licensing

The government has announced a crackdown on “cowboy builders”, but what does it actually mean for the industry? With data from Citizens Advice finding that more than one in four households who carried out home improvements work in the past 18 months experienced problems, with more than 1 in 3 (37%) of these facing extra […]

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed a new report from Citizens Advice, which adds fresh weight to the FMB’s long-running Licence to Build campaign for mandatory licensing of builders. The report – Built to Fail: How the home repairs market is failing consumers – finds that more than a quarter (28%) of people who hired […]

Richard Quigley MP has given his backing to the Federation of Master Builders’ campaign for licensing building companies. The MP for the Isle of Wight West was speaking on the FMB podcast Build up from the Basement when he addressed the urgent need for reform in an industry where rogue operators can devastate families’ finances and […]

Two new reports are calling for a licensing scheme for the construction trades. The Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) Select Committee has published a report on retrofit, with a focus on a national licensing scheme for contractors carrying out the work. Plus, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has launched its Licence to Build […]