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UK Digital Waste Tracking Service The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is leading a UK-wide project to develop a digital waste tracking service aimed at tackling the illegal disposal of waste. Up to £1 million of government funding is being awarded to...

Small Business Leadership Programme Government is keen to support SMEs recovering from the effects of coronavirus and is investing £20 million in two free training programmes:  The Small Business Leadership Programme and the Peer Network Programme. The Small Business...

ACAD Asbestos Industry App:  Air Inlet Calculator To help our growing membership and the wider Asbestos industry establish a base level IT proficiency, ACAD has launched the ACAD Asbestos Industry app on Android.  Here we explore the Air Inlet Calculator. As part of...

Contract Management & Record Keeping Webinar Join TICA CEO Marion Marsland and ACAD Manager Graham Warren together with Jim Brydon for the second in our Contracts Webinar series, this time looking at Contract Management & Record Keeping. Following the positive...

Government & Construction Launch Talent Retention Scheme During any downturn employers risk losing their valued employees due to a lack of available work.  This means they then need to find new workers when demand picks up. To help support the retention of these...

Mandatory Face Coverings for Construction? Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock announced yesterday that face coverings will become compulsory in shops and supermarkets in England from 24 July 2020 which brings these areas in line with...

NHS Test and Trace Service & Construction The Government guidance on Working safely during coronavirus (COVID‐19): Construction and other outdoor work includes a section on assisting the NHS Test and Trace service, which states that companies should keep a...

ACAD Asbestos Industry App:  NPU Reduction Calculator To help our growing membership and the wider Asbestos industry establish a base level IT proficiency, ACAD has launched the ACAD Asbestos Industry app on Android.  Here we explore the NPU Reduction Calculator. As...

ACAD Launch App To Support Asbestos Industry The Covid-19 pandemic has propelled us all into an uncertain future and accelerated the pace of change throughout many sectors including the Asbestos Industry. With the CLC publishing the Roadmap to Recovery to Restart,...

Licensed Asbestos Training Update With Covid-19 restrictions easing across the UK, classroom-based training is resuming throughout the UK construction industry.  However, with the application of modern technology that we have all been pushed to adopt, the old default...