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Let’s celebrate all that apprenticeships have to offer
National Apprenticeship Week 2022 is well underway and this year’s theme ‘Build the Future’ provides an opportunity for organisations to inform young people in England and Wales how they can pursue a rewarding career in construction and showcase the contribution they...
How to adopt the Common Assessment Standard and eliminate the completion of multiple PQQs
On Wednesday, FIS hosted a webinar explaining the Common Assessment Standard (CAS), which was introduced in 2019 to address concerns of multiple Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ), multiple subscriptions and duplication of effort. CAS is now gaining traction, and...
Transfer and receive apprenticeship levy
Employers in England that pay the apprenticeship levy can transfer their unused apprenticeship funds to help other organisations pay for apprenticeship training. The employer that receives the funds can only use them to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment....
Way to Work: helping 500,000 people into work
Way to Work is a new partnership between government and employers to get 500,000 jobseekers into work by the end of June 2022. This partnership will help fill the large number of vacancies and help job-ready people into the labour market. If you are looking to fill a...
Embodied Carbon of Construction Industry Makes it to Parliament
The UK Government has committed to reduce carbon emissions by 100% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of CO2eq emissions in the UK in relation to the energy they use during their use. The impact of construction, which includes...
CLC sets out its plans for construction in 2022
The Construction Leadership Council has set out four priorities to deliver a better UK construction sector in 2022. The Council has picked issues where there is the greatest need for collaborative industry action, and the greatest opportunity to deliver positive...
FIS encourages members to take the Pledge to change the training culture
To support the new Interior Systems Installer Apprenticeship Standard, with its pathways for Drylining and Ceiling Fixing and Partitions and to grow support for the existing framework in Wales and the Scottish Modern Apprenticeship, FIS is encouraging members to sign...
It feels like a full frontal assault on construction from Gove
This week FIS attended a meeting of the Construction Products Association to look at feedback from a Round Table Meeting for Product Manufacturers with Secretary of State, Michael Gove, and his team. The approach (see here) is that the Government expects Industry to...
Late payment: positive steps, but not there yet
Half of Build UK Contractor members now pay in an average of 30 days or less, according to the latest results published under the Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance. Despite the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID‐19 pandemic, payment...