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Month: October 2024
BCIS responds to Autumn Budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has presented the Autumn Budget to Parliament, outlining the government’s upcoming fiscal plans. The headline measures are an increase to employers National Insurance and Capital Gains tax. The first Labour budget for fourteen years and widely flagged as a tax, borrow and spend budget the Chancellor did not disappoint. Much of the […]
Validity of first CSCS Labourer Card reduced to two years
Construction Skills Certification Scheme Cards Limited (CSCS Cards Limited) today announced major changes to the Labourer card, which take effect from February 1st, 2025. The initial card will reduce from five years to two years, with workers who continue in labouring roles then able to renew their card for five years by providing evidence they are […]
Valspar Trade goes on tour, with new college partnerships
Valspar Trade is continuing its award-winning College Tour this new academic year, with an emphasis on making it bigger and better, aimed at engaging the younger generation of painters and decorators and delivering added value to local colleges. Launched in 2021, the College Tour featured Colour Workshops, delivered by the college’s local Trade Sales Specialist […]