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Lens Blog: Conflict Avoidance
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. My Blogs to date have attempted to...
Get ready for Open Doors!
HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel site hosted the launch of Open Doors 2023 showing more than 20 students from local colleges what a career in construction might look like! As well as catching a glimpse of ‘Dorothy’, the tunnel boring machine currently excavating a...
FIS launch innovation awards
FIS has launched its all-new Innovation Awards, which are open to all companies operating in the finishes and interiors sector. The Awards aim to focus on ideas that help support improvements in efficiency, productivity, performance, quality or perception of the...
CLC Industry Sponsors Role Recruitment
As part of its desire to increase engagement with business leaders across the sector, CLC is to launch an open recruitment competition to select four industry sponsors (one for each of our priority workstreams- below). 1. Building Safety 2. Net Zero and Biodiversity...
FIS responds to Government’s Net Zero Review call for evidence
FIS has worked with its members to respond to the Government’s call for evidence on net zero. The Government has commissioned a review on the Government’s approach to delivering net zero to ensure it is pro-growth and pro-business. The Government has called all...
Support for business from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) will provide energy bill relief for non-domestic customers in Great Britain. It applies to all businesses, including those in the construction sector. The Scheme covers energy use for 6 months from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023....
New Hospital Programme Industry Day
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) will be holding an Industry Day on Tuesday 13 December to outline how businesses across the supply chain can play a role in the biggest hospital building programme in a generation. With a target to develop 48 hospitals by 2030, the NHP...
Working Rule Agreement Revised
The Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) Working Rule Agreement (WRA) has been updated, following the 5% increase in the national pay rates in July 2022. The WRA ‐ also referred to as ‘The Pink Book’ ‐ sets out the terms and conditions for use across the...
Build UK executive summary helps whole supply chain understand the Playbook’s key policies
Following publication of the revised version of the Construction Playbook, Build UK has updated its executive summary which is designed to help the whole supply chain understand the Playbook’s key policies and its potential to transform the delivery of public sector...