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Chief Executive’s Blog: Will The Cut the VAT Persuade The Treasury?

It's not the whole answer, but it should give the Treasury something to chew on.

Additional Paternity Leave available from April 2011

The Government has published draft Regulations that will entitle employees who are fathers, partners of mothers or adopters, to take paternity leave of up to 26 weeks in the first year of their ... Read more »

Changes To Building Regulations Confirmed

The changes to Part L and F were laid before Parliament today, to come into effect in October.

Chief Executive’s Blog: EcoBuild Impressions

Bigger and better than ever, EcoBuild provided the perfect platform for the Wood Window Alliance.

Chief Executive’s Blog: Fiddling While Shoreditch Burns

I’m still slightly freaked by the fact that we’ve spent a normal morning working while the office building round the corner burns down. According to the report on the

Management & Supervisory Training – 20th & 21st April

The WITForum will be running its next round successful Management & Supervisory Training Seminars on 20th and 21st April in Warrington. Thanks to funding from ConstructionSkills, we are able ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – What happens if a customer complains about a product that we have supplied?

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 »

Your Country Needs You! WorldSkills London 2011

WorldSkills UK is on the hunt for talented individuals to take part in this year’s series of competitions, where the best skilled people in the country will battle it out against each other ... Read more »

Chief Executive’s Blog: Support SCA’s Shirt of Hurt!

SCA Timber Supply’s Managing Director is a top bloke and an ardent Stoke City fan. He’s been kind enough to invite me to a couple of Stoke games against West Ham over the years, ... Read more »

Construction Suffers Worst Fall In Output Since 1974

The latest ONS figures show construction output fell by over 11% in 2009.

Keep your guards up or pay the price

Two reports from HSE covering the removal or lack of guards to machinery, stress the importance of proper guarding of machines and the need to ensure that equipment, with sharp, fast-moving ... Read more »

LAPPC and LA-IPPC Fees and Charges Schemes for 2010/11

The Local Authority Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC): and Local Authority Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC) Fees and Charges Schemes for 2010/11 which will come into ... Read more »

Cutting VAT on Housing Repair Could Create Over 50,000 Jobs

A new report claims that reducing VAT on housing repair and maintenace could boost the construction industry and economy.

Government Green Energy Efficiency Strategy Aims to Overhaul Existing Housing Stock

The Government predicts that its plans will make homes, more comfortable, warmer and cheaper to run.

Chief Executive’s Blog: Five Reasons Why The New Wood Window Alliance Research Is Important

1. The only way to counter marketing campaigns based on science is to get solid, impartial science to back your own claims. 2. In proving that Wood Window Alliance ... Read more »