In Conversation with Philip Salaman Managing Director
Well, I wasn't quite expecting an industry exclusive on the podcast today, but there you go... I'm going to collect my long overcoat and dictaphone tomorrow, and begin stalking celebrities!
Quidos, after successfully jumping through many bureaucratic Government hoops to become an official accreditation scheme last month, today threw open its doors to all qualified Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) seeking a channel through to full accreditation.
For the industry, it is big news, and it leaves me feeling a sense of burden to somehow handle it with care. But all I can really do, in reality, is grease the wheels of the communication trolley and hope it hits the right desktops... which leaves me feeling strangely impotent.
Before I go on - If you want to jump straight to the podcast, click on-over to:
Podcast #5: Quidos MD, Philip Salaman
It's weird!
Not because I don't think the podcasts are not hitting the right audience - It obviously is (who else would listen to industry gossip, outside of the industry, that is!).
And it's not because there's not enough of you listening to the podcasts - Last time I looked, the first podcast with Jim Gillespie and Neil Kurz, had been downloaded by well over a 1100 people, and I know that number continues to rise most days, still (Plus, of course, I can never know how widely the downloads are shared).
No, I guess it's the sense of responsibility in wanting to deliver someone else's creation to the world, without neither knowing immediately how it will be received, by you, nor if Quidos delivers what many of you need to happen, sharpish.
With all the reports of delays in the accreditation process, it's clear that Quidos's entrance into the market is much-needed, and, dare I say it, a relief to the accreditation industry as a whole - It will help remove the pressure.
7-Day Accreditation Turnaround
But if that wasn't enough, Philip also promised the 7-day turnaround of any DEA applications for accreditation - That is some statement!
And therein resides my feeling of impotency really.
You see, I sincerely hope it means that many more of you - even at this late stage - can become eligible to receive work on August 1st - I think it's got to be seen as an excellent deal (no payment until 1st EPC arrives), and the best chance for those desperate to accredit between now and August...
... but I have to now sit-it-out and pray that both Philip delivers, and you, in-turn, trust his word enough to apply for accreditation through Quidos.
If either of you fail to play your part in that process, I feel bad.
Does that make me biased? Only if you don't want this to happen.
I wish both Quidos, and those of you who accredit through them, the best of success.
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Podcast #5: Quidos MD, Philip Salaman
Over to you.
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