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Results of 2009 BWF Pay and Conditions Survey now available to respondents

07 January 2010 - The BWF kindly thanks all the members who had sent in their responses to the 2009 Pay and Conditions Survey. The results have now been analysed since the final replies came in at the beginning of ... Read more »

“Without A Proper Fire Risk Assessment, Assumptions Are All You Have.”

07 January 2010 - BBC Radio 4's investigative consumer programme Face The Facts opened its new series today by looking at the issue of fire safety in high rise blocks.

Reminder – VAT Returns must be done online after 1 April 2010

07 January 2010 - From 1 April 2010 all VAT returns must be made online unless a business has a turnover of less than £100,000. If you need help call the VAT helpline 0845 010 9000. There is a step by step ... Read more »

Radio 4 Investigates Tower Block Fire Safety

06 January 2010 - BBC Radio 4’s investigative consumer programme

Major French Contractor Looks To CPA To Source Products

06 January 2010 - Bouyges Batiment International has asked the Construction Products Association to help source products from British suppliers.

ConstructionSkills forced to make further grant cuts

22 December 2009 - At the latest meeting of the CITB-ConstructionSkills Board, the decision was taken to make further cuts to plug the budget deficit. After ongoing debate, the Board have set into a place a package ... Read more »

Key points from the Pre-Budget Report

17 December 2009 - The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced few real measures in his Pre-Budget package on Wednesday 9 December. With a General Election looming, any proposed legislation has to be fairly ... Read more »

BRE clarify research report quoted by BBC London.

16 December 2009 - BRE has pointed out that information quoted in a BBC London news item had been incorrectly cited and misunderstood the true context of the results of the research. The research investigated the ... Read more »

Too many problems associated with fire doors in flats, reveals Inside Housing

09 December 2009 - Fire doors replaced by PVC-U doors in some flats.

Breaking News : BBC London claims ‘Lives risked by cheap fire option’

09 December 2009 - A BBC News London investigation has concluded that hundreds of thousands of council homes are at a greater risk from the consequences of a fire because their traditional wooden window frames have ... Read more »