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Here’s the latest news from the chimney sweeping world:

Fighting Back Against the Media Storm: The 38% Fallacy

15 June, 2022

How The Media & Government Got it SO WRONG Over Woodburner Emissions The Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps has published a hard-hitting article for members and other sweeps to use when quizzed by customers about pollution from woodburners. The...

Ready to Burn – or Not? What are your local suppliers doing?

20 May, 2022

Staying the right side of the law – what exactly are the rules for wood fuel suppliers? Fact checking – see the end of this article for links to the government documents. From 1st May this year (2022) the...

Training for Sweeps – What happens on the Guild course?

14 May, 2022

To take the next step please visit Training Courses – The Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps

Insurance Savings for Guild Members

06 April, 2022

The Guild has been working with insurance brokers Towergate to develop a package of insurance for members. Early last year, Guild director Gavin Cater was ‘shopping around’ for insurance after the popular industry insurer he was with significantly increased...

Opportunities for Updates & Continual Learning

23 March, 2022

Lawson Wight highlights the case and the opportunities for continual learning. As professional chimney sweeps, I’m sure we all understand that we never stop learning. Of course, this is the case with many occupations but even sweeps with 30+...