Milestones

2005 was the most exciting yet for Lomax Training Services when a number of milestones were reached and passed.

2005 | 2004 | 2003

January	New vision set to diversify into water, electricity and cable industry training
February	Tracey Butler joins the team as Business Development Manager
March	Colin Johnson joins as General Manager Utilities Sunderland Mayor Jim Smith recognises Lomax achievements with reception North Tyneside College partnership established for NVQ in gas operations
April	Company announces it'll break through £1 million turnover barrier Company achieves Regional Training Award Web based training records system trial set up
June	Lomax named both Wearside and North East Small Business of the Year
July	Runner-up in North East Chamber of Commerce Company of the Year Awards
August	Lomax responds to new safety requirements for clie by setting up new CORGI Part P Defined Scope Electrical Scheme courses
December	Lomax employees hand over £1000 to MacMillan nurses after Great North run success Courses in Energy Efficiency for domestic heating and unvented hot water systems introduced Lomax awarded accreditation by Institute of Leadership Management Centre to deliver a whole range of courses Two Legionella courses introduced leading to BPEC certificate City Council's Aiden Craig named LomaxApprentice of the Year Specialist courses on emergency procedures and programming of gas escapes introduced at Howdon Lomax announces joint project with North Tyneside Education Business Partnership to give 14 year olds training taster sessions

January	Only company shortlisted for two awards by Northern Offshore Federation - NOF Business of the Year and Training Award ISO9001 retained
February	Won Silver Award for Outstanding Practice in the New Business category by Investors in People (IIP).
March	First unemployed people awarded Gas Network Operations NVQ1 and the New Roads and Streetworks Act certificate
April	Agreement reached to lease premises at Howdon for new Utilities Training Centre
June	New courses for ACS Re-Assessment Programme and unvented Domestic How Water Systems introduced
November	Howdon Utilities Training Centre opened on Tyneside
December	Alan Erridge, an employee of HSS at Cramlington and one of the first apprentices to complete the three-year course is Apprentice of the Year

January	Ian Dawson became the company's 1000th trainee to undertake a course
February	First NVQ award presentation for Apprentice of the Year and Trainee of the Year
March	Opened Industrial & Commercial Training Centre - the company's fourth
April	First NVQ female Rachel Smith
May	Business Award Finalist for GWINTO - presentation @ Hilton Hotel London
June	12 of the 15 trainees, our second batch from GWINTO obtained full time employment
July	ACS assessment centres at full capacity working nights and weekends to meet demand
August	End of ACOPS
September	Lomax joins Trinidad Trade Mission New ACS reassessment scheme introduced
October	Industrial & Commercial introduce courses on catering equipment
November	2000th trainee and first female engineer Eden Longley undergoes training ILM programme starts to give 10 unemployed people gas industry job skills Short listed for Company or the Year and Training Organisation of the Year by Northern Offshore Federation Hosted visit from Chinese business delegation keen to explore training provision
December	Start of Gas Network Operatives programme