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Since January 2019 we have been recognising the outstanding performance from our staff by awarding them with a guaranteed to win scratchcard for earning the top spot of 'Employee of the Month'.

From now on, we will also be publishing the result across our website and social media pages. We are honoured to have such a hard-working team and it's important we recognise this.

A quick overview of our previous employees of the month - January 2019 - Pete O'Niell, February 2019 - Jack Dunmore, March 2019 - Rachel Stone, April 2019 - Ian Fry, May 2019 - Jack Dunmore and for June 2019 - Graeme Turner.

Graeme Turner was awarded employee of the month for notably the excellent feedback he received after the electrical works carried out in a historic building.

#employeeofthemonth #staff #award #cds #cdselectrical #cdseotm

Polegate School is just down the road from us and we are always delighted to hear about their latest project.

We have been working at Polegate School carrying out some of the works for this kitchen project and we are eagerly awaiting the finished result.

Delivering safety first has been at the forefront of everything we do and moving forward to further increase the safety of our staff whilst working alone, we have invested in the purchase of 16 MySOS SkyGuard personal safety devices.
 
The safety device includes latest GPS and GPRS technology to ensure pin-point accuracy for location as well as a SIM and data connection to allow for SOS calls. The devices link directly to SkyGuard who have a 24-hour emergency response team.

Photos source: SkyGuard
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​The devices are now being rolled out to all members of staff who work alone in some capacity. Hopefully our engineers will never need to call for help but it’s reassuring to know there is help on hand if required.

#deliveringelectricalsafety #deliveringsafetyfirst #mysos #skyguard #safetydevice #alarm #cds #cdselectrical #eastbourne #polegate #healthandsafety ​

​Back to the classroom for the CDS team!
 
With the arrival of the new 18th Edition wiring regulations in January its back to the classroom for the CDS engineers to complete refresher training and sit the exam
 
8 members of staff have already completed the course and passed with flying colours so the pressures on the next 11 engineers. The NICEIC 1-day course and exam will take place at our offices in Polegate.

​#niceic #18thedition #cityandguilds

Good friends and customers of ours; Mark Liddington and his wife Valerie have organised a charity hike for July this year. They are raising money for the incredible St. Peter and St. James Hospice which means a great deal to them after a dear friend of theirs passed away at the hospice a few years ago.

The fabulous work the hospice carries out and the compassionate care that is given to both the patients and in supporting family and friends is something Mark and Valerie really appreciated during their time there.

At the start of May, auditors from the British Assessment Bureau came to our offices to audit our adherence to the standards of ISO9001 (Quality Management System) and for the first time ever, our adherence to ISO14001 (Environmental Management System).
 
We have held the ISO9001 accreditation for 5 years now and due to our continued growth and efforts to help the environment we also opted for the ISO14001 accreditation this time around.
 
We are proud to announce that we passed both the ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations. This demonstrates our commitment to running a quality managed company that has a strong focus on the environmental impacts.

Take a peek below at our brand new certificates (ISO9001/ ISO14001). 👇

#ISO9001 #ISO14001 #environmental #quality #cds

Since January 2019 we’ve been busy on our journey into delivering safety first. CDS teamed up with our health and safety supervisor; Mike Wright from Keystone Safety Solutions Ltd.
 
So far, we’ve done training on Basic Life Support and AED, a more in-depth Emergency First Aid at Work course, a series of online courses on Mental Health Awareness, Vulnerable Adults and Display Screen Equipment through iHASCO and finally in-depth Fire Marshall for both operational and office staff.

You may remember back in February 2016 we sponsored Pevensey and Westham under 12's football team. In May 2017 where they became the under 13's they went on to win the local tournament and here we are again in 2019 with the same team winning the tournament once again. Congratulations to Pevensey and Westham and all the other teams that took part in the tournament.

If you would like to read the blog post from the last time the team won, please click here.

​#cds #cdselectrical #eastbourne #football #tournament

Eastbourne is now home to its very first 100% zero waste shop after the doors officially opened on Saturday 23rd May in South Street.
 
Zero waste stores sell goods without any packaging. You take your own bags and containers and fill them up with the items available in store.

The family behind the store said they were motivated to open a store after watching David Attenborough’s BBC documentary series, Blue Planet which had a big focus on the use of plastics.
 
Zero Waste contacted us back in May to alter and update the electrical installation of their flagship store and the works were completed two days before their official launch!
 
We are delighted that Zero Waste chose CDS Electrical as we also promote an environmentally friendly culture within our company and recycle all our waste. Zero Waste will be of huge benefit to the town and its residents and we wish them all the very best.  ​

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#environmental #green #eastbourne #localbusiness #zerowaste

CDS Electrical ushered in 2019 with a fresh new approach to health and safety. An overwhelmingly positive few months has nurtured the company and its staff into an even more welcoming and safe environment than ever before.
 
We recently announced that all office staff had undertaken basic first aid training and as part of this they learnt CPR and how to use and operate an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Corin Dudley, the managing director took it upon himself to safeguard his employees even further by investing in a brand-new AED machine to be housed within the CDS Electrical offices.
 
The AED unit has now been delivered and has been installed in our entrance corridor at Unit F1, Chaucer Business Park, Dittons Road, Polegate, BN26 6QH. Despite the AED being within the building - this can be used by the general public during our opening hours of 07:00 AM until 17:00 PM, Monday to Friday. Please note, that the offices are closed at weekends and bank holidays.
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Our AED has been given the imaginative name of SECAS004092/A and it is visible on the HeartSafe website along with all other available AED’s. We hope that you should never have to use one but it’s a good idea to be aware of where your nearest one might be - https://www.heartsafe.org.uk/AED-Locations
 
The location of the device can be seen on the map below. The orange heart indicates that the AED is only available during our opening hours. As you can see, AED’s are unfortunately few and far between. The nearest AED to our offices was 1.4 miles away. 

#healthandsafety #cdselectrical #aed #heartsafe #savealife