News & Thoughts
NOW AVAILABLE: 50% off* training for eligible NAS members
We are delighted that the NAS has been successful in a recent £25k CITB GB funding bid, enabling us to offer our members substantially discounted
Free SSIP assessment for NAS members as part of new PQS partnership
From today (5 October 2020) the National Association of Shopfitters (NAS) is offering its members FREE SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement)* assessment through its scheme
Five Minutes With Debbie Forbes, Regional Manager at HSS Training
Debbie, how did you first come into the industry? Quite by accident – a colleague from a former company headhunted me back
Covid-19 updates: Job Support Scheme, Fines for companies preventing workers from self-isolation
Working from Home In light of Boris Johnson’s announcement on 22 September, UK office workers have been encouraged to return to working from home, much
Five Minutes With Gail Hounslea, Chairman of the Ladder Association and Managing Director of Ladderstore
As part of the NAS’ Working at Height Week, we are grateful to have had the opportunity to spend (a virtual!) Five Minutes
The impact of a fall from height: Jason Anker’s story
In 1993 I had a fall from height whilst working on a roofing job, falling ten feet from an unsecured ladder. Only 24, I was
T-Levels have launched in England
Students at selected colleges and schools across England are beginning their two-year, post-GCSE courses, known as T-Levels, in Digital, Construction, or Education and Childcare this
Supporting the move towards zero cash retentions in construction
Cash retentions – the withholding of a percentage of payment on construction work until it is completed free of defects – is intended to provide
Update on CIJC Working Rule Agreement
*UPDATED 16 NOVEMBER 2020*: Earlier this year employers representatives on the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreed not to engage in pay negotiations for 2020/21
