News & Thoughts

Commercial sector to grow by 7% and regional opportunities expected to increase
Understand how your business will be impacted in 2021 and how the National Association of Shopfitters (NAS) can help The Construction Products Association (CPA) has

CIJC Guidance on Holiday Entitlement 2021
The Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) has provided a briefing that gives guidance on the programme of Public/Bank holidays and annual holidays, which apply in

EE Smith celebrates four decades of its apprenticeship partnership with Leicester College
Specialist interior fit-out contractor and NAS Member, EE Smith Contracts Ltd, is celebrating four decades of its apprenticeship partnership with Leicester College recruiting 15 youngsters

NAS becomes a non-corporate member of TRADA
The NAS has recently become a non-corporate member of the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA). TRADA is an international membership organisation dedicated to inspiring

Is your business ready for Brexit?
*Originally published 3 November 2020. Updated 27 November 2020* The UK is no longer a member of the European Union and, as of 1 January

NAS member, EE Smith, embraces Government’s Cycle to Work scheme
It is pedal power all the way for environmentally-friendly staff at one of the UK’s leading specialist interior fit-out contractors in Leicester and London. Over

Five Minutes With Jon Gibson, Director at Didac
Jon, how did you first come in to the industry? I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in Wood Machining. I was head

Why are standards by the BSI so important?
The British Standards Institution, also known as BSI, is the national standards body of the United Kingdom. The NAS has recently become an official distributor

Four important CITB updates (England, Scotland and Wales)
A number of updates have been released by the CITB recently, which we have collated for you below. As a reminder, daily CITB updates in