25 Jun 2020
what is industrial lighting

Industrial lighting plays a key part in the safety and performance of your business. It’s typically found in warehouses, factories, manufacturing plants and other hazardous workplaces. If these working environments aren’t lit properly, the various hazards that your workforce are exposed to daily become a lot more dangerous.  But what is industrial lighting? And how […]

04 Jun 2020
Images of spray painting booths, representing a blog by IDES UK, commercial lighting specialists, exploring what makes spray painting booths safe, and what part good lighting plays in that.

Having the most advanced spray booth technology and suitable lighting is crucial to the success of your results. After all, how can you expect to produce groundbreaking results if your set up isn’t up to a high standard? Quite simply, you can’t.  Quite often, businesses try and cut corners with their spray booth organisation – […]

21 May 2020

The importance of adequate spray booth lighting is often overlooked by businesses – but it shouldn’t be. Without the correct lighting setup, you’re increasing the chances of colour mismatches and poor overall work. And you don’t want to be the business well known for that, right? Instead, you want to be known as the business […]

27 Apr 2018

As electrical contractors, portable appliance testing (PAT) is something we carry out for our clients on a regular basis. Clients often have lots of questions about PAT testing so we thought we would answer some of these in this blog post.

20 Apr 2018
IDES blog about external lighting for the summer months

In case you hadn’t noticed, spring seems to be well underway and the weather is starting to warm up in the UK! Fingers crossed that this lovely weather we seem to be enjoying is a sign of a great summer to come (maybe wishful thinking!)

13 Apr 2018
Domestic Electrical Inspections from IDES UK

As providers of domestic electrical services we often encounter old electrical systems, DIY jobs gone wrong, and problems caused by faulty electronics. What can you do at home to avoid these problems – should you have routine electrical inspections and what can you check yourself?

23 Mar 2018
a blog from commercial lighting specialists IDES UK on how light affect human health

Light is about life – it has an impact on how we feel, on our health, and on how we work. Whereas natural light helps us produce vitamin D, and can support a general sense of wellbeing, the evolution of artificial light has caused certain changes in the human body’s dynamics.

09 Mar 2018
an LED light bulb laid on green grass

LED lights are more popular and commonly used in the in the lighting industry than ever before. The rise in the use of LED lights in commercial or retail properties is similar to reasons they are also popular in domestic properties; partly due to regulations phasing out older lighting styles and partly due to cheaper […]