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Beacon F&Sduo represent NI in national apprentice finals
Beacon Fire & Security (NI) apprentices Peter and Adam Smylie, will be the sole entrants from Northern Ireland in the UK National Final of the Engineers of Tomorrow in November. Adam is competing in the Engineers of Tomorrow Fire Alarm Systems contest with Peter aiming his sights on the final of the WorldSkills Electronic Security Systems. They’re both students at South Eastern Regional College (SERC). Engineers of Tomorrow helps to raise the profile of engineering apprenticeships and the opportunities they represent within the sector. Usually taking place at IFSEC and FIREX International each year, winners of regional heats compete in a live installation challenge at the show. In addition, the winners of the electronic security competition will go on to the final of WorldSkills UK LIVE, the nation’s premier skills, apprenticeships and careers event. Robin Hamill, Fire & Security Lecturer at SERC described it as a “fantastic personal achievement” by Peter and Adam and that SERC is “privileged” that they are representing them at the National Final. Greg Smylie, Managing Director for Beacon Fire & Security added, “We wish Peter and Adam well in the upcoming events.”
Paul Braham, founder and former Managing Director of Braham Electrical.
Braham Electrical mourns loss of founder, Paul
It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Paul Braham, founder and former Managing Director of Braham Electrical. A well-known and much respected personality within Ireland’s electrical industry, for almost 30 years Paul grew the business to become a leading player in Northern Ireland’s electrical contracting industry and his legacy will live on through his son, Thomas, and his fellow board members. Paul will be sorely missed by all that knew him, and our thoughts go to his wife, Margaret, children Mark, Thomas, Tracey, Michael, Edward and Paula and wider family circle and colleagues. Paul was an esteemed member within the Irish electrical industry and his loss will be felt by all. If you would like to donate to the Friends of The Cancer Centre in memory of Paul, please contact McAnulty Funeral Directors, Warrenpoint.
Peter and Adam Smylie, apprentices for Beacon Fire & Security, get ready for the Engineers of Tomorrow national final.
Switch toEVs faces uphill battle in Ireland
Just half of Irish motorists expect to be driving electric vehicles by 2030 despite it being the proposed cut-off point for the sale of fossil fuel engines, new research has found. The data flags growing concerns that Government green policy needs to be pushed harder to change consumer habits and help drive down carbon dioxide emissions. It also found that less than a third of people believed the target of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030 was actually achievable. The research, conducted among 1,000 respondents on behalf of forecourt retailer Circle K, came just before a Government report outlining its strategy to have 936,000 EVs on Irish roads by the end of the decade, highlighting a gulf between public confidence and State policy.
Worse still in relation to the Government’s record on promoting sustainable transport is that only 17% of respondents feel enough effort is being made to incentivise the purchase of electric vehicles. One in three remains unaware that an electric vehicle grant scheme even exists.
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