The Construction Skills Certification Scheme is pleased to announce the relaunch of its website – www.cscs.uk.com. If you have ever applied for a CSCS card you probably visited the website to assist with your application.CSCS have completely redesigned the website’s layout to make sure the information visitors need is easier to access. Commenting, CSCS Head
On average, one person dies or is seriously each month as a result of contact with an overhead power line while driving or operating road transport, road haulage or tipper/HIAB type vehicles. In the last five years, there were over 500 near-miss incidents involving road transport and haulage or tipper type vehicles and overhead power
CECA is running a series of workshops in September in London on future technologies and how they might be used in our industry. The dates and themes are below: Additive manufacturing/3D printing – PM 30 September Drone/UAV technology – AM 6 September Augmented and mixed reality – PM 6 September Machine learning – AM 16
The Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS), formerly known as the Mystery Shopper Service, sits within the Cabinet Office and allows government suppliers and potential government suppliers to raise concerns anonymously about potentially poor public sector procurement practice. PPRS also accepts cases raised by suppliers concerning the late payment (i.e. not paid within 30 calendar days
In June 2018, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced that the Government would review the viability of a ‘Regulated Asset Base’ (RAB) model for new nuclear projects and committed in January 2019 to publishing an assessment of this model by the summer. The Government’s assessment has concluded that, by providing
Last month we held our second rail conference, this time in south Wales following our first conference in north Wales in January. As it says on the box, this half day event was all about “de-mystifying” the rail sector for our members. But, it was also about highlighting the work opportunities that are available and
The Government has unveiled new plans for areas across Oxford-Cambridge Arc and West of England today to boost productivity and economic growth. The new strategies set out a plan to back businesses in each area, boosting people’s earning power while creating high-quality, well paid jobs. Demonstrating the unique strengths of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc area and
If you are an organisation which engages tradespeople, either directly or through an agency, who work via a personal services company (PSC), or a tradesperson working on that basis, then you should be aware that significant reforms to the off payroll working rules – more commonly known as IR35 – are being introduced in April
New rules for off-payroll working, due to come into effect from 6 April 2020, are to affect approximately 20,000 agencies who provide workers to medium and large-sized organisations. The off-payroll working rules have been in place since 2000 to ensure fairness between individuals who work in a similar way. They are designed to ensure that
The 2019 Annual Members’ South West Lunch will take place at The Grand Hotel, Torquay on Friday 4 October. Aside from member networking and the opportunity to host colleagues and clients, the Annual Lunch will include the presentation of the CECA (South West) Awards – celebrating the remarkable achievements of the young women and men who are
