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Audit insights on construction: bidding for lasting value, delivering for success
Audit insights on construction: bidding for lasting value, delivering for success
Mental Health World Cup tournament to raise awareness of male suicide
FIS member Overbury is proud to be sponsoring the UK’s first Mental Health World Cup football tournament, which hopes to raise awareness and vital funds for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) charity. The tournament will be held on 12 May 2019 at QPR’s...
FIS and SCI to launch Steel Framing System Guide with consortium of industry partners
FIS and the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) will launch the much-awaited Technical Report ED017 – Design and Installation of Light Steel External Wall Systems guide with a consortium of industry partners on Thursday 16 May. SFS is the lightweight steel frame used...
On the rise: national minimum wage and national living wage increases
The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates will increase on 1 April 2019 The rates will increase as follows: Age bracket Current rate April 2019 rate Over 25’s £7.83 £8.21 21 to 24-year-olds £7.38 £7.70 18 to 20-year-olds £5.90 £6.15 16 to 17...
Increased funding to support apprenticeships and training
Following announcements from the Chancellor last week that funding for apprenticeship training would be increased to cover 95% of costs for non-Apprenticeship Levy payers, CITB has announced a significant increase in grants available to support the additional costs to...
New JCT On Demand digital contracts now available
JCT has released more of its 2016 Edition of contracts online via its JCT On Demand digital service. The contract families included are the JCT Standard Building Contract (Standard Building Contract With Quantities (SBC/Q), Standard Building Contract Without...
CSCS Industry Accreditation withdrawal update
Following consultation with industry, CSCS has agreed a plan that will pave the way for the eventual withdrawal of cards issued under Industry Accreditation. For several years the strategic direction of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has focused...
FIS extends helping hand to Paragon Interiors Group staff facing redundancy
FIS, representative body for the £10 billion finishes and interiors sector in the UK, has extended its hand to help the 75 staff being made redundant at Paragon Interiors. Iain McIlwee, FIS CEO said “Paragon Interiors Group is a time served Gold award winning member...
Resource and Waste Strategy
The CPA Technical Report 19 (02) covered the government’s newly published Resource and Waste Strategy which aimed to make businesses and manufacturers pay the full cost for recycling and disposing of packaging waste by placing obligations on those responsible for...