Monthly Archives: September 2021

BPEC launches inaugural Awards for Excellence

BPEC has partnered with the Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors (APHC) and the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) to announce an exciting new awards initiative for the education sector. After what has been a difficult year for those in education and training, these plumbing and heating awards will reward students, apprentices […]

Seeing double! 1st Class Gas welcomes BPEC at two sites

The latest stop of BPEC’s customer service tour saw Chief Executive Neil Collishaw visiting 1st Class Gas, a leading private training provider located at two busy centres in Scotland. Based in Aberdeen and Glenrothes, 1st Class Gas has a long standing and trusted partnership with BPEC which started around 17 years ago when the two […]

Lincolnshire apprentices benefit from expert BPEC support at Stamford Gas Training

Photo shows (L to R) Jay Stacey, Ellie Wallace and Ben Nayar End-point Assessments and more for a fast-growing regional training facility Background A subsidiary of Stamford College, Stamford Gas Training was established in 2018 to provide independent training and high-quality assessments for all personnel in the gas and plumbing industries. Stamford College is part […]

BPEC and Gas Flare partnership still going strong 9 years on

Photo shows (L to R) Andy Williams, Gas Flare Centre Manager and Neil Collishaw, CEO BPEC Gas Flare has been a valued BPEC centre for 9 years, so it was a meeting of old friends when BPEC’s Chief Executive Officer, Neil Collishaw visited Gas Flare’s site in Bristol and toured its training facilities. As an […]

Able Skills welcomes BPEC to its Dartford training centre

Able Skills Directors, Angela Wright and Gary Measures recently welcomed BPEC’s Chief Executive Officer, Neil Collishaw to their impressive training centre in Dartford, Kent. Neil is touring BPEC’s main UK training partners to share recent developments and discuss mutual plans for solidifying training and assessment relationships. Able Skills, a leading construction training and assessment organisation, […]

New Zealand Institute of Central Heating partners with BPEC to raise standards

Driving best practice through training: raising the standard for the installation of Hydronic Underfloor Heating in New Zealand At BPEC we have been working with the New Zealand Institute of Central Heating (NZICH) on a new training scheme designed to raise standards. There is no current regulation on standards for hydronic heating in New Zealand […]

BPEC CEO visits Highbury College

Photo shows (L to R) Jay Darcy, Highbury College and Neil Collishaw, BPEC As part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen BPEC customer partnerships, Chief Executive Officer, Neil Collishaw, travelled to Highbury College and met with Plumbing Tutor, Jay Darcy. “Now that we have come out of lockdown, hopefully for the final time, I wanted […]