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KEYNOTE SPEAKER CONFIRMED: Brian Green To Address BWF Members’ Day 2011

Mr Green is an expert in construction economics and is one of Building Magazine's premier bloggers, as author of its Brickonomics Blog...

When Should I Check My Woodworking Machinery?

Readers of News Update, and members who regularly log-in to the BWF website, will be aware that the cost of workplace injuries involving woodworking equipment can be devastating in both financial ... Read more »

Join In No. 34

In this edition of Join In, we have a big focus on securing payment, hearing from both the Lead Member for Finance and from the BWF's insurance broker. We also focus on members' day as an ... Read more »

ONS Figures Show Fall In Construction Ouput Despite Indications of Improvement

The Office of National Statisitics (ONS) has released the latest national output figures, indicating a 0.5% rise in GDP, but a fall in construction output for the first quarter of 2011. Despite ... Read more »

Celebrating Your Talent: ProSkills Awards 2011

Applications for the Proskills Awards 2011 are now open, and we are calling on BWF and WITForum members to get involved. ProSkills is the Sector Skills Council for Process and Manufacturing, ... Read more »

Preparing for the Changes to Come

For many of you, you may not be aware that the BWF has already have helped its members with some of the recent changes, such as getting U-Values for their windows, helping them through redundancy ... Read more »

BWF News Update No 213

In this edition of News Update, the Chairman of the Construction Products Association implores government to hold its nerve on nuclear power in the wake of Fukushima, and urges it to put business ... Read more »

14 Care Home deaths might have been avoided

The Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of 14 people at Rosepark Care Home, near Glasgow in 2004, says that some or all of the deaths might have been avoided if a proper risk assessment ... Read more »

Window Production Resumes At Blairs Site

Window manufacturing has returned to the historic Greenock site with the starting up of a new business...

Join In No. 33

In this edition of Join In, we look at why Lead Member for Windows Cliff Thrumble is investing in certification, we call for entries to the Wood Awards 2011, and we look at the progress of the ... Read more »

Consultation Process for Part L 2013 Takes Shape

The consultation process for Part L 2013 has started and the structure behind the process had begun to take shape. The Fenestration Industry Thermal Performance working party, a group which ... Read more »

New Entitlement to Additional Paternity Leave And Pay

Eligible employees now have the right to additional paternity leave (APL) and pay, meaning that parents will be legally entitled to share time off work during their baby's first year. The right ... Read more »

CPA Chairman Urges Government to Hold Its Nerve on Nuclear

Speaking to an audience of more than 450 senior industry leaders and government officials at the Construction Products Association's Annual Lunch, Bill Bolsover, the Chairman of the Association, ... Read more »

How Can I Show That My Products Are Fit For Purpose?

Regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 2010 is concerned with materials and workmanship. The Approved Document to this regulation describes how Regulation 7 will be met where products, components...

Construction Output Set to Fall For Two Years

After an initial recovery in 2010 from the sharpest downturn in more than a generation, construction output is set to fall again in both 2011 and 2012 according to the latest forecasts from the ... Read more »