News & Events

LEIA warmly welcomes EZE Lifts Ltd into its membership. From its office in Farnborough, Hampshire  EZE Lifts provide modernisation, repair and maintenance services to customers across London, The Home Counties and the South of England. Nick Mellor, LEIA Managing Director said: “It was a pleasure to visit EZE Lifts near Farnborough to meet Martin Still […]

Who is your paying party?   Who are you in contract with?   What exactly is your scope of work? What are the risks around termination?   What does the penalty regime say? What is the implication of benchmarking in your maintenance contract? What is the interplay between your liability under the contract and your insurance cover? These […]

We will be holding our annual technical seminar at the Hilton Hotel, Northampton on Wednesday 30 October 2019. Please find the below the programme giving more details on the content of the day. To register your place, please contact Kathleen Harrison. Please note: this seminar is open to LEIA members only.   Date     […]

Government announced today that the introduction of the domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services will be delayed until 1 October 2020. A brief issued by HMRC explains that the introduction of the domestic reverse charge for construction services is to be delayed for a period of 12 months: “Industry representatives have raised concerns that […]

LEIA, together with other major trade associations in the construction industry, have made a plea to the chancellor to delay the implementation of reverse charge VAT changes due to take place on 1 October. In a letter delivered to the chancellor, Sajid Javid and published in the Times yesterday [8 August], the industry raises serious […]

Nick Mellor, LEIA Managing Director, featured last week on BBC Radio West Midlands with Beccy Wood when discussing what happens when a member of the public gets stuck in a lift and how to remain safe? Listen again here – the feature starts at 2:07:00 in.

End point assessment of our industry’s apprentices is an exciting change in our industry.  We are looking for a lead assessor to work within the LEIA to delivery effective end-point assessment for our industry.  If you have a passion to support our industry making this change and have the “right stuff” then we want to […]

LEIA’s Nick Mellor provides Key Maintenance Advice for Lifts and Platforms in the latest edition of The Care Home Environment. Read the article (pgs 22-23).

The Lift and Escalator Symposium Educational Trust is pleased to present the 10th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies, 18-19 September 2019 at Highgate House, Northampton, UK. The event brings together experts and representatives from the field of vertical transportation from all over the world.   Early booking discount ends 30 June 2019.   For […]

LEIA welcomes its newest member of 2019 – Intelligent Lifts & Escalators. Based in Swanley, Kent the company provides maintenance, repair, emergency callout and upgrade works to its clients throughout the UK. On receiving the welcoming news Jake Elkins, Managing Director at Intelligent Lifts & Escalators said: “Intelligent offers a plethora of data driven products […]