by Nicky Smith | Jan 13, 2017 | Main News Feed
FIS will be hosting a 45-minute presentation on Sustainable Design, Health and Wellbeing in Higher Education to architects and designers on the main stage at Surface Design Show on 8 February 2017 at 2.15pm.
The panel will include Andrew Parkin, Acoustics Partner at Cundall; Elina Grigoriou, Grigoriou Design and Chair of RICS SKA Rating; and Evan Landy, EHS (Environment) Officer from University College London.
Find out more about Surface Design Show via the link opposite. We look forward to seeing our members there.
by Nicky Smith | Jan 6, 2017 | Main News Feed
January’s edition of the Joint Taxation Committee’s Newsline provides information on: Travel expenses; Fuel rates for company cars; Welsh landfill tax; Scottish tax rates and a summary of the Employer Bulletin.
The Newsline is available to read here.
by Nicky Smith | Jan 6, 2017 | Main News Feed
We are sad to advise that Peter Fleerackers passed away on 21 December 2016. Peter was well known to many in the sector and particularly with regard to suspended ceilings having been involved in their installation from the late 1960s for over thirty-five years. Later in life, Peter was owner and Managing Director of Sabre Ceilings Ltd in Perivale, Middlesex and for many years a very active member of the Suspended Ceiling Association (SCA) later becoming the Suspended Ceiling and Interiors Association (SCIA) which became the Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) now the FIS. During the 1990s Peter was an independent advisor on suspended ceilings for the AIS’s advisory service and also an expert witness on the installation of suspended ceilings for Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Mediator and Barrister, Tony Bingham.
Peter’s funeral will be held at 12.30pm on Friday 13 January at Peterborough Crematorium, Mowbray Road, PE6 7JE with food and drinks afterward at The Fitzwilliam Arms, Stamford Road, Marholm, Peterborough, PE6 7HX. All are welcome to attend.
by Nicky Smith | Jan 5, 2017 | Main News Feed
Now that Article 50 has been triggered, the UK will begin negotiations to exit the European Union. FIS intends to represent its membership by providing the government with accurate data, backing-up an argument for construction to be considered in the Brexit talks. In order to do this, we have produced a short survey based on staff and operatives.
The workforce survey can be accessed here.
We urge as many companies as possible to take part; the more data we collect, the more informed we will be to accurately and actively lobby the politicians responsible for getting us the best deal for construction.
There are just seven questions to complete, all answers will be treated in the strictest confidence.
by Nicky Smith | Jan 4, 2017 | Main News Feed
A summary of the data revealed that new order growth hit an 11-month high in December. Other key findings were a robust and accelerated upturn in new work; construction output increased at the fastest pace since March; input cost inflation was at the highest level since April 2011.
by Nicky Smith | Dec 19, 2016 | Main News Feed
The CIOB report highlights the critical role that construction plays in reversing the declining levels of economic and social mobility in the UK. It contains a specially commissioned survey of 1,094 working adults.
Results show that construction ranks near the top for social and economic mobility, maintaining a third of all employment in this occupation group.
Follow the link to the CIOB website to download the report.
