PATTA News & Guidance

Insurance, what do I need?              As a sole trader starting out, it would be worth visiting your local broker to discuss exactly what you require with your insurance. Most start with Public Liability of around £2million, however as your business grows it’s recommended to review your insurance year on year (unless unusual [...]

Class II Flex, Clear or same colour flex            You may occasionally come across Class II flex where it is either transparent or the same colour all the way through. This does not necessarily mean it’s automatically a fail due to no visible Live Phase (Brown) or Neutral (Blue) to distinguish terminal position within [...]

Product Recalls   If you’re not already doing it, adding product recall to your business could help your USP and help your customers safety. Most people (and we’ve all done it) go out and buy that electrical appliance but take no notice of the “register my appliance” card in the box. Well it is there [...]

Ask yourself… Do you know what sort of injury high levels of microwave energy causes? Do you know that damage is cumulative? Do you know the “Safe level” and how that level was derived? If you find a leak, what are you going to do? Tell the customer not to use the oven?? Say “It [...]

Effective email template to get your invoices paid Email is an incredibly effective tool to use for credit control; much easier than sending letters these days, but what proves to be a common problem is wording the email right to make sure we get paid.  Common email mistakes include unfriendly tone, appearance of automation / [...]

The Portable Appliance Testing Trade Association is not intended to be a networking group, or a sales tool for your business; the people who run "PATTA" are as busy as you are, running and working in their own businesses, so they don't really have the time to promote yours too. Additionally if we were going [...]