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This International Women’s Day, NAPIT are celebrating women in the electrical industry and hope to encourage more women and girls to consider careers in the industry. ‘Accelerating Action’ is the theme of International Women’s Day 2025, taking place on March 8th. Significant barriers to gender equality remain, yet with the…

National Careers Week is a time to recognise the importance of careers education and to support individuals in making informed decisions about their future. This year, National Careers Week 2025 is taking place from March 3rd to March 9th, and the theme is … ‘You Can’. From our enthusiastic apprentice…

National Careers Week is an opportunity to support young people in positive career choices for their future in the electrical industry. The theme of this year’s National Careers Week, which runs from March 3rd to March 8th, is ‘You Can’. When leaving education, it can be difficult to know what…

National Apprenticeship Week aims to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. Celebrated annually, this National Apprenticeship Week 2025, which runs from February 10th to 16th, enters its 18th year and the theme for this year is ‘Skills For Life’….

Managing Director Frank Bertie reflects on NAPIT’s achievements  in 2024 and discusses the opportunities and challenges moving forward into 2025. Over the years I have seen NAPIT go from strength to strength and 2024 was no exception. It has been great to step into the role of Managing Director and…

Adding lights to the house can get us into the festive spirit. Sparkly flashing reindeers, twinkling icicle lights, gleaming snowmen, and all the traditional festive decorations add to the magic of the holiday season. However, putting up decorative lights requires more attention to detail than just choosing colours and making…

NAPIT has welcomed measures announced in the Budget on housing and clean energy but called for greater clarity around what technology will need to be installed in those new homes. Managing Director Frank Bertie said “We have over 20,000 members working across the electrical, heating, plumbing, ventilation, microgeneration and building…

Frank Bertie, Managing Director at NAPIT, welcomes the new Government campaign to raise awareness around the safe purchasing, use and charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. NAPIT supports the new Government safety campaign addressing the dangers of buying faulty and unsafe electric bikes, electric scooters and components. The Department for Business…

Commercial and Compliance Director at NAPIT, Stephen Melton, encourages more conversations around mental health in tradespeople. Statistics show it can be a challenge for tradespeople to open up about their mental health struggles, especially when working in the perceived ‘macho’ site environment or whilst working alone. This is why we…

On World EV Day (9 September) NAPIT External Affairs Manager Nigel Richardson shares some tips and experiences of owning an electric vehicle. The number of electric vehicles on our roads is steadily increasing but there are still a lot of myths about what they are like to own and drive,…