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Have your say on CITB announcement
Effectively CITB made three significant announcements today: Your levy liability contribution is going to reduce The CITB are cognisant of cash-flow challenges that industry faces, but by law they must collect the Levy. The workaround is that they will continue the...
What next for the Construction Products Regulations?
The Construction Products Regulation lays down EU-wide rules for marketing construction products. The European Commission has opened a formal review to includes: addressing the issues identified in the 2019 evaluation improving how the single market for construction...
DWP support for redundancies through its Rapid Response Service
If you have to make redundancies, Jobcentre Plus can give you and your employees support and advice through its Rapid Response Service. Support could include: helping people facing redundancy to write CVs and find jobs providing general information about benefits...
Changes to CSCS Card Design
Over recent years the CSCS card design has changed. If you see a CSCS card that looks slightly different to what you expect, do not assume that it is fake. Instead, use one of these tools to check if the card is valid: The free Go Smart app: All CSCS cards are Smart,...
Check if you can claim back Statutory Sick Pay paid to employees due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
This scheme is for employers. You can claim back up to 2 weeks of SSP if: you have already paid your employee’s sick pay (use the SSP calculator to work out how much to pay) you’re claiming for an employee who’s eligible for sick pay due to coronavirus you have a PAYE...
CITB unveils plan to cut the levy and support a skills-based recovery
No Levy payments before September and then, up to 12 months to pay Next year’s Levy bills to be delayed and 50% cut proposed Skills Stability Plan protects apprenticeships, Grants Scheme and employer funding Consensus will not take place this year to allow focus on...
Leading commentator reports “best case scenario” is Scotland to recover by end 2021
The Scottish economy is now in its deepest recession in living memory, according to the latest Economic Commentary by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde. The Institute points out that whilst the depth of the collapse in GDP is largely...
What does the new 1m + rule mean to construction?
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today announced that (in England) the two-metre social distancing rule will be replaced with "one-metre plus" guidance from the 4th July. In another step towards "normality", the “one-metre plus” approach will mean that people can...
£78m Return to Work package launched for Construction in Scotland
A £230 million Return to Work package has been unveiled to help stimulate Scotland’s economy following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The initiative covers construction, low carbon projects, digitisation and business support and will provide a flow of work for...