46 | AUGUST 2018
Skills
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CSCS ANNOUNCE NO SIGN OF
PRICE RISE
BREXIT NERVES IN
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme
(CSCS) will be increasing the cost of a card
to £36 (this includes VAT) with effect from
1st September 2018. This increase applies
to all cards administered directly by CSCS.
CSCS is the leading skills
certification scheme within the
UK construction industry. A CSCS
card provides proof that indi-
viduals working on construction
sites have the required training
and qualifications for the type of
work they carry out.
The last price increase oc-
curred in 2010 but since then
costs associated with running the
scheme have increased signifi-
cantly.
CSCS are announcing the price
rise in July to ensure the industry
has sufficient time to make the
necessary adjustments before
September.
CSCS is a not-for-profit organi-
sation owned by three employer
and two union organisations
representing the breadth of the
construction industry. CSCS’s
seven non-executive Directors
are nominated from the owner
organisations and represented on
the Board are two independent
non-executive Directors nominat-
ed by the Construction Industry
Council and the Construction
Clients Group.
https://www.cscs.uk.com/
CONSTRUCTION
Construction SMEs enjoyed
rising workloads in the second
quarter of 2018, despite continu-
ing concerns over skills shortages
and increasing costs, according to
the Federation of Master Builders
(FMB).
Key results from the FMB’s latest
State of Trade Survey, which is the
only quarterly assessment of the
UK-wide SME construction sector,
include:
• Construction SME workloads
remained positive in Q2 2018
and grew at a faster rate than
they did in the first quarter of
2018;
• The construction SME sector
has now enjoyed more than
five years of consecutive quar-
terly growth;
• More than three-quarters
(76%) of builders reported
increasing material prices in
Q2 2018;
• Two-thirds (65%) of construc-
tion SMEs are struggling to
hire bricklayers and 60% are
struggling to hire carpenters
and joiners;
• More than half (54%) of
construction SMEs expect
salaries and wages to
increase over the next six
months.
quarter
‘ of second
2018 proved to
be a positive one ’
Brian Berry, Chief Executive
of the FMB, said: “The second
quarter of 2018 proved to be a
positive one for the UK’s builders.
Our latest research shows that
firms enjoyed stronger growth in
workloads than they did in the
first three months of this year.”
The full report is available here:
http://fmb.org.uk/media/40595/
fmb_state_of_trade_q2_2018.pdf.
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