by Hattie Hasan | Nov 30, 2018 | Business, For Customers, Industry diversity
This article from Boiler Guide about the low numbers of female heating engineers is so interesting and well researched we’re happy to point directly to it. Here are a few excerpts: 2 key accreditation bodies for the industry have estimated that: Of...
by Hattie Hasan | Sep 17, 2017 | Business, Media, Speaking
A report in The Times, 16th September stated female and elderly customers ‘routinely overcharged’ by up to 53%. Stopcocks Women Plumbers founder Hattie Hasan was asked to respond in an interview with Yasmeen Khan on Talk Radio. The research, carried...
by Hattie Hasan | Sep 10, 2015 | Training, Uncategorized, Want to become a plumber?
Stopcocks Women Plumbers licencees receive phone and on-site mentoring as part of the service. Mica May; Co-Director explains why this is so important. “It’s very different when you’re in such a tiny minority”. Female plumbers and other women...
by Hattie Hasan | Oct 19, 2012 | Business, Training, Want to become a plumber?
Trainees contact us an a daily basis asking about becoming an apprentice plumber with us. I’m sorry to have to burst your bubble. In spite of what the government tell us, apprenticeships in plumbing (more so than many other trades) are about as rare as a black...