Darke & Taylor has been in the electrotechnical business for 60 years, with 2018 marking a diamond milestone in its long history. The business was founded in 1958 by electrician John Darke, with Southern Electric Board electrician Harold Taylor joining, in the early years to assist with the work, and going on to form a… Read more

Darke & Taylor are a multi-award winning electrical services company with an established track record of providing job opportunities and long-term careers to people in the electrical industry and associated fire, security and network cabling trades. Based just outside Oxford and operating in the South East and London, the company has a healthy order book… Read more

Recent research by Electrical Safety First, the UK’s leading charity on electrical safety, has revealed that 30% of consumers would consider using an unregistered electrician if it would save them money, and that the cost to the consumer of later correcting electrical work can be as much as 15 times the amount they initially saved.*… Read more

Darke & Taylor are a multi-award winning electrical services company with an established track record of providing job opportunities and long-term careers to people in the electrical industry and associated fire, security and network cabling trades. Based just outside Oxford and operating in the Home Counties and London, the company has a healthy order book… Read more

As a member of the South East Apprenticeship Ambassador Network, Darke & Taylor were asked by the government agency the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to provide a case study to help promote female apprenticeships in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Our very own Katie Harvey is an apprentice electrician at the company and here… Read more

The Oxfordshire Apprenticeship Awards were held on 24th April in the beautiful Orangery at Blenheim Palace, a fitting venue for the fantastic achievements that were to be celebrated. This year, Darke & Taylor sponsored the Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year Award. This award was open to organisations with 50 or more employees, who have… Read more

Darke & Taylor are delighted to announce that the we are on the shortlist for two awards at this years’ Electrical Contractors’ Association Awards. To have both of the entries that we submitted shortlisted is a great achievement and we are looking forward to a fantastic evening at the ECA Industry Awards Dinner on 8th… Read more

The drive to recruit this year’s intake of apprentices at Darke & Taylor is in full swing, with high levels of interest from young people wanting to join the company’s long-standing apprenticeship scheme and learn through a winning combination of hands-on training and academic study. In 2017, 47 candidates were interviewed and 15 apprentices ultimately… Read more

Darke & Taylor has installed over 1500 solar panels over the last four years at the University of Oxford, which has recently won the CIBSE Building Performance Champion Award for its Carbon Reduction Programme. The programme sets out to reduce the university’s direct carbon emissions by 33% by 2020 against a 2005/6 baseline, with a… Read more

Darke & Taylor are a multi-award winning electrical services company with an established track record of providing job opportunities and long-term careers to people in the electrical industry and associated fire, security and network cabling trades. Based just outside Oxford and operating in the Home Counties and London, the company has a healthy order book… Read more