If your business operates in the low and mid-rise housing sector, this is an important opportunity to make your voice heard.
In response to concerns raised by members, the Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has commissioned the University of Reading and Barbour ABI to carry out research into how current supply chain management practices are affecting investment, productivity, and mental health across the sector.
The study will explore how procurement, contracting, and delivery methods impact productivity and skills development within the supply chain – vital insights to inform government as it works towards delivering 1.5 million new homes.
As part of this work, we are asking businesses to complete a short anonymous survey covering:
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Contracts
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Supply chain management
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Risk management
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Negotiation behaviours
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Price fluctuations within national deal agreements
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Payment and retention practices
The survey is open until 5pm, Monday 3 November 2025.
Please complete the survey yourself or share it with the most relevant person in your organisation. We also encourage you to pass it on to other specialist contractors – the more responses we gather, the stronger and more valuable the research will be.
If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.