Associates and wholesalers sign up as sponsors for our 125th celebrations

SELECT has secured a number of significant sponsorship deals that will help us deliver a wide range of events and activity to mark our 125th anniversary in 2025.

Associate Members and wholesalers have generously stepped up and agreed to support the association over the next 12 months as we celebrate another landmark year for the world’s oldest electrical trade association.

Aico will be sponsoring the 2025 Toolbox Talks, which once again will be visiting 12 venues across Scotland in May and June, delivering topical technical updates.  

The market-leading experts in home life safety will also be sponsoring our eight Branch Updates and AGMS in March, at which they will present.

Scolmore have agreed to be the headline sponsor of our 125th Anniversary Grand Ball, which will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow on 14 November 2025.

At the same event, Edmundson Electrical will be our official table sponsor, Schneider Electric the drinks sponsor, CEF the guest speaker sponsor and Electrium the entertainment sponsor, while our legal partners Morton Fraser MacRoberts will sponsor the evening’s piper.

Luceco Group will once again be headline sponsor for the President’s Cup at Dunblane New Golf Club on 28 July, with Scolmore and Electrium sponsoring the longest drive and nearest the pin prizes respectively.

Hispec are also sponsoring our autumn Branch Updates in October 2025 and in addition, have kindly agreed to sponsor the celebrity birthday messaging that will be screened across social media throughout the year.

Finally, Electrium will help bring a year of celebration to a close as it lends its support to our prestigious Past Presidents’ Lunch in Edinburgh on 5 December.



And at all our activity, Holland House Electrical will have their name emblazoned on our special 125th anniversary apparel after agreeing to be our workwear sponsor for 2025.

In addition to sponsorship, Aico, National Ventilation, Electrium and Dimplex will be exhibiting at our Professionals’ Day, which will be held at the V&A Dundee on 18 September.

National Ventilation, Daikin and Dimplex will also exhibit at the SELECT AGM and technical update at DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh – Queensferry Crossing on 5 June.

And Megger have also donated nearly £10,000 worth of inspection and testing equipment which will be offered as prizes at our events throughout the year.

Iain Mason, Director of Membership, Events & Communication, said: “The response from our Associate Members has been phenomenal and we are truly grateful for all the support we have received so far.  

“The level of support from some of the biggest names in the industry will help us deliver exceptional events for Members across Scotland throughout 2025.

“We look forward to seeing Members at these events and developing even closer relationships with our Associates as a result of this activity.”

Linda Rolfe, Events Manager, added: “We still have exhibition spaces and commercial partnerships left for 2025, including our e-newsletter, podcast and Professionals’ Day, which I would be delighted to discuss with any companies who may be interested.”

• To find out more about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact Linda at [email protected] or call us on 0131 445 5577.