A number of our Trade Association members are partnering with No Falls Week from Mon 13 to Fri 17 May to promote safe working at height:

🏗 nofallsweek.org

The Health and Safety Executive is supporting the campaign and members can sign up to access free resources:

📚 nofallsweek.org/get-involved/

ICYMI, changes to family friendly & flexible working rights took effect from 6 Apr:

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 gov.uk/government/new…

This includes the right to request flexible working from day one of employment, rather than after 26 weeks, and twice in a 12‐month period:

🗓️helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk/flexible-worki…

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We have also recently updated our building safety timeline, which shows at a glance when all the key changes take effect:

🗓️builduk.org/buildingsafety…

.Build UK recently updated its guide to the Building Safety Regime to include all the information published in connection with the latest phase of the regime from 6 April. Find out what the April 2024 version includes here: smokecontrol.org.uk/news-events

The Govt will fund all training costs for new apprenticeship starts from 1 April where employers do not pay the Apprenticeship Levy

Funding will be available up to the funding band maximum, for apprentices aged between 16 - 21 when they start training

➡ gov.uk/government/pub…

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is running a survey on Trade Credit Insurance to understand the current market position with regards to its provision.

It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, and the deadline for responses is this Friday 26 April:

surveymonkey.com/r/JLKQF88

.Alan Mak MP 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has been confirmed as the new Construction Minister and will take up the position of Co‐Chair on the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and join its regular industry calls.

He was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and a Government Whip:

gov.uk/government/peo…

#TeamBuildUK is hiring!

We're looking for a confident and dynamic Communications Manager to deliver first-class, engaging comms that make a positive and visible impact.

To apply, please email your CV and personal statement to [email protected]:

➡️builduk.org/wp-content/upl…

We’ve had a fantastic response to our next networking event, kindly sponsored by ConstructAI, Multiplex and SCAPE 👏

Taking place on the evening of Thursday 9 May at the F1 Arcade in London, there are only a few places left so RSVP as soon as possible! 📬