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  1. Midwest

    Public Liability Add Ons

    I'm about to go self employed as a sole trader and looking to purchase some PL insurance. I've done some quotes and researched on this forum. My quotes aren't coming out anywhere near some of the ones posted here. Mine have been £300-400pa, compared to £65-100. Now I think the difference is...
  2. Dan

    British public in the dark over the Green Deal, says ECA - YouGov poll shows overwhel

    A YouGov poll commissioned by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) reveals that an astounding 98 per cent of the British public say they do not fully understand the Green Deal and how it works. A staggering 62 per cent have never even heard of the scheme, despite this being the...
  3. S

    Public Liability Insurance

    Hi quite new to forum just wondered if anyone out there knows where i can get decent public liability insurance ( £2 mill + ) at a comprehensive price, many thanks
  4. Energetic

    On low carbon generation and energy subsidies.(hacked off)

    I'm hacked off that the mainstream press lumps nuclear in with renewables. I'm hacked off that we keep hearing about 'renewable energy subsidies' when other generation subsidies get no mention. I'm hacked off that any stronger language than hacked off will get me censored or banned from the...
  5. A

    Selling LED's to the public!

    Is anyone else having trouble selling LED's to your customers,especially LED down lights? When you compare the initial outlay of either £34+ per LED fitting or 10x GU10 fittings for about £50 from your screwfix kind of places it becomes very hard to convince your client! We all know the...
  6. UKMeterman

    Standards of electrical installation at a public firework display

    What do people make of the attached pic, it is feeding 2 off 500W flood lamps on a post plugged into a house next door to the cricket club.. Would anyone in the Bristolish area want to have a word with them?
  7. K

    NICEIC Certification Scheme What % of joe public have heard of NICEIC etc

    My van has the company name on it (no mention of electrics in name) but has NICEIC stickers all over it. in recent weeks I have had 2 people ask what "an NICEIC approved contractor is". How many of joe public don't know it's a sparks van? I would guess <20% of men and probably <5% of women...
  8. C

    Does it need RCD protection?

    Hi all! Just looked at my first commercial job today. Only a few sockets to exchange, and a few light fittings. The installation hasn't been used for about ten years. Re-wireable fusebox,All metalclad boxes and fronts. The premises is going to be a motor garage with public access.i was wondering...
  9. P

    ELECSA Certification Scheme Elecsa public liability dilio!

    Hi everyone I was thinking of joining either elecsa or napit .... £372 and £472 first annual fee then roughly the same every year afterwards.but what is strange is the public liability thing with napit it roughly cost £175 per year where as with elecsa they say that all you have to do is sign...
  10. La Poste

    Public transport, don't you just love it.

    I'm happy I wasn't on this bus: Racist black woman on London bus - YouTube
  11. D

    Licensed companies that forward you tenders and small jobs for public sector and LA's

    Got a call this afternoon from one of these. They seem above board - licensed by the EU and part of the government initiative to give small businesses a chance at LA work etc instead of the big boys getting it and then subbing it out with a price hike. Sounds good so far I suppose. They want...
  12. C

    Public Liability quotes

    Found the Sticky for PLI but nothing is happening? Are these links out of date?...Otherwise Power of Google it is...
  13. S

    Public Protection Officers or Environmental Health Officers/Practitioners (ENOs/ENPs)

    Hi, I was reading a thread about fuseboard/CU changes and Nicolas Owen talked about: Refering to reporting dangerous electrics and people/tenants refusing your advise. Now I must admit I have never heard of this or do it. I was wondering how many people do this? how to go about getting...
  14. E

    Live public solar power site

    I thought I would share this site with you all , as we are all intrested in how each others systems are doing so here we have Samsung 247w x 16 Solar edge inverter SE4000 x 1 Power optimizers x 16 south facing tilt 45 south coast england click link to view SolarEdge please feel free...
  15. Top Cat

    Don't do much work for Jo public, now i know why!

    Guy phoned me and asked how much to put up 2 lights, 1 in kitchen and 1 outside. I asked is it taking down the old and fitting new? Yes he said. £40.00 says i. After 30 seconds of umming and aring he said yes that's not to bad so i went round today. Kitchen light 20 mins, no problem. Where's...
  16. M

    Steps on public transport.

    Started getting the train into central London where I work. Most of the time I am at one site for a few weeks at a time so I put my site box in there. But sometimes I pop round to a few jobs need a small compact set of steps a bit taller than a hop up.
  17. S

    let's ask our local coucils to use PV for their buildings

    As most of us are struggling for work whilst we all know PV makes perfect financial sense...let's ask our local council to install PV systems on their local building! This obviously means saving public money in teh longer term, whilst it can revive local renewable energy companies! What do you...
  18. Z

    Whats you Most Money for Smallest Job?

    As title says... Whats most youve been payed for the smallest job you've done?
  19. A

    Public Liability Insurance for Solar Panel Installation

    I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for any brokers or insurance companies where they have a good deal? Some of the quotes I am getting are crazy!!
  20. H

    General Insurance inc Professional and Public Liability

    Can anyone recommend a decent Insurance Company / Brokers ? How much should a small new Solar PV company pay for general insurance ? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Percy

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