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New Part L Amongst New Regulations Introduced on Friday 1st October

The introduction of ‘common implementation dates’ by the previous Labour Government was a little-noticed, but sensible administrative reform. Rather than introducing regulatory ... Read more »

New Equality Laws for Employers from October 2010

The Equality Act 2010 will replace previous legislation such as the Race Relations Act 1976 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Act covers the same groups that were protected by ... Read more »

ConstructionSkills Defends Levy After Campaigns For Removal

The chairman of CITB-ConstructionSkills, James Wates, has written to consensus trade federations, of which the BWF is one, in response to two campaigns calling for the scrapping of the levy/grant ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – More FAQs on Basic U-values for Part L Compliance

BWF members such as yourselves frequently use our Member and Technical Helplines for assistance on a wide range of Employment, Health and Safety, Pay and Technical issues. We’re putting up ... Read more »

BS 644 to be Amended to Cover Both Windows and External Doorsets

We have been working on the contents of a Standard that will cover the manufacture of external timber doorsets in the same way that BS 644 covers the manufacture of timber windows. This Standard ... Read more »

National Minimum Wage Increases, Apprentice Minimum Wage Introduced from 1st October

The National Minimum Wage will increase from Friday 1st October 2010 by approximately 2%. Please note that the government has extended the adult minimum wage rate to include 21-year-olds ... Read more »

Chief Executive’s Blog: CITB-ConstructionSkills To Be Privatised Rumour

The industry training body is on the list of quangos to be culled leaked to the Daily Telepgraph.

Buying Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) – Your views please

Research undertaken by HSE and feedback from stakeholders has suggested that businesses, particularly small businesses, can find it difficult to buy extraction or LEV that protect workers from ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – How much time off am I required to give an employee to deal with a family emergency?

BWF members such as yourselves frequently use our Member and Technical Helplines for assistance on a wide range of Employment, Health and Safety, Contractual and Technical issues. ... Read more »

Press Release: WITForum Shows Strength In Numbers As Board Grows

Download the PDF Release Here The Woodworking Industry Training Forum (WITForum) has welcomed eight new members to the Board, making it stronger and more representative than ever before. ... Read more »

‘The Law Requires That All Workers Must Receive Adequate Training’

The HSE has issued fresh guidance about the importance of training, highlighting the need for both new entrant training and for continuous training to comply with legislation. The guidance that ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – Do I Have To Have Doors Tested To Call Them Fire Doors? And What Affects Their Certification?

PWC/Construction Products Association Survey on Sustainability

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Construction Products Association are investigating the impact of sustainability issues on business.

BWF at W10 3-6 October 2010 – NEC Birmingham

The BWF be present at the W10 exhibition next month, sharing stands with industry partners. The BWF will have a joint stand P12 with long-term health and safety partner, Didac Ltd. W10 Working ... Read more »

Press Release: BWF Guides Its Members Towards Part L Compliance

Download the PDF Version Here Following revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations for England and Wales made earlier this year, from 1 October window manufacturers, for most situations, ... Read more »