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Fife plumbers and heating engineers will get the chance to learn more about installing heat pumps at a free event at Fife College’s Dunfermline campus this month. The lunchtime session will take place on Tuesday 25 March, 12-2pm at Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Road.

Proposals to allow pupils to leave school at 14 for apprenticeships or college places have been criticised by the Plumbing and Heating Federation (SNIPEF) which called the idea “reckless, unworkable and deeply irresponsible” for industries that rely on safety-critical apprenticeships. La

A coalition of housing, environmental, fuel poverty, consumer and industry organisations has warned First Minister John Swinney against the use of hydrogen for domestic heating which it claims is “neither cost-effective nor efficient”. Just last month, Mr Swinney hailed the opening of Sc

The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation (SNIPEF) has issued a stark warning on the future stability and growth of the plumbing and heating profession following the publication of its latest State of Trade research. While demand for services remains high, the trade body found

Ross Stewart, a trade apprentice with Building Services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland), has won the SNIPEF ‘Best Apprentice Plumber’ Award for Glasgow Clyde College 2024. SNIPEF (Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation) is the principal trade association for plum

A new survey by the plumbing and heating association SNIPEF has found that 68% of tradespeople have fallen victim to tool theft, with increasing incidents occurring not only on-site and from vans but also within their homes. Conducted in July, the survey of 700 SNIPEF members revealed that tool thef

In a remarkable achievement for Scotland’s plumbing and heating profession, apprentice plumbers Shaun Wilcox and Shay Ewing from Moray College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), have qualified for the SkillPLUMB 2024 UK finals. The duo excelled in the SkillPLUMB Scotti

Building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) is now a BESA member and is SNIPEF-certified. Formerly the Heating and Ventilation Contractors Association, the Building Engineering Services Association is an industry body which is designed to promote high-quality workmanship, develop best practice an

John Doherty EngTech has been elected as the 100th President of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation (SNIPEF) with a call for more action to tackle the profession’s skills shortage and greater government engagement to advance the low-carbon home heating transition. B

A new ICM survey on behalf of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation (SNIPEF) has revealed significant dissatisfaction among the Scottish public regarding recent delays, cancellations, and scaling back of climate change targets and policies by Holyrood and Westminster gover

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

The climate action plan devised by the UK Government is unlawful, the English High Court has ruled. There is not enough evidence of policies in place that would actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the court said.

The Scottish Government has dropped its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 after accepting that the interim step is now "out of reach".

In response to the growing demand for greater low-carbon skills, employers and apprentices have taken a leading role in conducting a comprehensive review of Scotland's Plumbing Heating Apprenticeship programme.

South Lanarkshire College has been chosen by the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) as the venue for the 39th annual Scottish Plumbing Apprentice of the Year (SPAY) competition on 7 June 2024. The SPAY competition, a cornerstone of the plumbing and heating in