Archive for 2013


Posted by Wendy Whiten on April 5, 2013 in Uncategorized

Life (and shopping!) is all about choices – Live Below the Line

In preparing the menus for our Live Below the Line challenge, I have learnt a lot about myself and my shopping psyche.  Having 3 small children I visit the supermarket probably 2 or 3 times a week to buy bread & milk, although I can often spend a minimum of £15-20 a visit. “What on […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on March 21, 2013 in Uncategorized

New online delivery communications

We have worked hard to improve your delivery experience and have, following a thorough review, selected a new carrier for standard despatches. One of the key improvements for you is that we now have a new way for you to check your delivery status! Once you have placed your order with deegee, and it is ready for […]

Posted by Wendy Whiten on March 20, 2013 in Uncategorized

Live Below the Line

D. G. Controls Ltd has always been run according to the highest ethical and moral values, and is well-aware of its wider social accountability; to use the correct terminology, its “Corporate & Social Responsibility” or CSR. Being a long-established business, but even more so in this present economic climate, the company is also well-aware of […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on February 21, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – REACH (for the stars!)

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) REACH came into force on 1st June 2007, essentially an environmental and health & safety initiative to identify where and how chemicals are used across all industries, and how they might impact both […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on February 15, 2013 in Uncategorized

Congratulations to the team!

D. G. Controls Ltd has been an “Investor in People” since 2000, and has always recognised the importance of having well-trained staff in its teams. Internal and external training-providers are used, and all staff are encouraged to develop themselves within their current roles and their potential capabilities. Even though we are a fairly small company […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 17, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – Light Part 3 – Colour

This is the final instalment in our short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we will briefly looked at what we define light to be and went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In the second part we discussed Luminous Intensity and in […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 10, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – EN54-23

What is EN54-23? EN54-23 or to give it its full title “Fire detection and fire alarm systems – Part 23: Fire alarm devices – Visual alarm devices”, was produced to standardise the requirements, in terms of construction, robustness and performance of warning beacons used within a fire detection system.  The purpose of the beacons being […]