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SkillBuild National Finalists 2022 announced and FIS members dominate

SkillBuild National Finalists 2022 announced and FIS members dominate

After coming first in their regional qualifiers over 85 finalists will compete in the finals of SkillBuild 2022.  Described as “the UK’s construction’s Olympics”, SkillBuild will be delivered by CITB in conjunction with WorldSkills and will take place at Edinburgh...

Construction Product Availability Statement from the CLC

Construction Product Availability Statement from the CLC

Construction Product Availability: 17 October 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...

Lens Blog: Getting Paid

Lens Blog: Getting Paid

FIS Consultant Len Bunton continues with the theme of getting paid, and what options are open to FIS members. These monthly Blogs are designed to help FIS Members avoid common traps and build on our focus on collective experience.  One of the things you need to do is...

FIS Responds to Big Building Regulations Consultation

FIS Responds to Big Building Regulations Consultation

This week FIS submitted our response to the consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the building regulations for all buildings.  The consultation was split into 12 consultation sections relate to the...

Drugs and alcohol policy

Drugs and alcohol policy

FIS members can access a template Drugs and Alcohol Policy which can be adopted by the whole supply chain to provide a consistent approach to the use of drugs and alcohol. The policy has been developed by Build UK, working with Eurofins Workplace Drug Testing. The...

Self‐declaration form issued to signatories of Prompt Payment Code

Self‐declaration form issued to signatories of Prompt Payment Code

The Small Business Commissioner has issued a self‐declaration form to signatories of the Prompt Payment Code, which are required to show they pay 95% of invoices to SMEs within 30 days and 95% of other invoices in 60 days. Signatories will have until 9 November 2022...

Fire prevention on construction sites

Fire prevention on construction sites

The Joint Code of Practice for Fire Prevention on Construction Sites, published by CIP Books, has been updated and made freely available to download. The 10th Edition of the code applies to all activities during design, procurement and construction to help projects...

Government commission’s review of the Shortage Occupations List

Government commission’s review of the Shortage Occupations List

The Government has commissioned a review of the Shortage Occupations List (SOL) to identify whether other occupations need additional support when recruiting workers from outside the UK. The SOL, which lists the job roles where a worker can be paid 80% of the usual...

New generation of Pagabo’s refit and refurbishment framework

New generation of Pagabo’s refit and refurbishment framework

The new generation of Pagabo’s refit and refurbishment framework, will replace the current framework, which expires in February. The new generation will run for four years from April 2023 and provide a compliant and collaborative route to market for public sector...