News Room
CEN-CENELEC SME Helpdesk
Wed, 17 Mar 2010
CEN and CENELEC are delighted to announce the launch of the CEN-CENELEC SME Helpdesk, which will provide on-demand advice and information to support European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on standardization related issues.
The task of the SME Helpdesk will be to introduce Europea... View Full Article
A Christmas Gift
Tue, 22 Dec 2009
The decision was taken this year by the TICA to donate the sum of £200 to a local charity instead of sending Christmas cards.
The charity chosen this year was the 'Teesside Hospice'. Please take a look at this much deserving charity: http://www.teessidehospice.org/
The TICA ... View Full Article
TICA Staff Awarded
Tue, 08 Dec 2009
We are pleased to confirm that the TICA have, after a re-assessment by Investors In People during August of this year, been awarded the ‘Bronze Certificate of Recognition'. The award is for the staff of the TICA and shows their individual commitment to providing an excellent service to our M... View Full Article
New Training Centre Officially Open
Mon, 29 Jun 2009
We are pleased to announce our new training centre is officially open! The grand opening was held on Thursday 18 June 2009 and was a big success. We invited The Worshipful the Mayor, Councillor Jim Ruck to do the honours and open the curtain to our exciting new build. We would like to say a specia... View Full Article
FESI and EIIF
Thu, 30 Apr 2009
During the last meeting of FESI held in Copenhagen in September, 2008, the Chief Executive of the TICA Ralph Bradley was appointed General Secretary of FESI. This appointment increases the involvement of FESI for the TICA as Mike Wilkes of Cape Industrial Services is currently the Chair of the The... View Full Article
New TICA Training Centre: Completed!
Mon, 06 Apr 2009
We are pleased to confirm that we have moved into our fantastic new purpose built training centre here in Darlington where we can deliver quality training to our apprentices and ACAD delegates.
Our new centre consists of four training rooms; one being the computer suite with 15 b... View Full Article
TICA President
Fri, 21 Nov 2008
We say cheerio to our former president Ian Dalgarno of Hertel and welcome to our new President Mark Brampton of Excel (Portam). See Photograph at the November Governing Council meeting of the ‘hand over', from Ian to Mark.
At the same meeting Alan Green of C&D Industrial Services L... View Full Article
TICA Win Trade Association Forum Award
Wed, 18 Jul 2007
On Tuesday 10th July 2007 TICA attended the Trade Association Forum Award ceremony and dinner at Millennium Hotel, Mayfair, London in hope of winning an award for the entry ‘Commercial Initiative of the Year' for the success in a commercial venture.
The award was made to the tra... View Full Article
Working at Heights Regulations
Wed, 30 May 2007Following a period of uncertainty, the Work at Heights Regulations 2005 (WAH) came into force on the 6th April 2005 & apply to all work at height – including the “two metre rule” which was a special provision for the construction industry.
The WAH Regulations requir... View Full Article

