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Skills and training fund
Skills and training funding provides an extra incentive to small employers to deliver construction training which align with CITB’s grant scheme. This funding also supports training interventions in management and leadership. Details are below. If you would like to...
5 office fit-out firms to pay £7 million fine for breaking competition law
Following a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation, each company has admitted to breaking competition law at least once during the period of 2006-2017, in some cases on multiple occasions. The firms, based in London and the Home Counties, provide...
Low but positive growth for UK construction amid Brexit uncertainty
The latest forecast from CITB expects positive growth for the sector despite the uncertainty of Brexit. The annual Construction Skills Network (CSN) report - a five-year forecast into the industry’s skills needs - anticipates construction growth of 1.3% across the UK,...
CPR update in Brexit no-deal scenario
Important update if you manufacture or import products covered by the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) if there is no Brexit deal This guidance from MHCLG provides practical information on the legal requirements that would be required in a no deal scenario. This...
FIS responds to latest Government consultation on offsite construction
FIS responded in February to the latest Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) consultation on the role of offsite construction in continuously improving the delivery of major government projects. This consultation builds on both the Farmer Review and The House...
Scotland issues Building Standards consultation – Changing Places Toilets
Scotland has issued a Building Standards consultation – Changing Places Toilets. This deals with the introduction of these changing facilities in defined types of larger new buildings, conversions or extensions. By ‘defined’, the types of construction being considered...
Brexit: Contractual Terms
Concerns have been raised by a number of firms in construction sector about the potential for delays caused by a no deal Brexit leading to the triggering of penalty clauses within construction contracts, and the impact that this could have on firms within the supply...
Data Protection in the event of a No-Deal Brexit
Firms need to act to understand where, how and to or with which organisations and countries they send, receive or exchange personal data. They also need to identify whether they have put in place either: Standard Contractual Clauses - standard sets of contractual...
Product Regulation: Trading Timber Products
In the event of no deal, firms will need to follow different processes for trading timber and timber products. The UK will have its own law for trading timber, which will mirror existing EU rules. Full guidance published by the Department for the Environment, Food and...