Roofing Industry

FMB Concerns Over GE Results According to Brian Berry, CE of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the recent results of the UK General Election ‘has left key business sectors nervous with no one political party securing enough seats to form a majority government’ and has raised concerns as to the vulnerability of the construction sector, stating that, ‘therefore it’s crucial

Unite Member Still Blacklisted A year after Unite won a case in the high court over blacklisting practices, workers affected are still blacklisted, according to the union. In addition, the promised re-training of victims of these unfair practices by blacklisting companies during the case, has not yet surfaced. This announcement from Unite has come as the union begins another court case,

Roofers Consumer Protection The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) has recently reported that record-breaking numbers of roofers have expressed an interest in their services during the last quarter. The CPA provide membership and support to professionals in the construction industry, and has been valued for more than 22 years. The director at the CPA, Mr Jeremy Brett, thinks he knows why this

The construction industry has long been aware that the shortage of skilled workers will cause problems in the sector, and this issue has already begun to raise its head as firms across the UK reveal that they are turning down work due to a lack of trained personnel. In a bid to continue to tackle the increasing problem, the government have

Failing to provide adequate safety measures exposes staff to risksA HSE inspector visited the site on 11 July 2013 and discovered four workers replacing the roof of a house in Stanmore using only ladders for access and no scaffolding was in place. No workers were injured, but the HSE prosecuted Mr Rajveer Goraya of Taj Construction Roofing for failing

New Threats to UK Green Belt Many areas of the UK remain under threat, including County Durham, Coventry, Oxfordshire and London, where planned developments have almost tripled in the last three years. As firm advocates of a green UK and with our specialist green roofing division, we are saddened by the news. In the construction industry, we are all aware of