The FMB has published an independent research report by Pye Tait entitled‘ Licence to build: A pathway to licensing UK construction’, which details the benefits of introducing a licensing scheme for the whole construction industry and puts forward a proposal for how it could work.

Also, new consumer research undertaken by the FMB reveals the impact poor quality building firms are having on consumers and demonstrates that most home owners support the introduction of a mandatory licensing scheme. Key results from both pieces of research include:

• 77 % of small and medium-sized construction firms support the introduction of licensing to professionalise the industry, protect consumers and sideline the cowboys;

• 78 % of consumers also want to see a licensing scheme for construction introduced;

• Nearly 90 % of home owners believe that the Government should criminalise rogue and incompetent builders;

• Over half of people( 55 %) who commission home improvement work has had a negative experience with their builder.

Commenting on the research report, which was launched at a high profile event in the House of Lords on the afternoon of Monday 2nd July, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said:“ The vast majority of builders and home owners want to see the construction industry professionalised and it is time for the Government to act. It’ s unacceptable that more than half of consumers have had a negative experience with their builder.”

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