About Us
TLA ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS
Founded in 1998, TLA initially opened for business in Nottingham with just three members of staff. We have now grown to employ over eighty staff, opening our second branch at Stafford in 2003, a third in Northampton in 2008, a fourth in Sheffield in 2013 and fifth in Leeds in 2017.
We proudly operate to the latest quality control and environmental standards, ISO9001:2015 / ISO14001:2015 at all TLA sites.
We pride ourselves in having built our business around excellent service and superb customer relationships, we make business personal.
We ask the right questions, 'what do you need from us?'
We listen carefully to discover our customers' requirements, we are very proud of our rapid response and totally adaptable approach to meeting our customers' demands. We always go the extra mile to help, as many of our existing customers will testify. We work closely with our customers with the aim of building long-term trusting relationships. Our mission statement is simple "if we can, we will", a few simple words that are the mantra of our service commitment. Many of our staff have worked in the industry for years, we have experienced panel builders, OEM machine builders, electricians, programmers, electrical engineers. We understand the needs of our customers, many of our staff were once customers!
We understand our products and are able to assist our customers with selecting, installing and even programming them.
All our staff regularly receive product training, in house and from our manufacturing partners.
With our branches based in Nottingham, Stafford, Northampton, Sheffield and Leeds we cover the entire Midlands area. Our locations are strategically chosen to ensure easy access to all the major motorway routes.
We provide daily deliveries free of charge to customers in our catchment areas, with no minimum order value.
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THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental PolicyTLA recognises that its business activities have an impact on the environment.
TLA strive towards achieving a more sustainable future by seeking to minimise any adverse environmental impact in the way it operates / discharges its responsibilities.
Our full environmental policy statement is available from us upon request.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union Regulation of 18 December 2006.
REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment. Its 849 pages took seven years to pass, and it has been described as the most complex legislation in the Union's history and the most important in 20 years. It is the strictest law to date regulating chemical substances and will affect industries throughout the world. REACH entered into force in June 2007, with a phased implementation over the next decade.
TLA have carried out extensive research on this subject and as such we state that we comply with the demands of REACH. We can provide individual component certification as required.
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The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which, together with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, became European Law in February 2003, setting collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods.
The directive imposes the responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment on the manufacturers of such equipment. Those companies should establish an infrastructure for collecting WEEE, in such a way that "Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of charge". Also, the companies are compelled to use the collected waste in an ecologically-friendly manner, either by ecological disposal or by reuse/refurbishment of the collected WEEE.
The WEEE Directive obliged the twenty-five EU member states to transpose its provisions into national law by 13 August 2004. Only Cyprus met this deadline. On 13 August 2005, one year after the deadline, all member states except for Malta and the UK had transposed at least framework regulations. As the national transposition of the WEEE Directive varies between the member states, a patchwork of requirements and compliance solutions is emerging across Europe.
TLA are actively working with all of our suppliers to ensure that we conform or exceed to these regulations.
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
TLA take our corporate responsibility very seriously and are commited to supporting charities both local and nationwide. There are so many extremely worthy charities and of course we can’t support them all, but supporting ones that affect our staff and friends is our aim and we sincerely hope that every donation makes a real difference to peoples lives.
For Christmas 2023, TLA are proud to have donated to the following good causes:
Rushcliffe Foodbank (part of Sewa Day Nottingham)
"A volunteer run foodbank in Rushcliffe- rushcliffefoodbank@gmail.com We deliver food parcels to people’s doorsteps on a fortnightly basis on Saturdays. We also sometimes deliver emergency food parcels for survivors of domestic violence, families with children, individuals referred to us by health services or social services etc. We have no overhead costs and are supported through donations by the public"
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sewaday-nottingham
Macmillan Cancer Support
"At Macmillan, we will move mountains to help people with cancer live life as fully as they can. We’re doing whatever it takes.""We provide services for people living with cancer at every stage of their cancer experience. We are here to provide emotional, practical, physical, and financial support."
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust
"Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to supporting women and people with a cervix affected by cervical cancer & abnormalities. We aim to provide accurate information about the HPV vaccine, cervical screening, cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer and have free information materials available on our website. Our support services include an online forum, confidential ask the expert service, information events and a free UK helpline."
https://www.jostrust.org.uk/
Maggie's - Everyone's home of cancer care
"Maggie's is a charity that provides free expert care and support in centres across the UK and online."
"Maggie’s offers the best possible support free to anyone with cancer and their families who walk through our doors. You'll find our centres alongside NHS hospitals and we can also support you online."
https://www.maggies.org/
ABB STRATEGIC PARTNER +
How does this benefit you, our customer?
Popular products are readily available from our extensive stock.
The ongoing technical training programme enables us to help you to select suitable products for your specific application and the relevant accessories to compliment the product.
We are able to select and offer the latest products available from ABB enabling you to take advantage of the most up to date products and technology in the market today.
