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Installer spoke to Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) member Dennis Coates, and his Apprentice ACIPHE member Ryan Moore about life on the tools, and the importance of apprenticeships for the trade. Dennis Dennis, can you tell us about the company you work for? I have been in the plumbing and heating industry […]

To support the next generation of plumbers, Ideal Standard International, provider of bathroom and washroom products, is funding a new UK apprenticeship scheme. Working with the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA), the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), and design education body FIESTA, the manufacturer aims to address the plumbing industry’s skills gap and […]

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021, Ray Jones – Group Managing Director of Liberty explains how Liberty’s Supported Apprenticeship Scheme puts young people on the path to success: It’s always great to hear the positive impact apprenticeships make on people’s lives. One of our gas engineer apprentices who is a mum of four told us […]

Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the UK’s employment, and with the unfortunate fact that young people have been hardest hit means that we are at risk of losing an entire generation. The government has recognised the importance of apprenticeships in helping the UK economy recover post Covid-19, and this has been acknowledged in […]

SNIPEF, the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation, has welcomed a new Apprentice Recovery Package from Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy. The initiative will fund apprenticeships, for new apprentices, those who have been made redundant as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and those returning from furlough, with up to £3,750 of financial support […]