CITB Consensus is an important piece of consultation for the industry. Happening only once every three years, it gives the opportunity to comment on the Levy Proposals and say whether they meet the industry’s needs.
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Training and savings delivered Between August 2020 and March 2021 NAS run a CITB funded training campaign for the NAS members. The aim was to provide a simple route to funds to support CITB Levy paying NAS members with their core training requirements (classroom based or online). The most popular course was the Site Management
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NAS welcomes David Thackway as our latest Honorary Member David has recently retired from Darwin Clayton, the NAS’ preferred insurance broker, after 34 years of employment. Prior to joining Darwin Clayton, David had worked as an Underwriter in the City for 10 years. A strong supporter of the NAS, David began attending our events in
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Marcon’s Alan Stewart has been appointed as the 44th President of the National Association of Shopfitters (NAS). The position was taken at the association’s Annual General Meeting. The NAS represents over 200 companies in the interior fit-out sector throughout Britain and Northern Ireland. NAS presidency is a two-year term of office. Alan is taking over
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Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), tradespeople are legally required to ensure construction work and repairs are undertaken safely and without damaging worker’s and other people’s health. With shopfitting identified by the HSE as one of the 17 occupations that is likely to disturb Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs), the National Association
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Understand how your business will be impacted in 2021 and how the National Association of Shopfitters (NAS) can help The Construction Products Association (CPA) has predicted that construction output will rise 14% this year and 4.9% in 2022. The CPA’s latest scenario (Winter 2020/21) is based on a W-shaped recession and revises their previous prediction
Commercial sector to grow by 7% and regional opportunities expected to increase Read More »
The Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) has provided a briefing that gives guidance on the programme of Public/Bank holidays and annual holidays, which apply in England, Wales and Scotland until the New Year 2022. The full document can be found here.
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Specialist interior fit-out contractor and NAS Member, EE Smith Contracts Ltd, is celebrating four decades of its apprenticeship partnership with Leicester College recruiting 15 youngsters despite Covid-19. John Richardson was among the first apprentices that EE Smith Contracts Ltd sent to the former Southfield College – which became known as Leicester College in 1999 –
The NAS has recently become a non-corporate member of the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA). TRADA is an international membership organisation dedicated to inspiring and informing best practice design, specification and use of wood in the built environment and related fields. They provide resources and research on a wealth of topics including technical specifications,
NAS becomes a non-corporate member of TRADA Read More »
*Originally published 3 November 2020. Updated 27 November 2020* The UK is no longer a member of the European Union and, as of 1 January 2021, there will be new rules for businesses. We’ve compiled some details for you to help you prepare for Brexit, and will add to this as and when more resources
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