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  • SELECT17074
  • ECA1683735
  • NSI Approved (Fire)NSI-000082/FS/S
  • BAFESP203 Registered
  • MCS via NAPITNEP-66400
  • OZEV ApprovedEV chargers
  • RECCRegistered
  • SMAS WorksafeSSIP approved

What we do

Four disciplines, one accountable contractor

Most contractors do one of these well and subcontract the rest. We carry all four in-house, which means one point of contact, one set of certificates and nobody to blame but us.

Electrical: newly installed distribution board with circuit breakers and labelled cabling
Installation, maintenance and testing

Electrical

Domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural electrical work, from a single circuit to a full three-phase installation. Every electrician holds 18th Edition qualifications.

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Fire & Security: C-TEC eight zone fire alarm control panel and break glass call point installed by WPP Electrical Fire & Security
NSI approved for fire, BAFE registered (SP203)

Fire & Security

Fire alarm and detection systems, intruder alarms and CCTV, designed, installed and kept compliant under ongoing maintenance contracts.

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Solar & Battery: roof-mounted solar PV array installed on an agricultural building in the Scottish Borders
MCS certified, RECC registered

Solar & Battery

Solar PV and battery storage using SolarEdge, SIG Energy and DMEGC, on GSE, Schletter or Renusol mounting. Panels carry a 25-year warranty.

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EV Charging: myenergi Zappi EV charge point installed on a stone wall by WPP Electrical
OZEV approved installer

EV Charging

Home chargers, workplace charging and commercial bays, specified around your supply capacity rather than a brochure.

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Full service list

Everything we install and maintain

Commercial & industrial

Built for contractors, facilities managers and site teams

Around three quarters of our work is commercial and industrial, so the paperwork, programme discipline and site conduct are already in place before we arrive. We hold SMAS Worksafe (SSIP) accreditation, can produce RAMS for virtually all jobs, and carry £10m employers' liability and £5m public liability cover.

  • RAMS produced for virtually all jobs
  • EICRs and periodic compliance testing
  • SMAS Worksafe (SSIP) accredited
  • Maintenance contracts for fire, security & CCTV
  • Three-phase power and machinery connections
  • Power factor correction & voltage optimisation
Commercial services
Row of industrial control panels and cable containment installed by WPP Electrical in a commercial unit
£10m
Employers' liability
£5m
Public liability
£5m
Product liability
9
Full-time electricians

Fire & security

Fire, intruder and CCTV systems

Fire and security is a discipline in its own right, not an add-on to a rewire. Our fire detection work is NSI approved under registration NSI-000082/FS/S and BAFE registered to SP203.

That approval matters to insurers, licensing bodies and anyone signing off a building, and it means the system that protects your premises was designed, installed and commissioned against a standard somebody else audits.

Fire alarm systems

Design, installation, commissioning and certification for commercial premises, farms and homes.

Intruder alarms

Specified around the building and how it is actually used, not a one-size package.

CCTV

Camera systems with coverage planned to the site, installed and maintained.

Maintenance contracts

Ongoing maintenance available for fire, security and CCTV so systems stay compliant.

Domestic

Homes across the Borders, done properly

Domestic work is a quarter of what we do and we are glad to take it on. Consumer units, full rewires, extensions and kitchens, fault-finding, EICRs for landlords, EV chargers on the drive and solar on the roof. The same electricians, the same certificates and the same standards as the commercial contracts, just a smaller job sheet.

Solar panels and standing seam roof on a timber-clad Borders home wired by WPP Electrical

Agricultural

Farm electrics that cannot wait until Monday

Steadings, grain stores, parlours, workshops and outlying supplies across Berwickshire and North Northumberland. Farm electrical faults do not keep office hours, so out-of-hours cover is available for agricultural and domestic emergencies, call-out charged at roughly 1.5x the standard hourly rate.

Lighting and cable containment installed through a grain store on a Berwickshire farm

Why WPP Electrical

Four decades in one place, under one family

WPP Electrical was established in 1985 by William Purves, starting out as a small local firm run by William and his son, David. Since the mid-1980s the company has grown considerably and is now owned and run by David and Alison Purves, with a squad of nine full-time electricians and two sub-contractors when a job calls for it.

We are a progressive company at the forefront of the industry and always looking to expand into new and exciting sectors, which is why solar, battery storage and EV charging now sit alongside the traditional electrical and fire & security work rather than being bolted on by a third party.

Every electrician on the team holds 18th Edition qualifications. We are approved by SELECT and the ECA, NSI approved for fire, MCS certified through NAPIT for renewables, OZEV approved for EV charging, RECC registered and SMAS Worksafe (SSIP) accredited for commercial site work. There is no formal written workmanship guarantee: what there is, after over forty years of trading in the same community, is a company that will always come back and put right anything it has done incorrectly.

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1985
Established
40+ yrs
In the trade
9 + 2
Electricians & subbies
18th
Edition qualified

Where we work

Offices in Coldstream & Duns, working across the Borders

Our yard is at Unit 4 Home Place in Coldstream, which puts Duns, Kelso, Berwick and the Tweed valley inside a short run. Local means our vans are already nearby, not that our reach is limited.

How it works

Four steps, no chasing

  1. 01

    Tell us the job

    Call the office or send the details through the form. Photographs and drawings help but are not essential.

  2. 02

    We look at it properly

    A site visit where one is needed. Free quotes supplied.

  3. 03

    Fixed price agreed

    Most work is quoted at a fixed price; smaller jobs may run on time and materials. Deposits on larger jobs are agreed case by case.

  4. 04

    Installed and certified

    The work is completed by our own electricians, tested, certified and handed over with the paperwork you need.

Payment by bank transfer (preferred) or card. Quotes are free and carry no obligation.

Before you call

Straight answers to the usual questions

What are your opening hours?

The office and our squads run Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm. We are closed at weekends, though emergency call-outs are available and out-of-hours work is covered for agricultural and domestic emergencies.

Do you take out-of-hours calls?

Yes. Out-of-hours calls are answered for existing customers; otherwise the line goes to voicemail and we return urgent calls promptly. Out-of-hours call-out is charged at approximately 1.5x the standard hourly rate.

How quickly will I get a quote?

Free quotes supplied. Larger commercial and industrial projects need more design work and typically take one to two weeks.

How do you price work?

Most jobs are quoted at a fixed price. Some smaller works run on a time-and-materials basis. Deposits are required on larger jobs and are agreed case by case.

What warranties apply?

Solar inverters from SolarEdge carry a 10-year warranty, SIG Energy broadly matches it, and panels carry a 25-year warranty. For other electrical work, the warranty depends on the product and manufacturer and is discussed with you at the time. There is no formal written workmanship guarantee, but we will always come back and put right anything we have done incorrectly.

Can you carry out EICRs and produce RAMS?

Yes to both. We carry out Electrical Installation Condition Reports and can produce Risk Assessment Method Statements for virtually all jobs. We hold SMAS Worksafe (SSIP) accreditation.

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Related electrical services and areas we cover

Not sure which trade you need? Read about the family-run team behind WPP Electrical, browse recent commercial, industrial and agricultural electrical projects, or request a free fixed-price electrical quote.

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01890 882981
WPP Electrical Ltd
Unit 4 Home Place
Coldstream, TD12 4DT
hello@wppelectrical.co.uk
Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm

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