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Welcome to our new members in December
During December, we welcomed three new companies to the FIS membership. All three are Supplier Members: Bryson Products Ltd, Protektor UK Ltd and Tekfloor Limited. We look forward to a long and successful relationship with our new and existing members going forward in...
FIS signs open letter on cash retentions
A consortium of more than 20 trade associations, including FIS, has written an open letter to the Daily Telegraph calling for an end to poor payment practices in construction. "In the construction industry, clients and main contractors have traditionally withheld part...
CITB Grant System is changing – have your say!
As part of the grant reform programme, CITB has now published a second set of training standards for your review. The standards for review and feedback forms can be found here. The consultation period will be open until 31 January 2018. To help FIS get the best deal...
High-rise buildings with ACM cladding – Information Note
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published the first output from the Industry Response Group (IRG) on 11 December. It not only contains guidance for owners of high-rise buildings on what to do where the building is clad with Aluminium...
Start practising your reverse manoeuvres
The Government’s plans to tackle VAT fraud in the construction industry by introducing a domestic ‘reverse charge’ VAT scheme for construction services will come into effect on 1 October 2019. The HMRC Consultation Outcome was published on 1 December and there will be...
Cash retentions to be protected under proposed law
Peter Aldous, a chartered surveyor before being elected to parliament in 2010, has tabled a private member’s bill to protect the millions of pounds of cash retentions withheld from construction SMEs. The Ten Minute Rule Bill will seek to amend the 1996 Construction...
Construction Industry’s Brexit Manifesto
Seven of the construction industry’s major trade bodies have set out what they believe to be the sector’s responsibilities and requirements in a post-Brexit labour market. The Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Build UK, Civil Engineering Contractors...
Your charity contribution for 2017
In 2017, the President's Lunch, Contractors' Awards Lunch and Scottish Awards Lunch welcomed nominated charities to collect donations and proceeds from each of the prize draws totalling £8,498. In February, representatives from the BounceBack charity attended the...
IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI: November
Duncan Brock, Director of Customer Relationships at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, said: “Across construction supply chains, delivery times have been under pressure, as materials were in higher demand, while stocks remained in short supply....