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Hiring Tips: Interviewers Should be Delivering their Best Sales Pitch Not an Interrogation
When recruiting new talent for your business, you’ll want to use your interviews to find out as much as you can about potential candidates – to see whether they’ll be a good fit in terms of skills, expertise and personality. However, a common mistake that interviewers make is to turn their interview into an interrogation…
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How Can Electrical Wholesalers Compete with Amazon?
E-commerce giants like Amazon have completely transformed how brands are engaging with their customers. They offer a huge range of products and are now making the most of the growing electrical equipment market too. So, with huge brands like Amazon muscling in on the electrical products market, how can electrical wholesalers continue to compete? Many…
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How the Transforming Property Landscape is Affecting the Electric Heating Market
The property market continues to boom in the UK and developers are making the most of it. There are currently two big forces that are transforming the property landscape: Attitudes to city centre living. There has been a huge surge in the popularity of the private rented sector (PRS) and build to rent (BTR) developments.…
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What Does the Future Hold for the UK Lighting Market?
It’s an exciting time to be a part of the UK lighting industry with plenty of innovation and rapid growth taking place. The Lighting and LED Market Report (UK 2018-2022) has revealed that the overall lighting market has seen an impressive 44% increase since 2013. Last year it was estimated to be worth £2.4 billion and…
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The Future is Looking Bright for Lighting Controls
Lighting is a big player in many electrical wholesale businesses, but are wholesalers making the most of lighting controls? Forward-thinking electrical engineers, contractors and end-users are already seeing the benefits of lighting controls and the market is expected to grow by more than 10% every year for at least the next five years. What does…
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Are Out-Dated Systems Costing Electrical Wholesalers?
Many businesses rely on systems to manage and organise their activities. For electrical wholesalers that means managing stock levels, sales, client purchase history and invoicing to name a few. However, there comes a point when using and relying on out-dated systems every day could be holding your business back. Our Recruitment Manager and industry expert, James…
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The Smart Heating Market is Hotting Up
With more and more smart technology being used in our everyday lives, it’s unsurprising that homeowners are wanting to introduce it to their homes. Our Recruitment Manager and industry expert, James Downing, shares his thoughts on smart heating. Just over 10 years ago we didn’t have smart phones and watches, Alexa and Siri didn’t exist, and…
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8 Business Etiquette Rules That Should Never Be Broken
Business etiquette can have a big impact on the success of your career. The business world is all about working with people and therefore, making the right impression and building strong business relationships is crucial. Professional behaviour today is thankfully not as stuffy as it used to be. However, this isn’t to say that business…
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What Are KPIs? Key Performance Indicators Explained
The professional world is jam-packed full of jargon, abbreviations and business terminology that isn’t always obvious, especially to those just starting out on their career. One such example that you’ll see all over job adverts and hear thrown around in the office is a ‘KPI’. So, what are KPIs and why are they important? Even…
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How Can Electrical Wholesalers Help to Improve Installation Safety?
Safety first! With advances in electricals and technology as a whole, electrical installation safety has never been more vital. Our Recruitment Manager and industry expert, James Downing, shares his thoughts on test equipment. Where there’s a blame, there’s a claim. It’s no secret that we’re seeing a rise in compensation culture, even for the most…