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Contract Pitfalls Webinar, 10am 24th June Join TICA-ACAD, alongside Jim Brydon, in a webinar for members looking at obvious pitfalls within construction contracts from 10am until 1130am on Wednesday 24th June. Topics include what to avoid, what to question and how to approach your clients on the thorny topic of modification… This event is byREAD MORE

Coronavirus SSP Rebate Scheme Launching The Government has announced that the online service for the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will be launched next Tuesday 26 May 2020. This will allow small and medium‐sized employers, with fewer than 250 employees, to apply to HMRC to recover the costs of paying coronavirus‐related SSP to currentREAD MORE

CLC Publish SOP v4 The Site Operating Procedures have been updated to incorporate a number of technical changes as a result of the recently published Government guidance on Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID‐19) ‐ Construction & Other Outdoor Work. Changes to the Site Operating Procedures ‐ Version 4 are minimal and include: Removal of theREAD MORE

London congestion charge brought back with price rise The congestion charge for people driving into central London will be reintroduced on Monday under the terms of a £1.6bn government bailout.  It follows a deal in which Transport for London (TfL) secured emergency funding to keep Tube and bus services going until September. From 22 June,READ MORE

Health, Safety and Environment test centres reopening from Monday 18th May Following the government’s announcement last Sunday, CITB has taken the decision to begin the process of reopening Health, Safety and Environment test centres. All Pearson centres will be reopened from Monday 18th May.  Independent test centres will be phased in one by one onceREAD MORE

Covid-19 Recovery Strategy The Government has published its COVID‐19 Recovery Strategy which sets out the plan to ‘return life to as close to normal as possible, for as many people as possible, as fast and fairly as possible… in a way that avoids a new epidemic, minimises lives lost and maximises health, economic and socialREAD MORE