The business background of Electricaire has been one of steady progress as it consolidated and consistently enhanced its prized niche in the Scottish electrical contracting and central heating market.

The electrical contracting side currently accounts for about two-thirds of the overall turnover which includes contract work for Local Authorities in North and South Lanarkshire and Argyll and Bute as well as Housing Associations across the West of Scotland.

In recent months, the Bellshill-based company have taken on carrying on warranty work for manufacturers including Stiebel Eltron, a major German company specialising in water and electrical heating products.

And earlier this year, Electricaire launched a full inter-active e-commerce web-site to promote its subsidiary company, Electricaire Spares, which now handles spare parts for a wide range of internationally recognised manufacturers.

The company’s first expansion venture came five years after its launch 35 years ago when it moved from warm air central heating systems into general electrical contracting, and within two years attained NICEIC (National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contractors) Accreditation.

The company became members of SELECT (Scottish Electrical Contractors Association) where it benefitted from the contract guarantee scheme which ensures all works are finished to clients’ requirements should anything happen to Electricaire.

Through SELECT, the company are accredited to the Scottish Building Standards Agency as an Approved Certifier of Construction. This permits Electricaire to take the building project electrics from start to completion, including final building standards certification – a cost saving benefit to the client.

The knock-on effect as the volume of electrical heating work steadily and consistently increased was that equally steady and consistent growth of spare parts for electrical heating equipment.

Managing director Sam Clark explains: “From this expansion and demand grew Electricaire Spares which gradually expanded from being a specialist wholesale business to become a general wholesale business. “With the closing of the Creda manufacturing facility in Uddingston, Electricaire Spares were offered the franchise to look after their spare parts in the West of Scotland.

“From this – and with various mergers over the years - we now have access to Xpelair, Creda. Redring, Hotpoint and Indesit spare parts direct from the manufacturers, and have recently taken on Dimplex, Elnur Electrical Heating Solutions, and Dunham-Bush, manufacturers of LPHW Heating cabinets. “Now we have launched a full inter-active e-commerce website at www.electricairespares.co.uk not only to allow the trade to see what we can offer in the way of heating equipment, but also to allow the general public to view and purchase.”

The company which is located at John Brannan Way on Bellshill’s Darrows Estate, took another major step forward in its progress when it started trading as a limited company in October 2006 with Sam Clark as Managing Director.

Sam Clark said: “We operate a Quality Assurance Scheme: we are approved to ISO 9002:2008: and since becoming a limited company, we have pursued a training programme for our employees to ensure that they are kept abreast of all current standards and regulations. “Our customers profile ranges from private individuals to Local Authorities and Housing Associations – to major companies in the industrial and commercial sector.

“With that in mind we have registered with Constructionline which allows Local Authorities to check out the authenticity of our data and so save time and money carrying out checks each time a contract is on offer or comes up for renewal.”
Electricaire who are long-time members of the Chamber’s 1700 Breakfast Business Club currently have eleven employees at their Bellshill base including a Supervisor, four tradesmen, two apprentices, a general operative and admin staff.