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Eurotunnel receives £2.25m fine for lighting mast accident

Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has been fined £2.25m for health and safety failings when a lighting mast was dropped, resulting in serious injuries to...

‘Concerning’ confidence gap in home electrical safety, warns IET

Most Britons believe their home is electrically safe when in fact new data suggests otherwise. The warning by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)...

Nathan French moves to Charles Endirect as sales and marketing director

Stalwart ILP member Nathan French has joined Charles Endirect as its new sales and marketing director. Nathan, formerly of ASD Lighting, is a two-time past...

Ministers urged to do more to tackle ‘perilous’ skills gaps in engineering

The government is being urged to address the “perilous” skills gaps and talent shortages still facing engineering. The call by the National Engineering Policy Centre...

SLL launches ‘Get Curious’ programme to boost school lighting placements

The Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) has launched an initiative to encourage lighting professionals and teams to offer work placements to Key Stage...

Budget pledges £200m to accelerate EV charging roll out

Chancellor Rachel Reeves used today’s Budget to announce a multi-million-pound cash injection into accelerating the roll out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Reeves told MPs:...

Registration open for Lighting Live Local Authority

Registration has now opened for February’s ILP Lighting Live Local Authority event in Daventry, Northamptonshire. The CPD day on 5 February will return to the...

‘Lighting in sync’ to be at the heart of this week’s LiGHT25

The countdown is well and truly on to this week’s LiGHT25, which will include the team from Foster + Partners presenting a special ILP...

Light pollution set to be discussed for first time at COP30

The impact of light pollution on our climate is set to be discussed at the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, next week. A workshop on...

From the edition – ‘HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THE SKILLSETS WE NEED?’

The ILP surveyed local authority members over the summer to find out what was most keeping them awake at night. Skills, asset management, attachments,...

From the edition – ‘CRAFTING A LIGHTING LEGACY’

For the first How To Be Brilliant of the autumn, SEAM Design’s Marci Song discussed how to craft a build environment legacy as a...

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Eurotunnel receives £2.25m fine for lighting mast accident

Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has been fined £2.25m for...

‘Concerning’ confidence gap in home electrical safety, warns IET

Most Britons believe their home is electrically safe when...

Nathan French moves to Charles Endirect as sales and marketing director

Stalwart ILP member Nathan French has joined Charles Endirect...

Plan for mirrors in space raises light pollution fears

Researchers have warned that plans to install reflective mirrors...

Alex Bittiner joins BDP as senior lighting designer

Congratulations to Alex Bittiner, who has started a new...
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