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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...

Ageing UK infrastructure needs ‘urgent’ investment – report

The government is being urged “urgently” to prioritise, invest in, and reform the management of the UK’s ageing infrastructure. The report by the National Engineering...

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...

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:...

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...

From the edition – ‘A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET OF OUR FUTURE CITIES’

A keynote speaker at the London and South East Region’s ‘Serendipity in Lighting’ event, Brian McGuigan outlined how column-based sensor technologies are transforming our...

Major cities heating up, and will need to rethink night-time spaces, as climate change accelerates

The world’s major cities now experience a quarter more very hot days per year on average than they did three decades ago, according to...

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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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