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The best of the best
Published:  09 August, 2010

The Independent Business Awards, which recognise the achievements of independent electrical retailers and electrical manufacturers and continue the tradition of the Independent Marketing Awards, were held at the St John Hotel, Solihull, on 24 June 2010. The winners of this year’s Awards, organised annually by the Independent Electrical Retailer and voted for by the independent electrical retailers – the readers of the IER magazine – collected 20 awards in 11 categories.

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Industry News 

David Scott, chief executive of Digital UK

Switchover progresses as planned
Digital UK reports on the digital switchover progress
Published:  09 August, 2010

THE digital TV switchover is on track and under budget, says David Scott, chief executive officer of Digital UK. The timetable for implementation of the switchover in Britain, announced in 2005, is progressing according to plan. By end of March 2010, 20% of households in the UK had been transferred to digital terrestrial television with an access to Freeview. By 2011, 40% of homes would have undergone the switchover and by the end of 2012, 98.5% of households will have digital terrestrial TV coverage.

Industry News 

David Garden commercial director for GE and Lec

GDHA becomes an exclusive partner for GE appliances
GDHA and GE start a UK partnership
Published:  09 August, 2010

Glen Dimplex Home Appliances has become the exclusive UK partner of GE appliances. GDHA added the GE brand to its existing cooking and cooling brand portfolio of Stoves, Belling, New World and Lec. GE is one of the biggest companies in the world. Its consumer appliance division, worth in excess of $6bn, has a major share of the US appliance market. The brand however has struggled to consistently deliver growth in the UK.

Industry News 

Bryan Lovewell

A firm date for radio switchover is needed says retra
retra calls the government to commit to radio switchover
Published:  09 August, 2010

Trade association retra has issued a warning to the government that its reticence in setting a firm date for digital radio switchover is a dangerous move.

Special Reports 

Vogel’s PS3 stand

Mounting with confidence
Published:  09 August, 2010

Volgel’s is introducing a new range of super slim mounts to the UK which will enhance customers’ enjoyment of the latest slim TV panels and help independents take a greater share of this profitable market. Anna Ryland travelled to Putten in The Netherlands to see what’s special about Vogel’s new products.

 

Special Reports 
Digital opportunities
Published:  09 August, 2010

Digital communications elude and excite in equal measure both consumers and industry operators. Has the Intellect CE conference managed to unravel this issue? asks Anna Ryland.

Features 
Television on tap
Interactive television is changing the role of the TV at home. George Cole investigates what’s being done to make I-TV a mass market proposition in Britain.
Published:  09 August, 2010

Today, many consumers are watching TV programmes on their computer screens, and accessing internet content on their televisions. The talk is of I-TV – television that offers internet access, interactivity or (BBC) iPlayer content in the living room.

Features 
Health benefits
Healthy eating is here to stay, says Hayley Gilbert, giving the independent retailer the perfect opportunity to generate add-on appliance sales.
Published:  09 August, 2010

Today’s home cook wants to produce something tasty and healthy for the family. With the recent surge in consumer awareness of both the produce itself and ways of preserving and cooking it, more and more customers are looking to buy appliances that will help them create low-fat meals quickly and efficiently.

AMDEA Comment 
The CE mark
Published:  09 August, 2010

A new EU campaign has been launched to raise the profile of CE marking – something that businesses placing electrical goods on the EU market have been required to add to their products for many years. Alex Martin, Technical Officer at AMDEA, considers the aims of the campaign.

Special Reports 
TV screen defects
Barry Street examines thinscreen failures and injuries.
Published:  09 August, 2010

In the days of CRTs, tube faults were well defined and usually easy to diagnose. Sometimes they could be spectacular. Their glass, very hard, was virtually immune from faceplate damage except the abrasion and scratches caused by laying the set on its front. The same cannot be said of its solid-state successors. In this era of LCD and plasma panels fault-finding may not be easy, and failure of the panel itself leads to the whole set being written off. It's important, then, to get the diagnosis right, in the workshop or on site.

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