News & Events

It was well worth Nick Mellor braving the “Beast from the East” recently to visit Target Lifts – LEIA’s newest member – and to meet the team.  Danny Garaway and Tony Howell-Smith exude a passion for their company and see gaining LEIA membership as a step in its development.  They value the recognition from membership […]

How to better manage payment risks from job enquiry to final payment This half-day seminar will provide an introduction to the practical measures that can be taken to maximise your contractual entitlements, particularly those relevant to cashflow. Subjects to be covered include: contract fundamentals; T&Cs; variations; extensions; loss and expense; and the statutory payment requirements.  Speakers […]

“As I start my term as LEIA President, the industry faces a mix of challenges and opportunities.”, Warren Jenchner LEIA President. See our January 2018 Newsletter to read the full article and other items that cover current and topical items affecting our industry. Previous editions of our newsletter can be found here.

We are pleased to launch the LEIA Seminar Series for 2018, commencing with our Safety Seminar – Manage you employee safety with LEIA. Date  |  14 March 2018 Venue  |  National Conference Centre (Motorcycle Museum), Solihull B92 0EJ Time  |  09.00 – 14.00 As well as a presentation on escalator safety by Mark Truelove, ex-ThyssenKrupp, […]

Since its launch last autumn more than 40% of exhibition space for LIFTEX 2019 has been snapped up. LIFTEX is the UK’s leading event for the lift, escalator and access industry and is going from strength-to-strength. The 2016 event was, according to exhibitor feedback, the best ever in the event’s 28 year history. Held every […]

In a letter to the Daily Telegraph on 18 December 2017, LEIA joins a consortium of more than 20 trade associations and professional bodies to highlight the facts about the practice of ‘cash retentions’ in the construction industry.  The Telegraph followed up with a news story which recognised “the proposals laid out in the letter […]

In our November Newsletter we feature the launch of the latest instalment of the ‘Liam Loves’ children’s safety campaign – ‘Liam Loves Escalators’. We report back from our Annual Technical Seminar and Interlift 2017, and welcome our new presidential team for 2018. We are also pleased to announce the publication of BS 8486-3: 2017, the British […]

LEIA joins fellow Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group members in welcoming the publication of the independent review of cash retentions in the Construction Industry. “SEC Group welcomed yesterday (24th October 2017) the publication of the independent review on cash retentions in the Construction Industry. The review was commissioned by Government following an amendment to the […]

LEIA is pleased to announce its new presidential team for 2018.  Warren Jenchner of Apex Lifts succeeds Kevin Taylor of ThyssenKrupp Elevators as President, David Sharp of Schindler Lifts is appointed Vice-President. Both appointments are effective 1 January 2018. Warren has over 35 years’ experience in the industry, has served on the LEIA Board for […]

  Stephen Ingram, LIFTEX Exhibition Sales, invites you to LIFTEX 2019. “I am pleased to inform you that LIFTEX 2019 has now been launched.  The Show will take place at ExCeL London, 15 – 16 May 2019. LIFTEX 2019 which is owned by LEIA (The Lift and Escalator Industry Association), is the only dedicated event […]