The Chartered Institute of Building respond to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) latest data on construction output and UK gross domestic product (GDP) for Quarter 4 (October to December) 2019.

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce that it has agreed a partnership with Northern Ireland’s leading qualified Research and Development (R&D) tax specialists, Amplifi Solutions.

Ofcom will be asked to police tech firms under government plans to crack down on harmful online content.

The Mineral Products Association welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement confirming HS2 will go ahead. 

Following the GGF’s Government funding for the Brexit Readiness Campaign for the Glass and Glazing industry, the GGF will now use the communication channels it has set up to ensure that companies receive up-to-date, accurate and expert guidance to help them cope with the Brexit Transition period.

The inaugural annual GGF Chairpersons’ Forum took place at AluK Design Studio in London, on 4th February, with 31 Members attending to represent the GGF Technical Groups, Committees and Board as well the GGF Regions/Countries.

The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce that BSI, the business improvement company, has joined full membership of the Federation.

It was a memorable and enjoyable occasion as a guest list comprising of GGF Members, Senior Staff and Members of the trade media, welcomed Mark Austin as the new GGF President at the President’s Reception at The Landmark Hotel, London on 4th February.

The National Federation of Builders respond to plans for HS2 to proceed. 

British ministers should not "kid themselves" about the level of access to EU markets that the City of London will have in any post-Brexit trade deal, Michel Barnier has declared.

A survey conducted by the Chartered Management Institute brings new insight into business preparations for a post-Brexit Britain. 

Britain's economy flatlined in the run-up to Brexit thanks to a fall in manufacturing, official figures have revealed.

Michael Gove has told businesses to get ready for "inevitable" border checks in the wake of Brexit as the Government confirmed plans to bring in import controls from next year.

If the government undermines consumer confidence at the expense of rushed negotiations and appeasing global powers, any trade deals will be doomed to fail before the ink on the agreement is dry, says Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Protection and Food Policy at Which?

Whilst it makes sense for the Government to be looking to take freight off the gas-guzzling roads, questions must surely be raised over the usability of interchanges such as Hinckley, writes Alberto Costa MP.

Craig Tracey MP, Chair of the APPG on Insurance and parliamentary aide to Secretary of State for Business Andrea Leadsom, recently advised an audience of future insurance industry leaders on how best to engage with Parliament at the Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation Reception.

Boris Johnson is set to launch a consultation on the creating of ten new freeports in a bid to boost post-Brexit investment.

Boris Johnson is said to be weighing up shock plans to introduce a “mansion tax” in next month’s Budget.

Sajid Javid is considering a shake-up of pension tax breaks to help fund Boris Johnson’s spending plans, it has been reported.

Today the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) launched a consultation on its ‘First Homes’ scheme.

HMRC’s amendment to the off-payroll working rules announced today will be “little comfort” to self-employed people already facing losing their contracts because of the legislation, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said.

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed is urging the Government to halt the changes to IR35 while a full and independent review is carried out.