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Chief Executive’s Blog: Initial Budget Reaction

22 June 2010 - No rabbits from the Chancellor's hat, but perhaps a little sleight of hand.

Members revisited – BWF Membership Director’s update

22 June 2010 - Since my last report my visits have taken me from the west of Cornwall to Sussex and Yorkshire during May; before venturing to North Staffordshire, Essex, West and East Yorkshire and the ... Read more »

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace?

22 June 2010 - 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 »

Chief Executive’s Blog: Timing Is Everything

21 June 2010 - I've never in my life wanted to be more wrong about anything as tomorrow's Budget.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – What Advice Can You Give on Using Oak For External Joinery?

15 June 2010 - 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 »

SFA Gives Assurances That ‘Old’ Qualifications Will Continue To Be Funded

15 June 2010 - The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has confirmed that it will continue to fund qualifications from the ‘old’ national framework as well as on the new Qualification Credit Framework (QCF) ... Read more »

Emergency Budget Must Look Beyond Short-Term Fixes

14 June 2010 - The Construction Products Association has written to the Chancellor ahead of his Emergency Budget statement, urging him to focus future public spending where it will deliver the most cost ... Read more »

Press Release: Moulding Your Future Workforce: WITForum Working to Improve Bench Joinery Qualifications

10 June 2010 - Training is vital to the joinery industry’s continued success, and it is an issue about which members of the British Woodworking Federation’s (BWF) Woodworking Industry Training Forum ... Read more »

Press Release: BWF Launches New Scheme Aimed at Making Stairs Safer AND Members’ Business Better

10 June 2010 - This year’s British Woodworking Federation (BWF, www.bwf.org.uk. – ends – Notes to Editors: The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is the leading representative body for the ... Read more »

CPA Launches Introduction to Domestic Refurbishment

10 June 2010 - The Construction Products Association has launched