Gas Safe Register
From 1 April 2009 the operation of the HSE register of gas installers that covers England, Wales and Scotland will pass to Capita, after nearly 20 years of operation with CORGI. At the time of writing it is not too clear how this transition will work - it is likely that around 250 or so staff at CORGI who are directly involved with the Gas installer registration scheme would be transferred to the new body, to ensure continuity of operations.
The new registration body is called Gas Safe Register.
CORGI Services, CORGI's commercial arm will still continue to operate and offer such services as:
- Competent Person Schemes for electrical, plumbing and ventilation
- CORGIdirect
- Gas Installer magazine
- Insurances
- Consultancy and incident investigation
The profit made from CORGI Services Ltd will be gift aided to the CORGI Trust to continue its work with Gas Safety.
One of Capita's main challenges was to create a new 'Gas Safety' brand for the trade and public from April 2009. At that time, CORGI had over 93% public awareness across the UK.
Read more about this topic: Council For Registered Gas Installers
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