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March 2004
Announcement made that the cost of PL insurance for inflatable hire companies has substantially
dropped in price.
September 2004
The BIHA exhibits at the LIW show – NEC, Birmingham and reserves a stand for the 2005 LIW show.
www.liw.co.uk
October 2004
The two main websites
www.biha.org.uk
and
www.leisurescene.com
are completely re-designed by
Art and Sole Design
to make them easier to navigate.
November 2004
New website set up for Disc Jockeys - See:
www.djs-alliance.com
December 2004
Announcement that "Inflated News" magazine is to be re-launched in March 2005. See
www.inflatednews.co.uk
N.B. Inflated News is published by the GA Group of Companies. (It is NOT published by the BIHA).
January 2005
The new PIPA inflatable testing scheme
www.pipa.org.uk
starts to gather momentum and many manufacturers become involved. The list of these
manufacturers / inspectors can be viewed at:
www.pipa.org.uk/findInsp.asp
April 2005
WARNING – BEWARE OF “TOY” BOUNCY CASTLES. (They are not robust enough, and not legal for the
UK hire market).
URGENT SAFETY NOTICE:
It has come to the attention of the BIHA that there are cheap imitation imported bouncy castles
currently on the UK market. These are TOYS and are not designed for commercial hiring, (only
light domestic use) as they do not comply with the necessary standards for the hire industry.
To view these standards (known as CEN TC 136) please visit:
www.pipa.org.uk
All persons hiring out bouncy castles and other play inflatables are required by law to comply with
the Health & Safety At Work Act 1974. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has stated that those
complying with CEN TC 136 will be meeting their obligations under this Act.
Apparently, several hire companies are having to buy again after unwisely investing in these cheap toy
inflatables, and discovering now that they are not of a robust commercial standard to hire out to the
public.
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Photo Of The BIHA Stand (22nd Sept 2004) At Leisure Industry Week Trade Show (LIW '04 NEC - Birmingham)
Photo of a PIPA tag on an inflatable at the European amusement Show 2005
Mark Jerram at the European Amusement Show - Vienna, 28th January 2005
June 2003. - Mark Jerram inside the world’s first inflatable church.
PIPA update from Clive Moss (August 2005)
I promised some time back to allow listing of operators who have PIPA tagged kit on the site.
The coding is now done and any tests from now on will include the operator (if known) and they
will automatically appear on the list.
Now we have to get all of you who have already got tagged units listed:- You can add your own company
to the list by going to
http://www.pipa.org.uk/operators.asp
where you will find a form to do so. You will need a tag number and its matching certificate and the
name of the inspecting body.
The page will not be readily accessible from the main site until we have a few names listed so
you will have to use the link above or type it exactly as is into the address bar of your browser.
It took a while, but I got there eventually.....
Clive Moss
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PIPA committee meeting
The PIPA committee meeting originally planned for 18th August has been moved to the
1st September 2005 in Stratford-Upon Avon, Warwickshire.
I will be attending this meeting and representing the BIHA. The subject of the plastic PIPA tags is
one of items on the agenda.
If you have any questions or concerns which you would like me to put forward at this committee
meeting, please email them to me before 31st August.
My email is:
mark.jerram@ntlworld.com
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