CECA is a co-signatory of a letter to the Prime Minister, alongside the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, Build UK, The Construction Products Association, and the Federation of Master Builders, in which we call on the Prime Minister to ensure the Government and Parliamentarians “do their duty” and agree future trading arrangements with the European
Major players in the UK construction industry have today published a plan to help brace the sector for tighter migration controls after Brexit. Building After Brexit: An Action Plan for Industry identifies the need for construction to adopt a twin-track strategy: growing investment in the domestic workforce and driving up productivity, while working with Government
CECA members who are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are invited the Heathrow Business Summit 2019 roadshow, a series of events taking place across the UK. These events offer SMEs the opportunity to meet and trade face to face with Heathrow’s top suppliers, fulfilling their procurement requirements at the airport and across the UK.
CECA has welcomed the publication of new rules for public sector outsourcing by HM Government. The Outsourcing Playbook, published today by The Government Commercial Function, sets out new expectations that all central government departments will publish their commercial pipelines. From now on, all outsourcing projects will conduct market health and capability assessments, Project Validation Reviews
Have you ever had a concern about a public sector contract? Have you experienced late payment by the public sector? Maybe the Cabinet Office can help. The Public Procurement Review Service is the new name for the successful Mystery Shopper scheme that allows suppliers to raise concerns anonymously about public sector procurement. It has helped
Civils contractors experienced a shock drop in their workloads in the last quarter of 2018, according to a survey published today. Members of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) reported that after two consecutive quarters of growth, workloads fell in 2018 Q4, according to 3 per cent of British firms, on balance. CECA’s Workload Trends
Civils contractors today welcomed Transport for the North’s ambitious £70 billion blueprint to support transformation of the North’s economy and look forward to a clear delivery plan to meet the urgent transport needs of the region. TfN’s Strategic Transport Plan and Investment Programme outlines how a £70 billion investment over thirty years would contribute to an
If your organisation shares personal data with organisations in the European Economic Area (EEA), you will need to take steps to ensure you continue to comply with data protection laws if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. For UK businesses that only share data within the UK, there will be no change. Personal
Leading construction bodies have called for united action between industry and Government to address skills pinch-points. Nine industry federations and representative bodies have jointly called for collaboration to boost availability of occupations in greatest shortages including site supervisors, operatives and quantity surveyors. The organisations – Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Build UK, Civil Engineering Contractors
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have established a task force to assess and support business readiness in respect of data protection if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. DCMS want your help to understand how prepared businesses are in terms of data protection for a no-deal and what more
