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Winners announced at 2024 Training Awards
FIS and Worshipful Company of Plaisterers have announced the winners of the sector Training Awards at its gala lunch held at Plaisterers’ Hall in London today. In front of a packed audience at Plaisterers’ Hall, the winners of the 2024 Training Awards were announced...
Government launches New Fair Payment Code
Healthy cash flow is critical for small business' survival and growth. Late and long payment times disrupt the cash flow cycle and can prevent a business from paying its bills, eventually leading to business failure. In 2023 15% of small businesses and medium sized...
Remediation Acceleration Plan
The Ministry of Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has today published the Remediation Acceleration Plan. The aim of this plan is that by the end of 2029, all 18m+ (high-rise) buildings with unsafe cladding in a government funded scheme will have been...
FIS Fighting your Corner with newly formed Skills England
FIS CEO, Iain McIlwee participated in a roundtable this week with Skills England looking at the New Government’s approach to skills, training and education as it applies to construction. Skills England is a new arms-length body established by Government with the...
CITB Skills and Training Conference heading to Wales
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is pleased to be hosting its next Skills and Training Conference in Wales on January 23. Following the success of CITB’s Skills and Training Conferences in Manchester and Scotland in 2024, this one-day event in Cardiff...
Safe methods of isolation of platform controls on Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has worked with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to develop the following guidance on the safe methods of isolation of platform controls for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs). Background HSE are...
New Code of Practice for fire and escape door hardware published
A comprehensively revised Code of Practice for the selection of building hardware for fire-resisting and escape door assemblies and doorsets has been published by The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) and the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF). This new...
FIS responds to review of the national curriculum and assessment England
FIS responds to review of the existing national curriculum and statutory assessment system in England. The consultation was launched by the new Government to explore how the the curriculum can evolve to more appropriately balance ambition, excellence, relevance,...
FIS Attends SkillBuild 2024 – Congratulations to all the winners
SkillBuild 2024 proved to be a tremendous success, highlighting remarkable talent and creative energy. The FIS team was in attendance, advocating for the interior sector with FIS Head of Skills and Training, Beena Nana, who was graciously hosted by Locker & Riley...