Gas Safety Register are coming on board!

[mcniven]

HMRC will be joining next!

haha classs

 

[Admin]

Will they be getting their own colour?

No, they've effectively be a sponsor.

do they have access to the arms ?

As above will they have access to the arms. This a good place to have a crack and a whinge with like minded people who share a trade, not sure I'll want big brother looking over my shoulder.

No, as I said, only access to the publicly-viewable forums, just like they have now (by way of reading being unregistered).

 

[Admin]

Run for the hills!!!! LOL.

Think it's great that they're coming on board. If they wanted to look in the arms/ GS section it wouldnt be hard to acheive. If I can manage it, I'm sure anybody can!!

They couldn't get into the arms or GS area of the forum without somebody handing out their logins. And if they have an interest in the forum, they probably have their own account too. We have systems in place that trip when people login multiple accounts, and it informs all moderators. So we can quickly find out who's dishing out their logins and / or who is using more than one account. We do find people doing this, and we remove them from the forum. Happens bi-monthly I'd say.

So it's not fool proof long-term and certainly isn't the way GS would go about gaining access to the forum members. I'm sure they're aware that they get spoken about in private forums as they do in the pub or via text message. They're not interested in that.

They'll only be running the campaigns they already run to create awareness of the scheme in general.

 

[Admin]

do you think they will do any monitoring dave or just purely on a promotional scale?.

You guys probably know more than me. I'd guess they run on a report basis mostly I'm sure enough people report tradesmen to them already?

If they do any monitoring, which I don't know if they do myself, they cannot do any more by being part of the forum.

They will only have the same access as they do now browsing as an unregistered reader, if they do that at all.

It was their PR guys that checked the forum out, hence the username GasSafePR or whatever it was/is.

I'm not sure they'd want to use it like that, if at all. They'll be having banners on the forum to promote the scheme, and will hopefully send articles over to us. And if we're lucky we'll have some form or representative on here to answer any unclear common questions (I can almost guarantee that they wouldn't want to generally get too involved as it is a subject that too many laws fall under and they'll want to make sure they feed most of the questions direct to them via whatever ways there already are).

 

[Admin]

a few months back in the GS mag they were saying to GSR,S that it would be worth joining a professional forum and ours was the name given,i think it can only do the forums good to have gas safe on board

I didn't know that! Is that true? Is that a mag that gets sent out to all GSR plumbers then?

 

[Admin]

HMRC will be joining next!

I promise you they wont! haha

 

[Admin]

I think a lot of people have taken this the wrong way. The forum should be proud of this. Our bigger forums that we run between us all (and when I say that, the sparky's on their forum, and the tilers on their forum, are all included, because if one of our forums ends up shyte then the others get tainted) were the first of their kind online in the UK. They are still, nearly 7 years later, are still the biggest and most visited forums of their type in the UK.

It was a given that to keep growing we would eventually A) have said types companies on board and B) continue to set us apart from the dozens of competitors that have setup over the years.

I will ensure when I make every one of the deals that I make, and I make them long-term only, that they have your best interests at heart as a forum cannot and will not run without you.

I can guarantee that if I screw up you tell me, and I can always revert back. But this isn't one of those moments. It's a very good thing, and those that are concerned shouldn't be.

If somebody needs to discuss GS, they do it here anyway. So GS being here will only encourage that.

And if somebody is touching Gas and shouldn't be, then perhaps only those should have any concern at all, but it still shouldn't involve the forum we don't get involved. We tell those complaining to us via email about a "gas man" not having "a certificate" is normally how they sort of word it, to contact Gas Safe and not us.

We don't have the legal clout to get involved in accusations and certainly don't want to see evidence!!!! lol That word alone worries me it makes me feel like I'm involved if they send me pictures of their plumber getting himself set on fire. I'll leave that to them.

But I can guarantee their motifs are clear. They just will want to promote everything they do already via various channels, on the UK's biggest dedicated plumbing advice website. Why wouldn't they?

 

[Mike Jackson]

I didn't know that! Is that true? Is that a mag that gets sent out to all GSR plumbers then?

Yes.

Well done Dan in getting Gas Safe involved. It will definitely lend credence to the forums and hopefully emphasise the importance of gas safety.

 

[Barry98]

All I want to know is are we getting any freebies , like when you go trade shows?

 

[mountainman]

All I want to know is are we getting any freebies , like when you go trade shows?

How about a free GS lanyard to hang our registration cards off of!

 

[Guest123]

HMRC will be joining next!

Well if they do and go BLUE, then Glasgow Rangers won't be too chuffed.

 

[dave1]

Well done dan, I agree it does add credibility to the forum.
It's also a great way to promote gas safety to home owners/tenants and landlords all coming on here and asking how to repair their boiler.

 

[CES]

Well done for getting them onboard. It will be interesting to find out what they make of the number of posters/homeowners who are still so out of touch with regards to gas and public safety. It can only be a good thing IMO.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Yes.

Well done Dan in getting Gas Safe involved. It will definitely lend credence to the forums and hopefully emphasise the importance of gas safety.

yep think it was last months or the month before

 

[AWheating]

i think this will be a good thing. It should help get the forum new members and alot more traffic which is what forums are all about.

nice one Dan.

now have you suggested to them that forum members get a discount off the anual register fee?? 🙂

worth a try 😉

 

[quality]

I will agree that it's a good thing. Raising the profile of the forum could lead to a serious earner for dan. Only joking it mega that they are interested and it can only benefit all

 

[leelister6]

Do you think they will put their two penn'orth in to help clear up some of the "grey area" questions that come up?!

 

[Leo21]

Fat chance be the usual bs numbers and paragraphs. And when I say bs numbers it has two meanings. Not a fan of our governing body. The only benefits I'm interested in are monatary, and I can't see that in any way.