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May

Latest Press Releases

  • Paying cash for building jobs costs homeowners £260 million a year
    Last year homeowners were duped out of £260 million by dodgy builders doing slapdash work, according to research to launch the Master Builder of the Year Awards.
  • Construction SMEs are Vital to Growth and Jobs says FMB Wales
    If the Welsh Government's plan to focus on growth and jobs, as set out in its Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan, is to succeed it must ensure Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are included in the plan says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Wales.
  • SME House Builders Can Help Tackle the Housing Crisis, says FMB Wales
    SME House Builders could help tackle the housing crisis says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Wales in response to the Welsh Assembly Government's Housing White Paper.
  • A Bigger Tax Burden will Damage All our Listed Buildings says FMB
    Until the Government drops its plans to add 20% VAT to listed building alterations from 1st October, the UK's heritage is still at risk. On the day the consultation on this VAT increase closes, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) wants the Government to look beyond churches and recognise the value of all listed buildings.
  • SME House Builders Can Help Tackle the Housing Crisis says FMB
    The 11% fall in house building starts in England since the end of last year demonstrates the seriousness of the current housing crisis and the need for the Government to do more to enable small house builders help solve the problem, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the UK's largest trade association in the building industry.
  • Flexibility for Small Business Employers is Key to Economic Success says FMB
    Court and tribunal reforms outlined in today's Queen Speech offer hope to small business employers who need greater flexibility to run their businesses more competitively and so help job creation, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the UK's largest construction trade association.
  • VAT Hike for Listed Buildings is a Further Break on Economic Recovery
    A broad coalition of organisations has written to the Chancellor urging him not to press ahead with a 20% increase in VAT on approved alterations to listed buildings. Seventeen organisations including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Federation of Master Builders, the Heritage Alliance and the Royal Institute of British Architects have signed a letter describing the disruption the Budget measure is already causing to planned building projects and the threat it poses to the future of the UK's histo

 

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