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ConstructionSkills forced to make further grant cuts

22 December 2009 - At the latest meeting of the CITB-ConstructionSkills Board, the decision was taken to make further cuts to plug the budget deficit. After ongoing debate, the Board have set into a place a package ... Read more »

Key points from the Pre-Budget Report

17 December 2009 - The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, announced few real measures in his Pre-Budget package on Wednesday 9 December. With a General Election looming, any proposed legislation has to be fairly ... Read more »

BRE clarify research report quoted by BBC London.

16 December 2009 - BRE has pointed out that information quoted in a BBC London news item had been incorrectly cited and misunderstood the true context of the results of the research. The research investigated the ... Read more »

Too many problems associated with fire doors in flats, reveals Inside Housing

09 December 2009 - Fire doors replaced by PVC-U doors in some flats.

Breaking News : BBC London claims ‘Lives risked by cheap fire option’

09 December 2009 - A BBC News London investigation has concluded that hundreds of thousands of council homes are at a greater risk from the consequences of a fire because their traditional wooden window frames have ... Read more »

Employees who fall sick during annual leave now have the right to carry their holiday over to a later date

04 December 2009 - A landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that employees who are ill during their annual leave have the option to reallocate the holidays which they were unable to take ... Read more »

‘I’ve told them a thousand times to do it this way’ just doesn’t cut it with the HSE

03 December 2009 - The WITForum has just completed its 2009 round of Regional Health and Safety Workshops and they have highlighted health & safety issues our members are encountering. A number of companies ... Read more »

Construction Confederation To Dissolve

02 December 2009 - The Construction Confederation will dissolve itself on 31 December 2009. The Confederation’s member federations voted unanimously in favour of the Confederation’s recommendation ... Read more »

Employment Tribunal Statistics Highlights

30 November 2009 - The Tribunal Service has published a final version of its statistics for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. The 2008 / 2009 figures reveal an overall decrease in the number of claims ... Read more »

Keep your profile up to date!

27 November 2009 - The new BWF website is becoming increasingly popular, with around 1000 visits a week, and many potential customers using the site to look for joinery and woodworking suppliers in their area. It ... Read more »