Electrical Distributors' Association (EDA)

What a great end to the week! #EDA picks up 2 Bronze trophies at today’s #Association Excellence Awards 2024: Bronze: UK Association of the Year Bronze: Best Learning/Professional Development Award for the EDA Product Knowledge Modules Congratulations to Margaret Fitzsimons and to Tracy Hewett and Sabina Shaid in our fantastic education and training team, and to the whole EDA team: Richard Appleton Javier Garcia Brigette Evans Diana Gaina Nancy Adolpho Paul Reeve FRSC Anne Vessey Dip DigM

📢 📢 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐆𝐎-𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 Going live today in the #EDATA data pool are 300+ products from KES Power & Light Ltd and their PCE brand - congratulations to their team including Ian Hamilton and Brian Hamilton W̳O̳W̳: that means there's now 271,462 products now live in the EDATA data pool. ✅ Log in to EDATA here: https://lnkd.in/eRpf7ZwP ✅ For EDA wholesalers that have lost or not claimed their free EDATA access: https://lnkd.in/eHi8zTM2 KES Power & Light Ltd's efforts to get their product data ready for EDA Wholesalers has achieved the Silver Data Quality benchmark. There will be more coming from KES Power & Light Ltd in the coming months and we'll share that news with you then. Richard Baxter Mark Ashworth nick edwell Oliver Nicholas Mark Colclough Craig Rose The IBA Buying Group Ltd FEGIME UK ASSOCIATED NATIONAL ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED AWEBB Paul Jenner Alan Reynolds Mark Lambert Samantha McFall Margaret Fitzsimons Richard Appleton Javier Garcia Brigette Evans

Thanks to Aurora Lighting and their team for being part of the campaign to raise awareness of the #EDATA data pool which gives #wholesalers quick and easy access to the product information that their contractor customers demand. ✅ Resolve product queries by accessing the data pool at the trade counter ✅ Accompany every quote and invoice with EDATA data sheets - wholesalers like their consistent format ✅ EDATA data sheets are perfect for submittals, tenders, O&M manuals ✅ Download data in bulk for e-commerce systems and web sites. Access to EDATA is free to every EDA Wholesaler. Complete this form or call 020 3141 7350: https://lnkd.in/eHi8zTM2

Sharing news of Margaret Fitzsimons's appointment to the ETIM INTERNATIONAL board. Post below and please follow our ETIM UK channels for the latest news on the the ETIM data standard that's at the heart of the #EDATA data pool. https://lnkd.in/e8-QCEb

At this week's EDA Talking Shop, we shared the results of our Q4 latest State of the Sector Survey. Each quarter we gather feedback from EDA Wholesalers and Manufacturers on a range of questions, some are new reflecting what's current in the sector and others appear in every survey so we can track developments. In Q4 2024 one of the new questions we put to Wholesalers: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫? Results below. Do you have experience to share re contractors introducing more stringent terms in their dealings with wholesaler suppliers? Should we revisit this again in our Q1 2025 survey? To view the full results of our Q4 Survey use these links: Wholesalers https://lnkd.in/ed3NnQbr Manufacturers: https://lnkd.in/eBBQGuFA Better still join us in Q1 2025 when we'll present our next set of results. https://lnkd.in/eaSBuG3A Daniel Poole Mark Ashworth John Humphery Andrew Moseley Darren House Margaret Fitzsimons Richard Appleton Tracy Hewett

Thanks to GreenBrook Electrical Jill Richmond Peter Ratcliffe Connor Stockbridge for helping to promote their involvement in the EDATA data pool.

This week it's been the ETIM INTERNATIONAL annual forum in #Rome and the UK was represented through ETIM UK which is a partnership between the #EDA and the Builders Merchants Federation Ltd To stay up to date on the ETIM standard follow our dedicated LinkedIn channel ETIM UK

Thanks to LEDVANCE and their team including Jimmy C. and Nelo Neves for being the 👍 first 👍EDATA data pool sponsors to lend their voice to the #EDATA #EDATAInItTogether campaign, showing how they are making high-quality product information available to Wholesalers in one central hub. ✅ EDA Wholesalers: for your FREE data pool access register here: https://lnkd.in/eHi8zTM2 Richard Baxter Tom Barton Marcus Leek Mark Ashworth nick edwell Ian Hunter Ben Lincoln Margaret Fitzsimons Richard Appleton Javier Garcia Brigette Evans Diana Gaina Tracy Hewett Nancy Adolpho Sabina Shaid

📢 Attention EDA Affiliates (Manufacturers, Service Providers and Solution Providers): join our 🎧 webinar 10am Friday 29 November 🎧with Supplytrain CIC to find out how your business can recruit #apprentices and develop your team using #apprenticeship funding. Supplytrain CIC do the heavy lifting by: ✅ Recruiting and employing your apprentice for you ✅ Commissioning and managing the training provider ✅ Commissioning and managing the End Point Assessment Organisation Meet Phil Golding MD Supplytrain CIC and Tracy Hewett our Head of Education and Training to find out how the EDA's Apprenticeship Service can help you attract new talent and develop your team: 1️⃣ 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 29 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 2024 2️⃣ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 10.00𝐚𝐦 - 11.00𝐚𝐦 3️⃣ 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 ➡ Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gVvpd3ES ❗❗ This session is only for Affiliates, our Member Wholesalers continue to work with our partners at EDA Apprenticeships Plus. Paul Simister Damian Worton Matt Burton Steve Lewis Dave Green Ying Hu Paul Kirwan Jeff Platt Julie B. Steve Kirby Will Rich Jon Chamberlain John Humphery

⏲ Turning back the clock: 2024 marks the EDA's 110 years of service and ICYMI we published a new book '100 - 110 Years: A Review of the Last Decade 2014-2024' sharing high points over the last decade since our centenary. Here's an excerpt from 2014 - were you at our centenary celebrations at 👑Kensington Palace? 👑 It's the year Margaret Fitzsimons joined as CEO and Andy Johnson and Geoff Kerly joined the board. Copies of the book have been shared widely across EDA businesses earlier in the year but if you'd like your own free copy you can order on our website or download a PDF: https://lnkd.in/gzqxXVQj Margaret Fitzsimons Andy Johnson Mark Lambert Tom Jones