News & Events

LEIA has announced three new appointments to its management board: Karis Walker, Head of Commercial at TK Elevator, Andrew Renwick, MD at Caltech Lifts, and David Martin, MD at DeSeM Lifts.     LEIA member companies are represented on the LEIA Council, which appoints a Management Board annually. The Management Board is authorised to act on LEIA’s […]

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has today announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for businesses. Upon the announcement Nick Mellor, LEIA Managing Director said “Excellent news that the government intends to extend recognition of CE marking for placing goods on the GB market indefinitely beyond December 2024 including for […]

LEIA is pleased to announce that the next edition of LIFTEX is confirmed and will take place 11 & 12 June 2025 at ExCeL London. Further details will be released in early 2024. www.liftexshow.com

We are pleased to launch the LEIA Seminar Series for 2023  This year we are planning 3 in-person seminar sessions covering 3 subject areas – safety, technical and contracts & legal. Further information and booking details will be released in June, but in the meantime please save the dates: 4 October  | Technical | Northampton Annual Technical Seminar 10 […]

BS 7255 is a key standard for safe working on lifts and underpins LEIA members’ commitment to safety through the LEIA Safety Charter and their certification to ISO 45001.  BS 7255 is under revision at BSI and the draft for public consultation (DPC) is now available.  Commenting is open until 5 June and your comments […]

We’ve moved! The LEIA HQ has moved from Devonshire Street to Rotherwick House, London E1W. Rotherwick House is home to trade associations such as ECA, BEAMA, BESA, GAMBICA, EDA; many of which we have had long-standing relationships. Our telephone numbers will remain the same but the new address is: Rotherwick House, 3 Thomas More Street, […]

LEIA has received several calls recently about specialist contractors, who support the industry by applying finishing touches to projects, being refused access to sites with labourer’s CSCS cards. The CLC recommends that all CSCS cards are achieved via a vocationally assessed qualification by the end of 2024.   The different ways in which those individuals who […]

**VACANCY FILLED** LEIA Assessment is looking for a Co-ordinator to support the Head of End-Point Assessment in the running of its end-point assessment (EPA) service for the lift & escalator industry. Find out more here

LEIA is pleased to share that it is now approved to offer a third apprenticeship standard, the Level 3 Lifting Equipment Technician. This apprenticeship is for those working across many sectors and organisations using equipment such as hoists for the lifting of lighting rigs at festivals to chain slings on construction sites.   This is […]

Paul Turner, Technical Director at Schindler has been appointed as the LEIA President for 2023.   Paul has been in the industry for more than 20 years, having worked for large lift companies and subcontractor businesses. He currently sits on the Schindler UK and Ireland Board of Management. During 2022 Paul has served as Vice President […]