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Consumers will now save their money and help dispose of 500 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year due to the heat from a Northern Underground line being piped to their homes in the Islington area. The project was recently announced by the Islington council in conjunction with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson’s initiative of harnessing secondary Read more...

Carpets are wonderful until it comes to the time when you have to hoover up all the dirt that manages to get trapped within the threads. They don’t do anything, they are placed on the ground to give a homely feel and don’t need reinvented in anyway. However, 2 companies have decided to transform carpets as we know them by embedding LEDs in Read more...

An expected two thirds of Britons, in an attempt to save money on their energy bills, will cut back on heating their homes. 88% of households are said to be struggling with the rising cost of living as a result of the increase in gas and electricity prices. A recent report carried out claims that 32% of people will ‘definitely’ be Read more...

There have been a total of 280 homes left without power from a series of fires due to the theft of copper wire from a local electricity substation. It was around 4am on Tuesday 19th November, that police and fire services were alerted, reporting that 4 fires had ignited in the consumer units of homes in the Greenock area, Inverclyde. Three Read more...

Entergy Texas, Inc. is sending reminders to customers, that an inexpensive way to help keep their homes or businesses safe after the sunset is by using security lighting. With the evening getting darker and darker, it is resulting in nightfall occurring before many of us even get home. Vice president, Vernon Pierce for Entergy Texas said, “ Read more...

Nest, maker of the learning thermostat and the protect smoke alarm, will have automatic updates to its mobile companion App on Android and iOS. The new revamped mobile app, has a more streamlined look to control both home based devices. From the home screen, users can quickly swap between their Home and Away settings while still being able Read more...

Thorne & Derrick, alongside Bombardier Transportation, will be supplying the Silver Fox ‘Fox in a Box’ Cable Label System, which is to be used on the London Underground SSR Contract.  This is reported to be the largest ever recorded metro re-signalling contract undertaken worldwide. The system, which is based around the ‘Fox in the Read more...

It is that time of year again where it is essential to have your storage heater in full working order. Are you worried that it’s not working? Heaters have a habit of breaking down at the most inconvenient times, when they are needed the most. Considering purchasing a new storage heater? - why not view our full range of storage heaters at very Read more...

Firstly, what is FlexConnect? FlexConnect is a complete modular lighting ‘LED strip system’, which consists of LED strips, interconnecting cables, control systems and power supplies, which effortlessly plug together. Whenever you see the FlexConnect logo, you can be assured that no tools will be required to do the job, your hands will be Read more...

Hubbell Lighting, currently a world leader in lighting innovation, recently announced that it has created an ultra-efficient, technologically advanced and compact exit sign. They have recently added the ‘Dual Lite EVE Series LED Exit Sign’ to their comprehensive range of emergency lighting products. The EVE Series is the newest member of the Read more...