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Latest advice helps companies preparing to unfurlough staff
The complex question of how to bring workforce safely off furlough and back to work is examined in detail in the latest guidance to be issued by the CICV Forum in Scotland. With the Scottish Government authorising a phased easing of the lockdown rules, the Forum’s...
Domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services – delay in implementation announced
Domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services - delay in implementation announced Following pressure from the industry (including a letter signed by FIS in the Telegraph last weekend). HMRC have announced that the introduction of the domestic reverse charge...
Cladding remediation fund opens
Building owners can now register their interest for the £1 billion Building Safety Fund for the remediation of unsafe non‐Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. The deadline for registering interest is 31 July 2020 and anyone that goes on to apply for funding...
Trade Credit Insurance backed by £10 billion guarantee
Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) this morning welcomed the announcement from Business Secretary Alok Sharma that Government is able to provide guarantees of up to £10 billion to Trade Credit Insurance schemes for business-to-business transactions. Trade Credit...
Government guidance for further education and skills providers
On 24 May the Prime Minister announced that secondary schools could provide some contact for Year 10 and Year 12 students to help them prepare for exams next year, with a quarter of these students in at any point. For further education (FE) settings (including...
Construction Leadership Council Proposals set out a Roadmap for a post-Covid-19 revival
The Construction Leadership Council’s Covid-19 Task Force has laid out a roadmap of proposals that will help to secure the future of construction businesses nationwide, while setting the industry on a sustainable path towards recovery. Roadmap to Recovery details the...
Construction Products Testing Survey
Government is developing a new Building Safety Programme to address the points raised by Dame Judith Hackitt following the tragic disaster at Grenfell Tower, and they are engaging with the sector through the Construction Products Association (CPA). The Ministry of...
FIS joins Building chiefs to urge delay on VAT reforms
As reported in the Telegraph this weekend, FIS joined leaders from across the construction sector calling on the Chancellor to delay the controversial change in VAT which they say poses a threat to the survival of firms hit hardest by the virus crisis. Industry chiefs...
Construction Industry Scenarios Spring 2020 Edition
Total construction output in Great Britain is expected to fall by 25% during 2020, according to the Construction Products Association. The anticipated decline in output is one of three scenarios for construction output examined by the CPA. Even under this most...