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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...
Tall Building Working Group publishes report on impact of building movement on drylining
FIS and the Tall Building Working Group (TBWG) have published a report which investigates the causes of noise emanating through the fabric of some tall buildings, identifies methods of remediation and provides guidance for affected buildings. The Tall Building Working...
Construction output expected to fall significantly in 2023 amid looming UK economic recession
Construction output is forecast to fall by 3.9% in 2023 following a rise of 2.0% in 2022, as activity currently continues at a high level. The fall for 2023 is a sharp downward revision from -0.4% in the Lower Scenario of the CPA’s Summer Forecasts. This is mainly due...
Free innovation training
CITB has funded the Innovation Driven Procurement Project to offer 40 SME and micro‐businesses free training, coaching and mentoring to help improve productivity and increase procurement opportunities. Businesses interested in participating must sign up by the end of...