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09 January 2019

• Newcodent Closed Until 5th March 2019

• Step up and shine 2019

  The NHF and Fellowship for British Hairdressing's search for the next winner of the Christofer Mann Step Up & SHINE Scholarship has now begun.

08 January 2019

• Levy is causing apprenticeship take-up to plummet, says FMB

  Apprenticeship starts are falling because of the Apprenticeship Levy, which needs to be made more flexible, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

• CPA Card Scheme Open Meetings 2019

  The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has announced that it will hold a number of open meetings to discuss the future of card schemes in 2019.

• CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL

  The CITB has announced its intention to sign an enabling partner agreement with SSCL (Shared Services Connected Ltd), which will see the company take over a number of key activities on behalf of the trade body.

• Launch of Revised Construction Plant Medical Fitness Good Practice Guide

  The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG), chaired by the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), has launched a refreshed version of the ‘Medical Fitness to Operate Construction Plant - Good Practice Guide’.

• Select committee recommends legislating against late payment

  The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee has published ‘Small businesses and productivity’, a report which identifies the huge damage that late payment is inflicting on small business.

• Derby rail worker awarded £40,000 compensation for asbestos exposure

  A Derby man has won almost £40,000 in compensation after being exposed to asbestos for decades in the course of his career as an engineer on the railways, the Derbyshire Telegraph reports.

• New Electronic Catalogue

  A time efficient and exciting way to consider your purchasing.

• Brexit - Deal or No Deal - Implications for the Care Industry

  Spending so much time in your care homes and with care home owners and managers, we can see and feel the rising tide of concern over the potential implications of Brexit – whichever version we end up with!