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ISSUE 108 APR/MAY 2025
INSPIRING INDUSTRY CAREER PATHS
Our April/May edition should be out just in time for ELECTEX Belfast, and the team is looking forward to catching up with everyone at the Eikon Exhibition Centre over April 9-10. While you gear up for the show, there’s plenty to keep you occupied inside with the latest news from companies, brands, trade organisations ECA and M&ECA, the Irish Electrical Buying Group and charities IEBA and EIC. Case studies include Haughey Electrical’s installation at the North Coast’s first five-star hotel, Dunluce Lodge, alongside packed features on Fire & Alarm Systems and Tools & Workwear. With a shortage of skilled electricians among the top challenges facing the industry, we offer an inspiring career path Q&A with Harvey Group MD Jonnie Clarke, who started out as an electrical apprentice with the firm in 1997. Equally inspirational is Mercury HR Director Joanne Cluxton, who was appointed in January as the first female president of ECA in Ireland. Enjoy. Alyson Magee THE TEAM: Managing Director Karen McAvoy Editor Alyson Magee Media Manager Janice Uprichard Media Advisor Grace McSherry Production Lead Julie Anne Guiney Design Jo Hendron Digital Communications Natasha Nelson Office Manager Andrea Simpson
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15 News & Views: Book your table for a fun, glamorous evening at the Northern Ireland Electrical Awards, set to be celebrated at a gala event in Titanic Belfast on Friday, June 6. 24 Products: Scan Alarms’ comprehensive installation of life safety and security systems at Harland & Wolff shipyard is featured in our Focus on Fire & Alarm Systems. 43 In focus: Celebrating 25 years of trading, Century Electrical Wholesale has opened a new Downpatrick office and is rolling out its specialised cable and new renewables divisions. 56 Products: Preslite Distribution, the Dublin-based supplier of Greenlamp LED lighting and Voltron everyday electrical products, is launching a new ecommerce website and app. 66 News & Views: Northern Ireland’s electrical sector turned out in force for the Electric Lunch, featuring Adrian Logan and Jimmy Nesbitt and raising over £40,000 for the EIC. 76 In Focus: Clonee Wholesale Electrical, Estuary Wholesale Supplies and Monaghan Electrical Wholesale are the latest members to join the Irish Electrical Buying Group.
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