, as a wholesaler, ensure that counterfeit and non-compliant MCBs, RCCBs or RCBOs don’t find their way into...
November 19, 2018
Newcomer to electro-technical wholesale, 25-year-old sales assistant Ed Trenholme of Upex Electrical Distributors in Yorkshire, (members of the AWEBB buying...
November 15, 2018
Thanks to everyone who joined us at London’s ExCeL yesterday alongside LuxLive 2018 (Wed 14/11/18) for the fourth and final...
October 30, 2018
Yesterday’s budget (Mon 29/10/18) brought a boost for apprentices and for the SMEs who employ them. Here we set out the Chancellor’s...
October 26, 2018
October 16, 2018
The increasing role of women in the Scottish electrical industry was demonstrated recently when they dominated a new award at...
October 12, 2018
Hosted by BBC Breakfast’s business presenter, Steph McGovern, the UK’s best smart electrical products were announced on Wednesday 12 October...
September 13, 2018
Thanks to everyone who joined us at Stadium MK for the third EDA Regional Business Forum of the Year. The...
September 7, 2018
A new recruit to the world of electrical wholesaling, Matt Johnson has just begun his training as a Trade Supplier...
August 30, 2018
Do you agree with the EUEW’s position on CPR and Cable? The EUEW has just published its Official Position Document on...
August 20, 2018
Alan Reynolds, CEO at Fegime UK, leads the lighting experts When the EDA was looking for a chair for the...
August 8, 2018
Who won in 2018 and are you on track for 2019? Winners of the latest EDA Engagement Awards, those businesses...
July 13, 2018
Engagement champions celebrated The EDA’s (almost) legendary Engagement-O-Meter swung into action recently as the EDA’s most engaged members and affiliates...
June 29, 2018
Download the presentations With 90+ delegates Nottingham was one of most popular Forums to date, and we hope that all...
June 21, 2018
Launch your career in a sector that’s worth £billions to the UK economy The EDA is a trade association representing...
With 14 years’ service with National Super Distributors, Stearn Electric Co Ltd, Lynsey Clark knows a thing or two about electro-technical...
April 22, 2018
217,000 visitors, six days, 11 exhibition halls: this hi-tech global village is on a different scale In March 2018, the...
April 13, 2018
The British Cables Association (BCA) launched its guides to the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) & Cables. There are 2 versions of...
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