News

Western region - Dinner - 16 October 2008
(Originally posted: Monday 30th June 2008)

There will be a dinner for members of the Western region on 16 October 2008 at the Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport.

Full details and a booking form will be sent out to members in the region approximately 4 weeks prior to the event.

South West Region - Dinner - 8 October 2008
(Originally posted: Monday 30th June 2008)

There will be a dinner for members of the South West region on 8 October 2008 at the Southgate Hotel, Exeter.

Full details and a booking form will be sent out to members in the region approximately 4 weeks proir to the event.

National House Builders Price Reductions
(Originally posted: Tuesday 5th February 2008)

Through our association with the NSCC we have recently sent out some information to contractor members regarding the price reductions being imposed by some national house builders. 

We have uploaded a template in the members section of the website to assist with a response should you be affected by this.

Website Competition Winner for May 2008
(Originally posted: Monday 7th January 2008)

CONGRATULATIONS to David Hartop of Brighouse Flooring Company Ltd of Brighouse, West Yorkshire who is winner of the May website competition.

INTEGRATION SURVEY
(Originally posted: Wednesday 17th October 2007)

The Strategic Forum for Construction is seeking information from firms in the construction industry about their experiences of the barriers to project team integration and supply chain integration. Information from the survey will be used to develop a programme to further promote integration within the industry. NSCC is a member of the Strategic Forum and if you could encourage your members to complete the survey online it would be very much appreciated. The link is on the NSCC website home page under ‘Top Links’ or can be downloaded at  http://www.strategicforum.org.uk/itgs.shtml.


NSCC Fair Payment Seminars - 2008
(Originally posted: Wednesday 17th October 2007)

Following the recent Fair Payment Seminar held in Nottingham there will now be a further two seminars as follows:

30 January 2008 - London

4 March 2008 - Edinburgh

A copy of the booking form for the Edinburgh seminar is available for download from the members area of the CFA website.  Please note the delegate fee for the seminar is refundable on attendance.

A booking form for the London seminar will be available shortly, however if you would like to reserve a place on this seminar you should contact Laura Lee at NSCC (email laura.lee@nscc.org.uk).



Annual General Meeting - 20 May 2008
(Originally posted: Wednesday 23rd May 2007)

The Annual General Meeting of the Association took place on Tuesday 20 May 2008.

John Alcock of Bostik Ltd was elected as President and John Butler of John Butler Contracts Ltd was elected as Vice-President.  George Rose of Quantum Profile Systems was elected to serve a further year as Treasurer.

8 seats were available on the Council of the Association although only 6 nomiations were received. 

Keith Carey (Consultant), Alan Gayle of A G Flooring Ltd and Hamish MacGregor of MacGregor Flooring Co Ltd were re-elected to Council.  James Martin of InterfaceFLOR, Henryk Struzik of Courtis Contract (Nottm) Ltd and Glyn Thomas of Peter Evans Flooring Ltd were newly elected members.

There is a full listing of the CFA Council in the 'About Us' section of the website.

Anti Copying in Design
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

ACID (Anti Copying in Design) was created to combat the growing threats of copying in the design and creative industries.

If you are looking for information on copyright theft please visit the ACID website using the link below.

ACID

Plywood/Particleboard Information
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

At the last Manufacturers Committee meeting it was decided that information would be available regarding plywood/particleboard. Please see the link below.

Man made board

Manufacturer Members - Ramp Test Link
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

At the last meeting of the Manufacturers Committee it was agreed that a link to information regarding the 'Ramp Test' would be available, please see link below.

Ramp Test

Building Regulations - Approved Document M
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

Approved Document M - Access to facilites and buildings can be found on the website of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Please see the link below.

Approved Document M

CSCS Cards/NVQ
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

During the past few weeks we have become concerned that some inaccurate information has been given to flooring contractors about procedures for obtaining a National Vocational Qualification. For example:

"You do not have to lay carpet, impervious and wood for the apprentice to qualify under NVQ. These are separate modules. Your trainee only takes two of the three and you can choose which two." WRONG You only have to take one of the disciplines.

"Your nineteen year old can not achieve a qualification by OSAT (on-site assessment and training). The trainee must attend college." WRONG OSAT is available to everyone irrespective of their age.

"Your trainee has five GCSE's and therefore can not take the NVQ course." WRONG National Vocational Qualifications are available to everyone whether they have any previous qualifications or not.

If you have any problems about how to achieve an NVQ the only route now available to obtain a CSCS card then talk to us at the CFA office.

CFJ - Contract Flooring Journal
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

For all the latest news from the industry please have a look at the Contract Flooring Journal.
CFJ

Layton Blackham - new web site for CFA members
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

The appointed CFA insurance brokers are launching a web site specifically for CFA members. The site will be live as from Wednesday 23 June 2004. www.layton-blackham.com/cfa


CSCS cards
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

Important information for flooring contractor members.

If you are going to get your fitting operatives qualified for CSCS cards you may be able to obtain funding to support the assessment process (up to Level 2 NVQ)through your local LSC (Learning Skills Council).

Operatives under 18yrs - Refused entry to sites
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

It has recently come to our notice that some building site managers are refusing to allow trainees on to their sites if they are under the age of 18 years.

Under the Health and Safety (Young Persons) Regulations which came into force in 1997 obligations are placed on employers to carry out a specific risk assessment for any employee under the age of 18. Certain types of work are also prohibited but generally speaking flooring installation will not be affected.

We are all aware how important it is to attract young people into the flooring industry and refusing to allow youngsters on to some sites will discourage employers from taking on 16 year old school leavers.

If you come across any sites banning under 18's do let us know.

New Members
(Originally posted: Thursday 1st March 2007)

The Association welcomes new contractor members A & B Flooring Ltd of Aylesford, Kent, DRM Contracts Ltd of Newark, Nottinghamshire, Essex Contract Flooring of Battlesbridge, Essex, Floorings Frome of Frome, Somerset and Radius Flooring of Keighley, West Yorkshire.