Making a Material Difference

Tuesday, 02, Dec 2008 04:35

What the construction products industry wants to see from this Government

INVESTMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Funding to ensure our schools, hospitals, housing, transport and water infrastructure meet 21st century standards

Clear output targets for what this investment will deliver

Robust mechanisms to measure performance against Government targets

Incentives for improving the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock

Extension of 5% rate of VAT to all repair maintenance and improvement work

Reduced stamp duty liability on energy efficient properties

Government procurement which focuses on best-value and whole life-time costs

MEASURES TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE INDUSTRY'S COMPETITIVENESS:

Fuel duty rates frozen and any new transport taxation, such as road user charging, ring-fenced for infrastructure improvements

Aggregates Levy abolished and the Climate Change Levy redesigned

A minimum 35% allowance rate on all capital investment and landowners’ cost of cleaning up brownfield sites offset against corporation tax

A speedier planning system which takes more account of the needs of business

Early consultation with industry on the allocation methodology for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Retention of the UK’s opt-out under the Working Time Directive

A clear and unambiguous definition of waste and when it ceases to be waste to allow more recycling

Exclusion from REACH of raw materials and products covered by other directives

Comprehensive and independent regulatory impact assessments on all new and reviewed legislation

Early consultation with industry when formulating emissions policy for the period after 2012 (post-Kyoto)

A copy of the full Agenda can downloaded by clicking here.

Latest Press Releases

CPA: Construction industry slowdown set to continue Slowdown in construction has continued throughout the first quarter of 2008 according to the latest joint Trade Survey Report from the Construction Products Association and the Construction Confederation.
CPA: Strategic forum reports on progress in meeting Egan targets The Strategic Forum for Construction has finalised its Review of the targets for industry improvement that were set in the report Accelerating Change, prepared in 2002 under the chairmanship of Sir John Egan.
CPA: Strategic forum for construction tower crane group makes further progress on achieving objectives The third SFfC Tower Crane meeting took place on the 21st of April 2008, to review and discuss progress on achieving the group’s action plan and to make a real difference to the health and safety practices within the tower crane sector:
New Construction Products Association chairman focuses on industry competitiveness Adrian Barden, the newly elected Chairman of the Construction Products Association, has today told an audience of industry leaders, politicians and government officials that industry in the UK must remain competitive across the world to stop jobs moving to countries with lower environmental standards.