Entries for the TTJ Career Development Award 2009 (formerly Trainee of the Year Award) from companies who have put people through BWF WITForum training. The Award is now open for entries and the ... Read more »
Todays Guardian reports that Shell International was fined £300,000 yesterday over deficiencies in fire safety at the Shell Centre in central London, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. The ... Read more »
A BWF member reports an unexpected increase in enquiries for sliding sash windows from customers in the Republic of Ireland. The construction industry is apparently even more depressed ... Read more »
The deadline for entries for this year’s Wood Awards has been extended by a week to Friday 29 May. If you have a project you were planning to enter, make sure you submit your entry as ... Read more »
The BWF’s tax adviser, Liz Bridge, offers the following tips to manage your cash flow during the recession: Use the tax payment helpline Always know the deadlines for paying tax. If you ... Read more »
A new report has set out an action plan to help the timber window sector use its materials and processes more efficiently and reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill. The report is one of ... Read more »
I have to admit we are playing catch-up on waste issues at the moment. Scratch any trade association chief executive and the chances are he or she has a list of important but not pressing ... Read more »
I feely admit that this time last year I was one of those saying that we shouldn’t talk ourselves into a recession when everyone seemed to want to wallow in bad news. Am I being ... Read more »
The government has announced this week that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for workers aged 22 and over will rise by 7p, or 1.2%, to £5.80 an hour. The new rate will come into effect on ... Read more »
A visit to a member company showed the good and bad aspects of the working in the thriving public sector construction programme. The good is that, over the past two years, the impression is that ... Read more »
Officials from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) faced a critical audience when they explained the thinking underpinning the Government’s trade credit ... Read more »
The Construction Products Association (CPA) will once again produce Construction Products Innovation and Achievement (CPIA). This publication has now run for five years, and is well ... Read more »
I have received via the Construction Products Association a request from the UK Trade & Investment Adviser in the Moscow Embassy. They have received an enquiry from a well-established ... Read more »
As part of this year’s budget, Alistair Darling announced the world’s first carbon budget, which sets binding limits for greenhouse gas emissions over a five year period. The ... Read more »
