About Us
FIS is the not for profit representative body for the £12 billion finishes and interiors sector in the UK. The organisation exists to support our members, improve safety, minimise risk, enhance productivity and drive innovation in the sector.
The Finishes and Interiors Sector
The finishes and interiors sector in the UK has an annual turnover of £12 billion and a workforce of 250,000 people – it accounts for approximately 10% of all construction works. Our work turns a structure into an office, hospital, hotel, home, school, university, retail or entertainment space. The work is intrinsic to the safety, comfort, and productivity of all those that live, work, learn, and recuperate in a building.
Buildings will often have over 30 “fit-outs” in their lifetime. Each one fundamentally impacts, not just the way a building looks, but can change how the space is used and how it performs.
“Construction is changing at the fastest rate now than I have seen in the past 20 years. The drive for competence, productivity and transparency is underpinned by changes in working practices,legislation, regulation and innovation. FIS is here to work with our members to set standards and underpin our core values, ensuring this future isn’t just done to us, but that we are prepared and shaping it.”
Our Focus
Vision:
An efficient, collaborative construction process centred on safety, sustainability and quality.
Mission:
To provide a proactive and collaborative network that helps Members manage compliance, drive up standards, reduce risk and improve productivity.
Use the collective wisdom of this network to be an influential voice that advocates best practice through early and effective supply chain involvement and ensures members are well positioned to win work, get paid and make profit.
Our Community
FIS has a growing community of ove 600 members drawn from contractors, manufacturers and distributors of ceilings, steel framing systems, operable walls, partitions, plastering, drylining and specialist interior fit-out and refurbishment businesses operating in every type of building.
On being accepted into the Association, all members agree to subscribe to and abide by the terms of the FIS Code of Conduct which establishes a minimum standard of conduct for members in order to raise and maintain industry standards. Members are vetted on application (for contractors this includes a physical audit of a construction site) and at regular intervals throughout their membership. Click here to find out why you should specify and choose an FIS Member.
Our Values
Central to our ethos is our Ongoing Vetting Process and Code of Conduct. This, as with all FIS actvity is under the scrutiny and direction of our President and elected Board of Members. All decisions are driven by five underpinning values.
1. Members first: always putting the best interests of members at the heart of decisions, engaging, listening and learning to target our activities.
2. Be relevant and authoritative: listen, engage and understand the problems of our community today and take all reasonable steps to provide comprehensive, professional support.
3. Be generous in sharing knowledge: for the benefit of all involved in the design, specification and construction process.
4. Raising standards and improving quality: champion best practice and the principles of our code of conduct and vetting procedure for the benefit of our members and our clients.
5. Taking the extra step: always focus on distilling, refining and improving what we do for the benefit of everyone in the sector.
All FIS activities are conducted in strict compliance with the Competition Act 1998, read our guidance note bere: FIS Guidance on Competition Act Compliance
If you are a member of the FIS and interested in getting involved through the FIS Board or one of our Working Groups, don’t hesitate to contact us via info@thefis.org or telephone 0121 707 0077. Elections to the Board take place annually in late summer/early autumn based on a simple nominations process. Results are announced at our AGM.
Our wider Network
The organisation is dedicated to collaboration in construction and through FIS our members are affiliated to, and can benefit from, the service offering of Build UK, the Construction Products Association and the Construction Industry Collective Voice in Scotland.
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FIS is an active contributor to the work of the Construction Leadership Council, supporting working groups and the advisory committee. We are also Chairing the work of the Industry Competence Committee looking at the Competency in the Interior Super-Sector and co-chairing the Passive Fire Knowledge Group.
Our History
FIS is a modern organisation formed from the merger of a number of trade bodies with a collective history that can be tracked back over 100 years. The organisation was formed as FIS in 2015 from the merger of the Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) and the Federation of Plastering and Drywall Contractors (FPDC). By coming together as one strong organisation, we are a powerful and unique voice for the sector.