NICEIC has vowed to continue its clampdown on rogue traders after another electrician was found guilty of falsely claiming to be a member of the electrical accreditation body.
Newbury based Gary Crossman, who trades under the name of G C Electrical, was fined £2500 with £1500 costs, after Reading Magistrates Court found him guilty of falsely claiming to be registered with NICEIC.
Crossman used the NICEIC logo on his company website and in an advert on Yell.com. He is the second electrical contractor in a month to be prosecuted.
In January, Ertan Gokay, of U.K Smartbuild, in Enfield, was fined £8,630 and ordered to pay £1,100 in costs following a prosecution by Brent and Harrow Trading Standards.
NICEIC recently stepped up its fight against firms incorrectly using its logo by setting up a wall of shame. Contractors caught falsely claiming to be members will be named and shamed on the NICEIC website and their details passed to Trading Standards.