An apprentice can repay the investment, but the available British model puts recovery after qualification. What they produce matters, and so does the time your engineer spends teaching them.
Your council's written notice sets the stage notifications for your job. A private building control body has its own list of stages. Photographs can provide evidence where the body accepts them, but sending them is not approval.
MHCLG wants private landlords in England held to legal deadlines for damp and mould repairs. How long they would get, and from when, is still to be decided. The consultation closes on 18 December 2026.
NICEIC's £834 covers application and 12 months' certification. NAPIT's £786 covers application and initial assessment, with no published annual fee or confirmation that it is included. Both include VAT. The prices are not like for like.
You notify the boiler and its controls through Gas Safe. A new chimney liner or electrical circuit takes another route. An unvented cylinder depends on the scope of your registration.
The Home Office guide now covers individual subcontractors you bring in for a customer's job, and can make you liable for labour another business supplies. What protects you depends on who holds which contract.
Petrol and diesel prices now sit next to forecourts on Google Maps, in the app your drivers already use for directions. Handy for picking a fuel stop; whether the detour pays is still your call.
Council charges can exceed the figures in cost guides. These 33 English tables show the size band behind your extension allowance and whether VAT is included.
Prompted by small construction employers without HR or legal teams: what counts as drugs and alcohol, what you expect, how testing works. CIOB also wants it to help staff struggling with addiction.
Daniel Watton approved ladders throughout an exterior painting job. His trainee stepson died moving a fully extended ladder near an overhead power line, and HSE found the original plan unsafe too.
From 6 April 2027, sole traders and landlords with more than £30,000 of qualifying income keep digital records and send HMRC quarterly updates. The £30,000 is counted before expenses, with trade and rental income added together.
The levy has applied to larger housing schemes since 1 October, Construction Management reports, and the lawyers it quoted say some may need rethinking. If your crews are booked on one, it's the start date that could move.
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