News
Workloads in the finishes and interiors sector hold up
Whilst uncertainty has dominated headlines, workloads in the finishes and interiors sector held up well in the quarter. The picture is more mixed when we look to sales, with the balance experiencing growth reducing from 29% to 17% (when comparing to the last survey...
Private sector Construction Playbook published
A group of businesses within the construction sector have joined forces to produce a landmark publication aimed at combatting low productivity in the industry. The goal is to promote trust and collaboration in a highly fragmented industry that can lack transparency....
Guidance for dealing with retentions payments under NEC Contracts
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) in collaboration with NEC has today published joint guidance to industry on the use of retention clauses under NEC3 and NEC4 Engineering and Construct Contracts (ECC), and sub-contracts. The publication explains how NEC...
Businesses to be given UK product marking flexibility
Businesses will be given an additional two years to apply new product safety marking, giving thousands of businesses the freedom to focus on growth, Business Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today (Monday 14 November). The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking has...
Guidance on employment entry into construction
Build UK has published a guide setting out the most common Routes of Entry in Construction for young people in England leaving school, including apprenticeships, traineeships, T Levels and degrees, and how they might suit different employers. Although the routes of...
Apprenticeship training places available
Apprenticeships are the best way to enhance you workforce and the training is free to employers. FIS members are providing this training and have a number of vacancies for Dryliner apprentices and Ceilings and Partitions apprentices. These are primarily at Leeds...
Safety cases guidance and support
The HSE has commissioned an independent research agency, Kantar Public, to interview people working in private sector housing, including student accommodation providers, who will be responsible for compiling their organisation’s safety case and associated report. The...
COVID-19 case management guidance
The CICV has produced a new open source guidance document, which is now available to download on the CICV website. Aimed at employers, it gives advice on case management of COVID in the workplace. FIS Chief Executive Iain McIlwee commented: FIS is a member of CICV on...
FIS update Risk Register
To mark World Quality Week, at the FIS North West Regional Conference in Manchester today, FIS relaunched the FIS PPP Risk Register, a key tool in the FIS Product Process People (PPP) Quality framework. The FIS PPP Risk Register gives people a structured framework to...