Time to Pay Up: Government to crack down on late payments and retentions

Interest and fines for late payment and a ban on retention….. Is the long await over?

Report Procurement, Contracts and Payment Practices in the Housebuilding Supply Chain

This report provides valuable insight into the challenges faced by specialist contractors and the changes needed to create the right conditions for sustainable growth.

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Open to companies of all sizes, innovations must have been introduced to the UK market within the last five years and show evidence of real-world adoption or commercial intent.

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Knowledge That Builds Better Interiors

Build your knowledge with FIS e-learning modules aligned to our best practice and site guides, developed with industry experts to support competency across the sector.

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Uniting the supply chain to raise standards and improve quality, safety and sustainability in the £13 billion Finishes, Fit-out and Interiors Sector

Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) was created to draw the finishes and interiors supply chain together to improve safety and quality, minimise risk, enhance productivity and help embrace innovation.

Our membership comprises fit-out and specialist contractors, manufacturers and suppliers. All members are vetted against a strict criteria that helps promote quality, safety and best practice in the sector.

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Vital work to improve payment in construction – we need your help

Mar 31, 2023

In March FIS attended a round table with CLC and Government officials to look into payment practices, retention and support available through regulation via the Duty to Report. I think there is a desire from Government to beef things up a bit to support SMEs, but we...

Key takeaways from the first Building Safety Conference

Mar 30, 2023

With colleagues from across the sector, FIS Chief Executive Iain McIlwee attended the first Building Safety Conference hosted last week by the Building Safety Regulator (and shared his reflections here). This week we hear from colleagues at Build UK (of whom FIS is...

People, numbers, possibilities and the future

Mar 30, 2023

Having interrogated the CITB Construction Skills Network data it’s estimated 266,000 people are employed in the construction occupations of the finishes and interiors sector. To sustain this there’s an Annual Recruitment Requirement of approximately 6052 people per...

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