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Construction Product Availability Statement
Construction Product Availability: 30 March 2022 Statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working...
The Highway Code: update to rules on using mobile phones
From today (25 March), rules in The Highway Code are coming into force to make any hand-held use of a mobile phone while driving illegal, except in limited circumstances. This means you must not use a device in your hand for any reason, whether online or offline. The...
Buckinghamshire Skills Show – FIS Construction Ambassadors, helping industry recruit
FIS is hugely excited to have signed up to the Go Construct/STEM Ambassador Scheme. Go Construct STEM Ambassadors bring the construction industry to life. Ambassadors engage with young people at educational events across the UK to raise aspirations, showcase career...
Are you struggling with labour shortages and recruitment?
The first of our Regional Training and Recruitment Intervention Events took place in London on Tuesday 22 March 2022. With labour shortages and recruitment, a key challenge within the sector, presentations and discussion focused on the scale of the problem, local...
Covid-19 – stay at home guidance to be removed
From Friday 1 April, the Government guidance to stay at home for five days following a positive COVID‐19 test will be removed, along with the Working Safely During Coronavirus guidance and the health and safety requirement for employers to explicitly consider COVID‐19...
Prompt payment threshold to increase from 1 April
From next Friday 1 April, the prompt payment threshold will increase for suppliers bidding for Government contracts above £5 million per annum. In accordance with the updated Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 08/21, companies will be required to show that they pay 90% of...
FIS partners with Women into Construction
To encourage active collaboration, inclusivity and support the delivery of a more diverse workforce, FIS is delighted to announce its collaboration with Women into Construction (WiC). With less than 15% of the UK construction workforce represented by women – a figure...
CPA Letter to Rt Hon Michael Gove MP re Remediation Funding
CPA Chief Executive Peter Caplehorn wrote to the DLUHC Secretary of State this week to provide an update on the status of our work with the minister’s Residents’ Voice and Levy team, and to share a number of observations relevant to any scheme brought forward to...
Potential economic impacts of the Ukraine invasion
There remain considerable uncertainties regarding the economic impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the effects of tightening sanctions on Russia. Whilst demand in the UK economy and construction currently remains robust, strengthening supply chain...