GLM pledges support for Gas Safety Week - 8th-14th September 2025
The Guild of Letting & Management Limited (GLM) has pledged support for Gas Safety Week (8th-14th September 2025) and will be raising awareness on the importance of gas safety.
Gas Safety Week aims to reach as many people as possible and organisations across the nation are working together to raise awareness of the dangers of poorly maintained and badly fitted gas appliances, which can cause gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. To keep your gas appliances working safely and efficiently it's important to have them safety checked every year by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
‘Looking after your home, friends, family’ is this year’s theme. It emphasises that everyone has a part to play in keeping each other safe, whether that is looking after or simply sharing advice with immediate family, extended family, friends, neighbours or tenants – we can all do our part to keep the national safe.
Susie Crolla, Managing Director of the GLM said: “We have supported the excellent work of the Gas Safe Register for many years and are advocates of the importance of ensuring that consumers – landlords & tenants – have an excellent understanding of staying safe.”
Rob Denman, Director of Gas Services at Gas Safe Register, said: “This is the fifteenth Gas Safety Week and the 2025 theme ‘Looking after your home, friends and family’ centres around the desire for us all to keep those we care for safe. Each Gas Safety Week, our partners, stakeholders and Gas Safe Register share information to help everyone be gas safe and I’m thrilled GLM is helping to share the message and the importance of ensuring everyone only uses an engineer that is registered and qualified.”
The theme changes each year, but the gas safe messages remain the same. As ever, here is some simple tips and checks that you can do at home and share with your friends, family, colleagues, neighbours, and tenants.
Arrange your annual gas safety check. Gas appliances should be safety checked once a year and serviced regularly by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Tenants, make sure your landlord arranges this.
Check your engineer is Gas Safe registered. Always use a Gas Safe registered engineer and ensure they’re qualified for the work that needs doing via the Gas Safe Register website and the engineer’s ID card.
Look out for warning signs that could indicate your gas appliances are not working correctly. Signs may include lazy yellow/orange flames instead of crisp blue ones, black marks on or around the appliance, a pilot light that keeps going out, too much condensation in the room, or error messages on the appliance’s control panel.
Ensure your home’s vents and/or flues are not blocked. Vents and flues are there to ensure your gas appliances work safely. Blocking them could prevent this.
Check your knowledge. Remember the six main symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning: headaches, dizziness, breathlessness, nausea, collapse, and loss of consciousness.
Purchase and regularly test an audible carbon monoxide (CO) alarm. Regular testing ensures that alarms are operational and capable of alerting you to the presence of deadly CO. Also, check they are marked to standards EN50291 and still in date (if applicable).
Never DIY gas work. Before drilling or hammering, check that there is no risk of hitting a gas pipe. Never DIY on a gas appliance; if you suspect there is something wrong with your appliance or it is not working correctly, call a Gas Safe registered engineer. You can find one at GasSafeRegister.co.uk or call 0800 408 5500.
Keep up to date with Gas Safe Register’s updates and advice throughout Gas Safety Week by following @GasSafeRegister on Facebook, X and Instagram and search #GSW25.
Gas Safe Register is the official register for legally qualified engineers. You can find a registered engineer in your area by visiting the Gas Safe Register website at GasSafeRegister.co.uk.
For more information about GLM contact
Lauren Green – laurengreen@guild-let.co.uk
Tel: 01992 479974
For more information or press enquiries concerning Gas Safe Register and/or its spokespeople, please contact Marketing@gassaferegister.co.uk
Gas Safe Register is the registration body appointed by the Health and Safety Executive to manage the register of qualified gas engineers in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey. It is a legal requirement for anyone carrying out domestic and commercial gas work to be registered and comply with the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998. The register of more than 150,000 gas engineers held by Gas Safe Register aims to protect people from unsafe gas work. Gas Safe Register assesses the competence of engineers by inspecting the gas work they have carried out to make sure they are safe to work on gas. Gas Safe Register is focused on gas safety and campaigns to raise awareness of gas safety risks associated with using illegal gas workers.
Gas Safe Register deals with all aspects of the downstream gas industry covered by the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. It covers both piped natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). www.GasSafeRegister.co.uk.
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