The third annual CISRS Instructors Conference took place last weekend, at the Birches conference centre, National Construction College East, Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn.

The event was heralded a success by CISRS scheme management and the 40+ delegates in attendance. The vast majority of delegates arrived on site on Friday for an evening meal and drinks prior to a busy day of discussion & presentations on Saturday. The event takes place at weekends in order to limit disruption to the training schedules of the instructors.

Following the unprecedented success of the inaugural National Lorry week, initiated by the Road Haulage Association in 2015, the 2016 campaign returns this week. Principally, the national awareness campaign is concerned with demonstrating to the public and politicians the vital role the freight industry plays within the economy.

Richard Burnett, RHA Chief Executive commented: ‘’Eighty five percent of everything we eat, wear, buy and use is moved at some point on the back of a UK lorry, without us, the economy would function in a completely different manner’’.

As an industry thought leader in powered access safety, Nationwide Platforms is delighted to host its Working at Height Best Practice Forum at The Belfry Hotel & Resort, Warwickshire, on 20th October 2016.

Now in its eighth year, the forum has established itself as the leading safety event within the powered access industry, with more than 250 guests attending last year’s event. Key decision makers from a number of sectors are able to share their experiences and thoughts with safety specialists to help advance the safe operation of powered access, shape best practice and improve standards.

University College of Estate Management (UCEM) – leading provider of supported online learning for Built Environment professionals – has announced, that after more than four decades based on the Whiteknights Campus, it has moved to new premises in the centre of Reading.

After receiving ‘university college’ status last year, this move marks the next step in UCEM’s development – and further establishes its independence as the leading provider of online education for the Built Environment. The move has also provided UCEM with the opportunity to showcase its commitment to sustainable construction, by refurbishing its new premises – christened Horizons – to the highest levels of sustainability. The property has been assessed and certified as ‘Excellent’ on the prestigious BREEAM rating scale (the world’s leading sustainability assessment method); it’s one of the highest scores recorded in the UK, under the dedicated ‘Refurbishment and Fit Out Scheme 2014’, and currently the highest in the education sector.

With more than 230,000 jobs expected to be created in the construction over the next five years there has never been a better time to get into the industry.

The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) offers a range of construction apprenticeships and skills-based training courses including bricklaying, dry lining, carpentry, plumbing and electrical courses.

Ecobuild is the UK's largest and number one event for specifiers across the built environment. No other UK event attracts 33,319 high calibre, senior level decision makers and influencers from architects and developers to local government and major infrastructure clients.

In 2017, the event will return on 07-09 March, with a renewed focus on enabling sustainable construction for 2017 and beyond. With Lead Partner the UK-GBC, Ecobuild 2017 will explore sustainability as a driver to innovation and growth, a catalyst for regeneration and as a way for organisations to do better business.  

A leading independent financial services broker which helps SMEs source funding has welcomed a recent raft of positive economic data. 

Midlands Asset Finance says that a number of reports show that the regional economy is holding up well in spite of ongoing uncertainties surrounding Brexit. 

Growing demand for the products and services on offer from Mick George Ltd means that the business is on the look out for emerging local talent to fill numerous vacancies that have arisen following the recent success of the company.

The organisation will be hosting a ‘recruitment open day’ where they will be opening the office doors to all job seekers interested in a career at Mick George Ltd. The event is scheduled for Thursday 29th September, 7am – 8pm at Mick George Ltd, 6 Lancaster Way, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6XU.

To find out more, please visit www.mickgeorge.co.uk/careersday where you will be able to register your attendance. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Boningale Nurseries, one of the leading suppliers to the British landscaping industry, will be exhibiting at SALTEX for the first time this year. The company will show some of its new and exclusive hedging and specimen plants, and offer expert advice on its environmental planting range. 

Joining them on the stand will be experts from the company’s award winning green roof department, Boningale GreenSky. Together, they will be demonstrating how they have been successfully supplying both traditional nursery and green roof planting stock to contractors and architects working on designs that increasingly require a roof garden.

CISRS has issued a brand new card information poster entitled ‘Have you got the right card?’ which is available to all free of charge by emailing enquiries@cisrs.org.uk.

The CISRS poster has been created in order to provide a quick reference point for those wishing to ensure that individuals carrying out scaffolding operations on their sites have completed the relevant training, experience and assessment and are holding the correct CISRS card.