Ok here's my update:
Since initially attending the 'Free' training, I've now become a PAS 2030 accredited business.
Yaaay!
BUT I've spent.
About £800 on the Certification/assessment
5 days on training and sorting paperwork out etc.
I Had two funding providers in mind that I was going to use, one wants a CCA credit licence which costs £600+ (lasts five years) and the other wants a £470 odd + VAT membership fee to join their club and the other thing I've got to do is open credit trade accounts at their merchants.
So its looking very expensive and a lot of lost time to do this.
In the mean time, I've applied for Gloworms ECO club, in which they ask you stupid questions and copies of all your paperwork again. I didn't submit all the details so I will see how it goes with that. Supposedly they can authorise you within 24 hours. Only problem with Gloworm is that I have to pay for the boiler and bits out of my own pocket and then get paid only £1500 in 30 days. With the others It would have all been on account so no cash flow problems.
I surveyed a job last night for this ECO thing, it was an absolute horrible installation, done by the local cowboy five or six years ago. Gas in 15mm, meter front of property, boiler at back, cooker in between. No clips anywhere, even on the drops for the radiators, all compression and pushfit fittings, bent pipe (poorly hand bent, not proper bent). No TRVs, and because he's put all the valves on upside down, they'll need repiping to upgrade to TRV's. Boiler was in downstairs bathroom, 2 ft away from bath. There's no way I'm upgrading all that for £1500.
On the plus side I've got a couple of easy ones surveyed, ready to do when I find the funding.
Will update when I finally get some jobs done and recoup my investment or give up having spent all that money and wasted all that time.
