Fencing accounted for 25 percent of all reported incidents of workers operating too close to high pressure oil, gas, and chemical pipelines in 2021, making it the UK’s most common danger activity. Overall, there were 77 fencing related incidents reported last year. This is 15 more than the year previous, according to Linewatch, the leading pipeline […]Read More
The Association of Fencing Industries (AFI) represents genuine fencing contractors enabling clients to engage a contractor that been certified under the association’s Certified Contractors Scheme (CCS). The CCS verifies contractors and ensures they adhere to the AFI code of conduct and conditions to show they are competent for the works they undertake and are completing work […]Read More
Figures for the final quarter of 2021 published recently in the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) found sales through UK builders’ merchants slowing slightly after two record quarters. There is normally a seasonal sales decline in the fourth quarter of the year and 2021 was no exception. Total sales values in Q4 2021 were-12.7% […]Read More
The new CPA Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) has been developed in response to one of the key findings of the enquiry into the Grenfell fire which confirmed that shortcomings in product information had contributed to the disaster. Manufacturers’ of ‘Construction Products’ who choose to sign up to CCPI are agreeing to abide by eleven […]Read More
In his March budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a generous new ‘Super Deduction’ to provide an incentive for businesses to invest in new plant, machinery and equipment. The temporary tax break was welcomed by the construction industry, and particularly by equipment manufacturers and retailers, who look set to benefit from an uptick in orders as […]Read More
