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Leadership and Management fund extended to 31 July
To ensure businesses don’t miss out on up to £50,000 of support, the deadline to apply for CITB’s Leadership and Management Development Fund for large businesses, has been extended to 31 July, 2023. The Leadership and Management Development Fund for large businesses...
STEPs ahead – supporting the delivery of drylining vocational qualifications and apprenticeships
FIS, in partnership with e-Aptitude, is proud to announce the launch of its FIS STEPs Vocational Knowledge Programme for Drylining. This specialised technical education programme, which was produced by e-Aptitude with support from FIS, has been designed to support...
Lights out on fluorescents
The lights are going out on fluorescents – so what should you do? The UK Government plans to phase out of all types of fluorescent lamps under the Restriction of the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive by 2024. For decades fluorescent lighting has been...
Independent review into the Industry Training Boards
The Department for Education (DfE) will imminently be announcing its scheduled review into the role and effectiveness of both the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). Last undertaken in 2017, the...
Build UK to issue updated Common Assessment Standard
Following the issue of PPN 03/23 earlier this year, which allows public sector bodies to use the Common Assessment Standard in place of PAS 91, Build UK will be publishing an updated version of the Common Assessment Standard on 1 July 2023. Version 3.2 will include...
CLC Latest: Construction Product Availability Statement
Statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group. Further to last month’s statement, once...
Reflecting on the 2023 Contractor Awards
The FIS Contractors Awards 2023 attracted a record crowd and was a fantastic celebration of our amazing community. Discover the highlights of the FIS Contractor Awards that you may have missed. You can see all the winners here.It was also the first time that the FIS...
CROSS highlights potential gap in understanding around testing of fire-resistant glazed doors and screens
FIS is aware of a report raised through CROSS (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK) that highlights a potential gap in understanding around testing of fire-resistant glazed doors and screens. The particular issue concerns the construction of the threshold...
Consultation on the proposed changes to the CIS Scheme
FIS has compiled a questionnaire to support a consolidated construction response to the latest HMRC consultation on the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS). It considers whether it would be appropriate to add VAT to the list of taxes HMRC must consider when undertaking...