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Lighting Live Annual Conference 2027 to move to July

The dates for next year’s Lighting Live Annual Conference have had to be moved because of a scheduling issue. The ILP is reaching out to...

From the edition – ‘TO DELIVER STRATEGY 2030 WE NEED YOU, OUR MEMBERS, TO ENGAGE’

The ILP has developed a new draft Strategy 2030 as a route map for the industry and Institution for the next four years. We’re...

From the edition – ‘THE BIGGEST EMPLOYMENT TRANSFORMATION IN DECADES’

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is significantly changing employment law, and a raft of reforms are coming into force from this month. Any organisation...

From the edition – ‘AS AN INDUSTRY AND AN INSTITUTION WE NEED TO STAY TRUSTED’

James Duffin formally took over from Perry Hazell as 94th President of the ILP at the Lighting Live Annual Conference. Here is an abridged...

From the edition – ‘GETTING TECHNICAL’

The ILP’s Emily Bolt and Guy Harding used the Glasgow Lighting Live Annual Conference to update members on what’s in the pipeline when it...

From the edition – ‘TWO (AND A BIT) DAYS OF HIGH-END CPD’

An engaging ‘How To Be Brilliant’, a well-deserved journal article of the year, and the bravery of two young apprentices to get up on...

From the edition – ‘CODE BREAKING’

One of the limitations on the rapid roll out of in-column EV charging points is confusion over the need for UMSUG codes. The lighting...

From the edition – ‘CHARGING CONFIDENCE’

The rapid, and accelerating, roll out of EV charge points has meant the technical standards have had to play catch-up. But they have been...

From the edition – ‘IT IS A WILD WEST OUT THERE’

From inconsistent DNOs through to a ‘Wild West’ of home and cross-pavement residential electric vehicle charging, lighting professionals are becoming seriously worried about what...

Flags on lighting columns can cause ‘significant’ safety risk, warns ILP

Attaching flags to lighting columns brings with it “a significant risk” of injury or even death to members of the public, the ILP has...

Petition urging Australian politicians to limit light pollution

Dark sky campaigners in Australia are urging the government to follow the lead of France and introduce legislation to limit artificial light at night...

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Lighting Live Annual Conference 2027 to move to July

The dates for next year’s Lighting Live Annual Conference...

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The ILP has developed a new draft Strategy 2030...

From the edition – ‘THE BIGGEST EMPLOYMENT TRANSFORMATION IN DECADES’

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is significantly changing employment...

From the edition – ‘BALANCING OLD AND NEW’

The Thames Tideway infrastructure project is being complemented by...

From the edition – ‘A LOSS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE’

Funding, skills, asset management and attachments all remain key...
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