by Clair Mooney | 24 Apr, 2026 | Membership
We’re excited to reveal the shortlist for the 2026 FIS Contractors Awards – a true celebration of workmanship and design in the sector.
The awards showcase the very best of our industry and after months of project visits, our judges have determined their shortlist.
The winners will be revealed at the FIS Awards Lunch on 4 June 2026 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, by our Guest Speaker Reverend Richard Coles. There are limited tickets remaining, so if you have not yet booked, you can reserve your tickets here.
Thank you to all our members who put forward their projects, we had a fantastic number of entries, and our judges had a tough job on their hands in selecting the shortlist from all of the outstanding projects. Making the shortlist is an achievement in itself, so congratulations to all.
Interior Fit Out Sponsored by SIG
- Astra Office Interiors – Linde Demo Area
- Bespoke Construction Services – Project Queen Fit Out
- Bespoke Construction Services – 1A Bristol Street Boulevard
- Como Associates – Hays Travel Bluewater
- DSP (Interiors) – Western International Group UK
Acoustic Excellence – Sponsored by Rockfon
- Lightweight Drywall – National Gallery NG200: Members House
- Vertex Acoustics – Café 24 – Goodwood Art Foundation
Partitioning – Sponsored by Protektor
- Indeglas – Haymarket Buildings 4 & 5
- ML Interiors – Private Investment Company
- Modernglide – The Shard
- Style Group – Excel Exhibition Centre, Phase 3
- V&D Interiors – Feeder Road
Plastering (internal / fibrous and GRG) – sponsored by Go Interiors
- George Jackson – 30 Grosvenor Square
- Locker & Riley – The Dorchester Hotel
- V&D Interiors – Bilton Grange Preparatory School
Drylining
Commercial projects sponsored by CCF
Residential projects sponsored by British Gypsum
- Andhouse Interiors – Revolut
- Linear Projects – Square Gardens – Block D
- NewRise Drylining – Neptune Wharf
- Roskel Contracts – Haymarket Square
- Titan Interior Solutions – Network Building
- V&D Interiors – Bilton Grange Preparatory School
Ceilings – Sponsored by Zentia
- BPC Interiors – Hill Dickinson Stadium
- Drywall Contracts – East Midlands Airport
- Integra Contracts – Woolgate Exchange
- Measom Dryline – The Chancery Rosewood Hotel
- Proline Internals – Superlabs – University of Derby
- Titan Interior Solutions – Manchester Airport Pier2 and Terminal 2 refurbishment
Steel Framed Systems – Sponsored by the Hadley Group
- V&D Interiors – Bilton Grange Preparatory School
- Veitchi Interiors – New Tain Royal Academy
As well as the installation categories above, winners of the following categories will also be announced on the day:
by Oscar Venus | 13 Nov, 2025 | Membership, Skills
FIS is encouraging members to get involved with the Go Construct STEM Ambassador Programme, a fantastic opportunity to help shape the future of the Finishes and Interiors Sector and inspire the next generation of talent.
If you’re passionate about supporting young people and promoting careers in construction, this initiative offers the perfect way to make a real difference. By becoming a STEM Ambassador, you’ll have the chance to engage directly with schools, colleges, and communities to highlight the diverse and rewarding opportunities available across the industry.
To help you get started, Go Construct is hosting two upcoming webinars introducing the programme and showing how current ambassadors are already making an impact.
Upcoming Webinar Sessions
Monday 8 December, 11:00–12:00
Thursday 15 January 2026, 11:00
During these sessions, you’ll:
- Be introduced to the STEM Learning platform
- Receive a step-by-step guide to becoming an Ambassador
- Learn how to engage effectively with schools and career events
- Have the opportunity to sign up live and start your journey
Whether you’re completely new to outreach or already active in career engagement, becoming a STEM Ambassador is a great way to build confidence, develop presentation skills, and connect with young people exploring construction as a career.
To register for your preferred session, contact: Marie Flinter – marieflinter@thefis.org
Together, we can inspire the next generation and help secure a bright, skilled future for the finishes and interiors sector.
by Clair Mooney | 4 Nov, 2025 | Main News Feed, Member Benefits, Membership
FIS is continually reviewing its service offering and has recently updated its Contract Review Service to better meet the needs of members.
We know that too often contractors are faced with heavily-amended contracts with significant risk transfer. This service offers members a subsidised expert review of contracts, schedules of amendments, collateral warranties and bonds to ensure they are aware of what they are signing up to.
Key features of the service include:
- The option of a QS-led or Lawyer-led review service
- A subsidised fee structure to make the service more accessible for specialist contractors. Prices start from £300 for quantity-surveyor-led reviews, and from £450 for lawyer-led reviews (with fees tiered by contract size).
- Early-stage contract review: designed to be used before work commences, to identify problematic clauses in advance rather than reactively
- Additional support options including virtual meetings and bid-stage review where appropriate.
Our research with Reading University identified that specialist contractors often find themselves under significant pressure to sign amended forms of contracts. The aim of the Contract Review Service is to help specialist contractors and their supply-chains identify onerous contract conditions before work commences and support fairer risk allocation.
Commenting on the service, FIS Chief Executive Iain McIlwee said:
“The Contract Review Service has been an unmitigated success with feedback from members who have used it encouraging. We appreciate how hard a Responsible No can be, but when it is backed by expert advice, negotiation is possible.
“As well as supporting individual members directly, the service has also been instrumental in helping FIS to support our ongoing representation work, exposing and challenging the worst of behaviours and in developing resources for our Contractual and Legal Toolkit. Further e-learning is planned for 2026 to help all members to benefit from the lessons learned.
“With two years of reviews under our belt it felt appropriate to revisit how we deliver the service and under this umbrella to extend the range of services available to members through the amazing panel of expert advisors. The service now covers tender support, direct negotiation and bid support and unlike most things, the basic subsidised rate has reduced further to ensure that it is as accessible as possible to our members!”
You can find out more about the Contract Review Service here. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate in contacting the FIS team on 0121 707 0077.
by Oscar Venus | 14 Feb, 2025 | Labour, Membership, Skills
Open Doors is an initiative organised by Build UK to inspire the next generation to choose a career in construction.
This sector is hugely rewarding, and Open Doors provides organisations with an opportunity to showcase their sites, manufacturing facilities, offices and training centres. Feedback from previous year’s events show that visits during Open Doors lead directly to new entrants joining our industry.
With the industry needing to recruit an additional 50,000 new entrants each year, we are encouraging our members to support or host events as part of Open Doors 2025. There may also be local events in your area that you can promote to schools, colleges and universities so they can see construction in action.
Further information on how you can get involved can be found in Build UK’s latest Open Doors update, and your comms teams can help to promote events on social media using the hashtag #OpenDoors25.
by Oscar Venus | 14 Feb, 2025 | Membership
Leading trade associations across the manufacturing and supply sector are signing up to support CCPI. In signing the Trade Associate pledge, trade associations are committing to support and promote the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) and its registration and assessment process to their members with the aim to drive a transformational step change in construction product information and management. This is an important move to build back trust in construction product information and marketing and drive positive culture change across the sector.
The Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) was created to promote an urgent and positive culture and behaviour change in the way the construction product manufacturing industry manages and provides information and marketing on their products. The CCPI was initiated and developed by the Construction Product Association (CPA) in consultation across the built environment sector as a direct response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. CPA continues to play a leading role promoting and galvinising engagement with the CCPI.
Major trade associations who are committed to supporting the CCPI are:
- Association of Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP),
- Builders Merchants Federation (BMF),
- British Plastics Federation Pipes Group (BPF Pipes Group),
- Electrical Distributors Association (EDA),
- Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS),
- Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association (LWRA),
- Metal Cladding and Roofing Manufacturers (MCRMA),
- Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA),
- National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS)
- Single Ply Roofing Association (SPRA)
The CCPI Trade Associates will be promoting CCPI to their membership, facilitating presentations, supporting the CCPI with relevant information regarding their sector to support the CCPI assessment process, proactively engaging their membership to encourage them to register with CCPI and have product information assessed against the Code. And where applicable consideration of how to include CCPI in their membership requirements.
Amanda Long, Chief Executive of CPI Ltd, the not-for-profit independently-run organisation set-up to manage the CCPI said: “I warmly welcome Trade Associates to the community we are building who are supporting the transformation of the industry to a place where product information and marketing is clear, accessible, up-to-date, accurate and unambiguous. Many of these organisations have been playing a role promoting CCPI to their members and across the industry since its development and inception – the Trade Associates pledge gives us a way to recognise this. Watch this space for further CCPI Trade Associate announcements to come!”
CCPI now has over 100 registered organisations working with the Code to raise their standards of product information and over 100 product sets on the market carrying the unique CCPI Mark awarded to product information that meets the high standards of the CCPI. This is a substantial and recognised way for marketers to shine a spotlight on their products and product information and marketing.
If you would like to find out more about the CCPI please contact: enquiries@cpicode.org.uk.
www.cpicode.org.uk/trade-associates
by Oscar Venus | 31 Jan, 2025 | Market data, Membership, Technical
FIS responded recently on behalf of it’s members to a consultation run by OPSS regarding “bespoke” construction products falling under Article 5 of the Construction Products Regulation. The aim of the consultation is to understand if the use of the term bespoke as it pertains to construction products that either cannot be described or are assumed to be exempt from designated standards is clear and appropriate.
We were able to point out a number of areas from our experience with members in areas such as suspended ceilings and heritage plastering where this definition lacks clarity.
