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Immigration concerns – your support needed
The new points based system that will be implemented to control immigration from 1 January 2021 will have a significant impact on how and who we can engage individuals from outside the UK to work. With most of the detail available, FIS is conducting a snap survey to...
CITB launches new free COVID-19 eCourse
Following the development of a new pandemic Standard announced back in August, an eCourse, ‘Setting up and operating a safe construction site during COVID-19’ is now live on CITB's eCourses platform. Government guidance is for construction sites to remain open, with a...
Government extends Furlough to March and increases self-employed support
Workers across the United Kingdom will benefit from increased support with a five-month extension of the furlough scheme into Spring 2021, the Chancellor announced today, 5 November. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now run until the end of March with...
Barbour ABI: UK economy disappoints as Covid-19 cases rise
Unemployment starts its anticipated upwards trajectory. The ONS’ publication of August GDP all but confirmed a “square root” shaped recovery for Great Britain as the economy started to plateau. Growth was 2.1% in August, a sharp fall from 6.4% in July and 9.1% in...
Invest to save skills from being lost – CITB forecast
CITB has today published a new construction industry forecast in which it states that Government investment is needed to support skills in the coming year to prevent a generation of talent being lost. The CITB Construction Skills Network (CSN) report for 2021-25...
Furlough extended in light of new National Lockdown
The PM has announced that, in line with the new National Lockdown announced on the 31st October, Furlough arrangements through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended "until December". Under the extended scheme, workers in any part of the UK who will be...
National Lockdown, but Construction to carry on
The Prime Minister today, 31st October, announced that from Thursday the country would return to National Lockdown in England for a period of 4 weeks. The lockdown rules announced are less strict than those announced earlier in the year, but will see restrictions in...
Urgent update regarding conformity marking of construction products from January 2021
As the UK leaves the EU on 1 January 2021 new rules come into force for construction products that are currently covered by the European Construction Regulation (CPR). This requires products covered by a harmonised European Norm (hEN) to carry a CE mark when placed...
United Kingdom Conformity Assessment Mark (UKCA)
From January 2021 Organizations putting their products on the market will be able to use the UKCA mark which replaces CE marking in the UK after a transitional period of 12 months until January 2022; This will require products to be handled by a UK notified body...