ElectricSafe is a new, voluntary register specially set up to recognise competent electricians. It aims to make it easy for homeowners, landlords and tenants to quickly identify, search for and hire a competent, registered electrician. ElectricSafe has been created by...
Part P of the Building Regulations, which aims to protect all home improvers from unsafe electrical installations, continues to draw important attention. A new document is due to published in October. Meanwhile the ongoing work of the Electrical Safety Council (ESC)...
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) could spearhead a coordinated government public awareness campaign on Part P for the Competent Person Schemes? Following the deliberations of a DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government) Select Committee, the...
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has welcomed the CLG Select Committee report which supports the retention of Part P of the Building Regulations. The report presents the findings of an inquiry into the Building Regulations applying to electrical and gas...
“We are committed to consumer protection but we also understand the need for balance - reducing the complexities of Part P, without compromising safety”, according to Phil Buckle, the Electrical Safety Council’s (ESC) director general. He was giving evidence to a...