ICO fines solar firm £90,000 for 126,000 nuisance calls
A Teesside solar installation company has been issued a £90,000 monetary penalty notice after the Information Commissioner’s Office heard it made 126,016 unsolicited sales calls to TPS registered numbers over a four-month period.
Among the...
Euramax sold to investment group MGI
Euramax Solutions, the Barnsley-based window fabricator producing 5,000 windows and doors a week for the off-site modular, retrofit and new-build sectors, has been acquired by Modular Group Investments (MGI) from the US-based Omnimax for...
Fensa launches free training offer for govt Green Homes candidates
Fensa has today unveiled an initiative to give free training for a number of businesses to take part in the government’s £2billion Green Homes Grant Scheme to improve energy efficiency in UK homes.
The organisation...
Industry groups welcome reports of double jobs surge
Industry and skills organisations have welcomed two separate reports of a surge in job vacancies in the glazing and wider construction sectors.
GQA Qualifications, with its partner, the Building Our Skills organisation, has highlighted news...
Hope for in-home selling with new govt clarification
Trade bodies have this week received further clarification from the government confirming that in-home selling is permitted in England within limits.
The GGF has issued revised guidance for Home Improvement companies and sub-contractors operating in England during the...
Construction resilient under lockdown – signs for future growth
The value of all construction contract awards fell by less than 5% to £5.7billion in 2020 despite the challenges that he year brought, according to the latest figures from Barbour ABI.
Meanwhile, figures issued this...
‘Pay up in 30 days’ – govt halves Prompt Payment Code limit to protect...
Small business leaders have welcomed a move announced today to crack down on late-payers by halving the Prompt Payment Code period to 30 days.
The reforms are part of a government plan to tackle £23billion...
Four fifths happy with work levels but supply problems still loom large – Fensa
Over four fifths of installers throughout England and Wales were happy with levels of work coming in during H2 but almost all fell victim to continuing problems and delays in getting supplies, according to...
New calls for tighter workplace controls in face of Covid variants
Calls for better adherence to workplace pandemic safety procedures have come from three industry and safety bodies this week.
The British Safety Council has called on the government to mount a campaign to persuade employers...
‘Door to door’ sales ban does forbid home sales visits, but surveys OK, says...
‘Door to door’ selling forbidden under the latest Covid restrictions does also include sales visits within customers’ homes, the Certass Trade Association has confirmed. Surveys for a bespoke product are still permitted in the...
