Great news on business rates and renewable energy but does anyone know a good reason why it won’t kick in until 2023?

💻 PRESS RELEASE: Rishi raises the roof on business rates relief 👉 bit.ly/2XTugES #Budget2021 Rishi Sunak

Great to be meeting so many industry colleagues in the flesh for the first time at the Construction Products Association lunch.

Great to see so many people at the #RoofingAwarde2021 #RA2021

Great day at the NFRC Great British Slate Off yesterday Centre Of Roofing Excellence Hereford. An outstanding display of craftsmanship from all the students involved #GBSO

Another great The Enterprise Forum event with @KwasiKwarteng. A really interesting discussion was had on a range of topics from productivity, to skills, to net zero to supply chain challenges. The Minister seemed up-beat and keen to engage.

Many congratulations Jordan on winning the Great British Slate Off 2021.

This report from House of Lords Built Environment Committee is worth a read. Picks up on one of the key points from our submission— if we are to build 300k homes a year we need the skills to deliver. Currently 77% of roofing contractors are finding it difficult to recruit—and that’s at current build rates.

In this podcast we interview Prof. Patrick James, Prof. of Energy & Buildings at the University of Southampton, on his new report commissioned by the NFRC Charitable Trust, "Future (P)roof—Building resilience of roofing technologies in a changing climate". 👉 bit.ly/3zLItC7

Does anyone have any further details on the “Building Industry Scheme” included in the Building Safety Bill amendments? No mention of it in the press release?

Shocking scenes

I worked for Sir David between 2013-2015 and in that time we repeatedly asked the department for a review of Approved Document B and for the lessons of Lakanal House to be learnt but we were consistently ignored. I’m glad this is now all coming to light.

Some personal news 🚨- I have now left NFRC and have started a new role at Mace in their corporate comms team.