Buying a new home, and certainly buying you first home is usually the most exciting, daunting and expensive purchase of your life!

Because of the expense associated with buying the house; deposit, furnishings, the list is endless, home buyers survey sometimes take the cheapest survey. Just the one that the bank needs. Whilst is adequate, it really is worth investing in a more comprehensive survey. 

In the UK the RICS home surveys are 

RICS Condition Survey
RICS Homebuyer Reports
RICS Building Survey.

The building survey is THE most comprehensive. If there is a problem, this survey will reveal it. When problems are discovered the buyers usually gets a quote to rectify the problem and asks the seller to reduce the sale price accordingly.  This does not always work- if there are several potential buyers for example, it the sellers market.

Click for online ordering of home buyers surveys London and Kent. 
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UK domestic gas training is regulated by GAS SAFE and as such an gas / heating engineer entering a home for the purpose of gas repairs servicing or installations need to be Gas Safe registered. Every gas engineer has a gas Safe number, and they can be looked up very easily on the Gas Safe website. (just follow the link). Also see the video below. But, enough about that. Becoming a gas engineer can be an excellent career choice. 

Becoming a gas engineer (some people will refer to this trade as a plumber, but there is a LOT more involved) and qualifications are a must.
A plumber with experience could go to do a college course lasting around 6 months, and ALL gas engineers must complete an NVQ Level 2 gas course.  Technically a "Gas Safe training course" does not exist.  However to become Gas Safe registered you must seek Approved Certification Scheme gas training. This will allow you to take the ACS assessment. Every 5 years your gas training needs to be ACS re-assessed.

​Make sure that your gas training centre is well equipped with appliances, and has well qualified instructors; they too will be on the Gas Safe Register, of course. 

It is unbelievable to read about the technicalities of Intellectual Property in sports. 

According to the IPO, "The success of England’s Rugby World Cup competition rests on two things: the teams and the intellectual property. Both share one common value – belief in creativity."

The official supplier of the England Rugby World Cup tournament is Canterbury Limited. The company is the official supplier of clothing. Canterbury’s intellectual property is backed up with design registrations. David Wood, CEO of Heavenly Branding Agency is responsible for one of the most volatile IP products known to man: the brand of a rugby team – England. This is huge business. Click to find out more about the England Rugby Word Cup and Intellectual Property on the IPO blog. 

Have you ever wondered why, at Wimbledon, the players have to adhere to a strict all white dress code on court and keep advertising messages to a minimum. Wimbledon sponsorship activity is discrete and long standing with Rolex and Slazenger. Other brands on display within the venue must be kept to a minimum. Staff must maintain a vigilant watch on anything that appears to look like branding activity, So 20 members of the  crowd all wearing the same t-shirt with the same brand on, would probably be asked to leave. Again this is a powerful aspect of intellectual property.

Some sporting event  organisers have taken this one step further whereby the attendees may only buy accessories inside the venue - for example rain capes, or sun hats, which are the official branded versions. The London Olympics 2012 did exactly this and within the Olympic Park you could only buy official sponsors' goods.

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