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SELECT, Scotland’s trade association for the electrical industry, has been recognised in this year’s CBI Trade Association Forum Awards, winning the prize in the Member Success category.
SELECT has been through a marked transformation over the last four years and it was the success of these changes and its improved ability to serve and represent members that saw it come out on top, ahead of stiff competition.
Founded in 1900, SELECT is the oldest electrical industry trade association in the world, and over recent years it has re-energised both itself and the services it offers to members.
For over 100 years SELECT’s membership hovered around the 500 mark. In the last four years that figure has more than doubled to 1100 and is still rising, giving the association a more powerful voice for its members.
In announcing their decision the judges said: “SELECT's membership surge has given it a stronger voice in Scotland, and a more powerful lobbying presence with government and local authorities. Its member firms now undertake 90 percent of all electrical installations done in Scotland.”
Newell McGuiness, SELECT’s managing director was delighted by the win and added: “We have worked hard over recent years to make sure we are highly relevant to our members’ day-to-day activities and that we offer them the support, information and representation that they want and need.”
Looking forward he said: “The added strength our growing membership provides us with also means we are better positioned to fight their corner successfully and this is at the very heart of our focus for the future.”
The Best Practice Awards ceremony took place at the Intercontinental London Park Lane Hotel on Thursday 24 July and was hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
The Trade Association Forum is dedicated to encouraging best practice among UK trade associations and seeks to promote the role of effective trade associations to government, industry and the wider public.
Its annual award ceremony has become the benchmark in good practice for trade associations throughout the UK.
Issued by Karen Maclachlan at Blueprint Media tel. 0141 353 5501.
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Related contacts
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Contact: David Wright
Head of Exernal Affairs
SELECT
Tel: 0131 445 5577
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David Wright
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Source: Karen Maclachlan @ Blueprint Media |
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