Industry Update*

CPA Weekly Notes 5th September 2014

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How can I ensure a healthy cash flow in my business?

Making money and creating a positive cash flow in your business always beats being busy and getting orders at any price. You need cash to carry out your day to day operations and make the ... Read more »

PRESS RELEASE: BWF secure further FREE funding for joinery training

Joinery and woodworking firms are being offered access to further funding for training, as well as a new Heritage Carpentry and Joinery , and Wood Product Manufacturing courses, made available by ... Read more »

EU Research Consultation on “Which Materials for Sustainable Construction?”

BWF is keen to emphasise research opportunities that encourage use of existing sustainable materials, enabling accessibility for further data from products, and looking at how embodied carbon ... Read more »

BWF ‘market roundup’: working flat out to meet market demand

Talk to most joinery manufacturers and woodworking firms this summer, and they'll tell you they are working flat out to meet market demand.

CPA Weekly Notes 29th August 2014

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CPA Weekly Notes 22nd August 2014

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Why does resin sometimes break through surface coatings and what can be done to treat it?

Resin pockets can occur around knots which have not fully inter-grown with the main bole of the tree or where the tree has been damaged. In practice the problem is most often associated with ... Read more »

Pent-up demand fuels improved joinery sales but will the forward momentum continue?

The BWF Joinery State of Trade Survey Q2 2014 indicated that there had been an increase in joinery sales volumes from Q1 2014 to Q2 2014, and manufacturers are optimistic that this will be ... Read more »

Scottish Building Standards consultation response published

The Scottish Government has published their response to the 2013 consultation reviewing energy standards and guidance within Scottish Building Regulations

CPA Weekly Notes 15th August 2014

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HMRC Consultation on Construction Industry Scheme – Have your Say

HMRC has published a consultation on proposed changes to the CIS which would reduce the threshold for smaller businesses and introduce mandatory online CIS filing for contractors

Construction Employers See Benefit of NI Allowance

In August, BIS announced that over 725,000 employers across the UK have claimed the allowance and construction is in the top three sectors to benefit with 91,000 employers taking up the scheme.

BWF and TTF set out necessities for new BRE sustainable homes standard

In the BWF's joint response to the standard with TTF, we set out a number of aims for what we would like to see in order for the standard to meet BRE's aims and become a real industry driver for ... Read more »

CPA Weekly Notes 8th August 2014

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