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New Construction Product Availability Statement April 2022

New Construction Product Availability Statement April 2022

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 There has been little change in respect of...

New Guidance on quotes and contracts in a time of high inflation

New Guidance on quotes and contracts in a time of high inflation

Off the back of the latest wave of inflation and the most recent statement by the Construction Leadership Council, FIS has produced two new resources to support contractor members. The first, is a new factsheet that includes recommendations on standard terms to...

Employment Allowance

Employment Allowance

The Employment Allowance has risen from £4,000 to £5,000, meaning businesses can now employ four full‐time workers on the National Living Wage without paying employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs). This is expected to benefit around 52,000 businesses in...

New Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Plastic Tax

New Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Plastic Tax

Duty to report Organisations with more than 500 employees and a turnover over £500 million are now required to report climate‐related financial information on an annual basis. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published guidance...

NHP Supplier Guide

NHP Supplier Guide

The New Hospital Programme (NHP), which is developing 48 hospitals by 2030, has published the NHP Supplier Guide. The guide is aligned to the Construction Playbook and sets out what is important to the NHP ‐ better, faster and greener procurement ‐ and what it...

New Visa Route Available

New Visa Route Available

The Home Office has introduced a new immigration route, Global Business Mobility, to support companies expanding their presence in the UK. It includes a number of new visa options for foreign workers: Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate Trainee, Secondment Worker,...

Government’s Energy Strategy Published

Government’s Energy Strategy Published

The Government has released its British Energy Security Strategy with the aim of providing secure, clean and affordable energy for Great Britain. It sets out how the deployment of wind, nuclear, solar and hydrogen will be accelerated, which could see 95% of...

Philip Thomas joins FIS Board

Philip Thomas joins FIS Board

The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) is pleased to announce that Philip Thomas has been co-opted to its executive board. Philip is Business Development Manager at Smith Building Systems and has worked within the partitioning, aluminium extrusion and building...

Supporting employers with industry placements

Supporting employers with industry placements

The Department for Education and SDN are currently planning what support is put in place for employers over the coming months to help understand, prepare for, and host industry placements. Industry placements are a fundamental part of the government’s reforms to...