The eight student plumbers who scored most highly across the SkillPLUMB 2026 national qualifying heats have been named: All have now been invited to go head-to-head across the week of 16th November at Bridgend College for the SkillPLUMB 2026 UK Final. In total around 50 WorldSkills UK National Finals will be taking place that week […]
BPEC is pleased to provide our training centres and FE partners with the latest edition of the BPEC Brief. The e-newsletter – which features highlights of the latest industry training news and policy updates – is produced by the BPEC Charity and aimed at anyone involved in the plumbing & heating industry working across the […]
The BPEC Charity has published its annual Year in Review to profile its wide-ranging and significant work to support plumbing and heating skills development over the last 12 months. BPEC continually invests in projects focused on raising standards, supporting the training and development of plumbing operatives and encouraging leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation. The charity is self-sustaining and […]
Talented student plumbers are being encouraged to enter this year’s SkillPLUMB competition. The registration window is open now and runs until 27 March. During the competition, entrants will be judged on a series of challenging practical tests in a bid to be named the 2026 SkillPLUMB champion. The event is the only industry competition aligned […]
The SkillPLUMB 2025 UK Champion and gold medal winner has been named as Dillon Newton of the Cornwall College Group. The silver medal was awarded to Jackson Gill of New College Durham and CGE Yorkshire Ltd; while bronze medal went to Jack Fenton of Belfast Metropolitan College and Ian Reid Heating. Across two and a […]
The eight student plumbers who scored most highly across the SkillPLUMB 2025 national qualifying heats have been named: Top row L-R: Bottom row L-R: All have now been invited to go head-to-head across the week of 24th November at Bridgend College for the SkillPLUMB 2025 UK Final. In total around 50 WorldSkills UK National Finals […]
The BPEC Charity witnessed the important work being done to support international water aid recently during a visit to one of its beneficiaries Aquabox, a volunteer-led charity that provides filtration units and other humanitarian aid to crisis zones around the world. Working from their base in Derbyshire, Aquabox volunteers assemble two key filtration systems which are shipped […]
The BPEC Charity has published its annual Year in Review to profile its wide-ranging and significant work to support plumbing and heating skills development over the last 12 months. For over 32 years, BPEC has invested in projects focused on raising standards, supporting the training and development of plumbing operatives and encouraging leadership, entrepreneurship and […]
The senior leadership team at BPEC has been strengthened with the creation of two new roles that will enhance business and technical operations across the organisation. Kevin Clark has been appointed the new BPEC Head of Technical Operations, whilst Angela Gask will become BPEC’s new Head of Business Operations. Both start their new positions on 01 […]
Talented student plumbers are being encouraged to enter this year’s SkillPLUMB competition. The registration window is open now and runs until 28 March. During the competition, entrants will be judged on a series of challenging practical tests in a bid to be named the 2025 SkillPLUMB champion. The event is the only industry competition aligned […]
The SkillPLUMB 2024 UK Champion and gold medal winner has been named as 19-year old David Bateman-Smith of South West College NI and Ashley McFarland Plumbing & Heating. In what turned out to be an extremely close event, held at Oldham College as part of the WorldSkills UK National Finals, David was closely followed by […]
BPEC has become a corporate supporter of the Lighthouse Charity, an organisation that provides emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. Established for nearly 70 years, the Lighthouse Charity is renowned across the construction industry for its comprehensive package of assistance for those in need. Its 24/7 confidential helpline and self-support app […]
We are delighted to announce that Ruben Duggan has been awarded the Plumbing & Heating silver medal at WorldSkills 2024! After demonstrating exceptional skills across a very challenging task, Ruben’s success was announced at the WorldSkills 2024 closing ceremony last night. Ruben’s WorldSkills journey started with his SkillPLUMB UK gold medal win in 2022, following […]
The eight student plumbers who scored most highly across the SkillPLUMB 2024 national qualifying heats have been named: Top Row L-R: David Bateman-Smith – South West College NI / Ashley McFarland Plumbing & HeatingDillon Newton – Cornwall College / Justin Eyre Plumbing & HeatingElliot Julian – a full time student at Cornwall CollegeJack Fenton – […]
The SkillPLUMB competition has named Ideal Heating as its new headline sponsor under a 3-year partnership agreement to provide support and equipment for the UK’s leading plumbing skills event. Ideal Heating has been an established partner of competition organiser BPEC for a number of years via its training centres across the country. Now as part […]
Industry charity BPEC is supporting international water aid efforts via a donation to Aquabox, a volunteer-led charity that provides filtration units and other humanitarian aid to crisis zones around the world. Working from their base in the Peak District, Aquabox volunteers manufacture and assemble the family water filters which are shipped internationally to countries and communities […]
Talented student plumbers are being encouraged to enter this year’s SkillPLUMB competition. The registration window is open now and runs until 28 March. During the competition, entrants will be judged on a series of challenging practical tests in a bid to be named the 2024 SkillPLUMB champion. The event is the only industry competition aligned to the […]
The SkillPLUMB 2023 UK Champion and gold medal winner has been named as 20 year old Adam Biddulph after a challenging 2-day event at Oldham College. Adam, who is employed by Cheshire firm Meel Group and trains with Stockport College (part of the Trafford College Group) scored most highly in a complex task that involved […]
The eight student plumbers who will be taking part in the SkillPLUMB UK final after excelling at the national qualifying heats have been named: Top row L-R Bottom row L-R All will now go head-to-head on 15-16th November at Oldham College as part of the WorldSkills UK National Finals, where 50 competitions will take place […]
Talented student plumbers are being encouraged to enter this year’s SkillPLUMB competition. The registration window is open now and runs until 24th March. During the competition, entrants will be judged on a series of challenging practical tests in a bid to be named the 2023 SkillPLUMB champion. The event is the only industry competition aligned […]