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Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Hotting Up

Spring and autumn are traditionally breathless times for the Association, with a plethora of activities, events and exhibitions that often risk ...
Valveuser Issue 82

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: ‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’

‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’ This was the title of a recent letter that I sent to our members, and I stand by ...
Valveuser Issue 81

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Success is best when it’s shared

As we come to the end of another busy year here at the BVAA, I do find it remarkable that the situation we find ourselves in right now is so much ...
Valveuser Issue 80

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: It’s great to be back!

At last, we get to exhibit again at Valve World Expo! After postponements due to Covid 19, and a great deal of uncertainty (and assuming no ...
Valveuser Issue 79

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Exceptional Service

Like many, I experienced the most profound sense of loss when the news came through about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. My ...
Valveuser Issue 78

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: We’re busy and getting busier!

On my recent return from a few weeks’ annual leave in France, our ’30-minute team catch-up meeting’ to fill me in on progress ...
Valveuser Issue 77

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Under Pressure?

As a young greenhorn new to the trade association world, I once got drawn into a conversation where some members’ technical representatives ...
Valveuser Issue 76

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Throttling up!

Is it the glorious sunshine? Is it the newfound air of freedom we’re all feeling after two years of lockdown? Or is it perhaps the proverbial ...
Valveuser Issue 75

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: ‘Wake up, smell the coffee…’

I’m a heavy sleeper. Well, more a nightly hibernator really. Very early every morning, Mrs Bartlett wakes me up as she leaves for her shift, ...
Valveuser Issue 72

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Life is like a camera…

The quote continues ‘…just focus on what’s important. Capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things ...
Valveuser Issue 71

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Seek Wisdom, Save Money

Or perhaps phrased also as ‘invest thousands, save millions.’ This week I was engaged on a BVAA Training course, basking in the warmth ...
Valveuser Issue 70

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Proceed with Caution

Why’s that so difficult? The BVAA recently held a wonderful AGM Dinner Dance - our first in two years due to Covid-19. We were - as you would ...
Valveuser Issue 69

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: COP26

Don’t ‘cop out’ As I may have mentioned before, I’m not a fan of jumping on any bandwagon, but occasionally I do feel ...
Valveuser Issue 68

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Oil & Gas – not dirty words

An organisation, that I have a great deal of respect for and who do a sterling job, recently decided to remove the two little words mentioned above ...
Valveuser Issue 67

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: On the Shoulders of Giants

Having really not watched much TV for best part of three weeks, thanks mainly to my busy annual leave, it was a tad depressing to return home to find ...
Valveuser Issue 66

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Take it easy

With the notable exception of one or two important sectors of our industry, we’ve reached the time of year when many of us are either on annual ...
Valveuser Issue 65

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Customer Feedback

In July 2021, for want of a better word, I ‘celebrate’, 40 years in industry. The last thirty of those in Associations. I realise ...
Valveuser Issue 64

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett

We’ve been back working in BVAA HQ some time now, but pretty soon, God willing, we’ll all be returning to our offices and the new ...
Valveuser Issue 63

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett

Serendipity? I never really know how it happens, or indeed why, but with some regularity, the Patron Saint* of Association Directors looks down and ...
Valveuser Issue 62

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit Like many people who are involved in the leadership of companies in our industry, I had my Covid jab ...
Valveuser Issue 61