Weekly Notes

CPA Weekly Notes Special - Autumn Statement 2023

Commenting on today’s Autumn Statement, CPA Economics Director, Noble Francis, said: "With one eye on the General Election next year, this was always likely to be an Autumn Statement primarily aimed at helping working households and businesses. Jeremy Hunt highlighted that lower personal and business taxation will play a central role in the Conservative party’s approach for next year’s election and gave more clarity to the Government’s updated approach to boosting growth. A cut in the National Insurance rate from 12% to 10% and ‘Full Expensing’ for business investment were the two key headlines from the Chancellor’s speech in the House of Commons today.

CPA Weekly Notes - 3rd November 📝

Thank you for making our Lunch a success! Wow - another great event! Despite the weather, nearly all our guests made their way to The Brewery to join us for our Autumn Lunch. Over 500 guests enjoyed fine dining, expert insight in the industry and politics from a former Minister, and networking with other players in the sector. You can see the highlights by accessing the official photography here. To download the images, use the PIN 6825. We would like to thank our sponsors Siderise and EJ Group for making this event possible. See you in the Spring for what should be another great event!

CPA Weekly Notes - 27th October 📝

CPA Autumn Lunch | Less than a week to go! We are very much looking forward to seeing all our guests next week at The Brewery for our annual Autumn Lunch. Our lunches have proven to be a great success for networking, great food and drinks. Note for guests: Be sure to use the event site sent to your table hosts to find your seat at the event and for the full agenda for the day. See you in just under a week's time! We would like to thank our sponsors Siderise and EJ Group for making this event possible.

CPA Weekly Notes - 20th October 📝

CPA Construction Industry Forecasts Webinar | Next Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign-up now to join our upcoming Autumn Forecasts webinar, hosted by CPA Economics Director Noble Francis. Noble will be looking at key elements from the latest Forecasts which will be published on Monday 23 October. Join us for this webinar to get more insight from Noble and have the opportunity to get your questions answered. Click here to register. CPA Trade Association Members are welcome to share this link with their respective members.

CPA Weekly Notes - 13th October 📝

New Sponsor Announcement | CPA Autumn Lunch - We're happy to announce that one of our newest Affiliate Members EJ Group, will be sponsoring the CPA Autumn Lunch in a few weeks time. EJ is one of the leading forces in the design, manufacture and distribution of access solutions for water, sewer, drainage, telecommunications and utility networks worldwide. Thank you to EJ Group and Siderise for their ongoing support - our lunches wouldn't be possible without our sponsors.

CPA Weekly Notes - 6th October 📝

CPA Response To Government Cancellation of HS2 The CPA Chief Executive responds to the Prime Minister's announcement of scrapping the Northern-leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester. Peter Caplehorn said: “The Prime Minister’s announcement today on scrapping the rest of the HS2 project is extremely disappointing and frustrating. With this decision, jobs, investments, and resources amongst UK manufacturers and construction businesses large and small will go to waste. Following so soon after the chopping and changing of net zero policies this will only serve to further undermine the decreasing confidence that industry has for this government. The Prime Minister’s suggestion that £36 billion will be redirected into transport projects across the North and Midlands implies that it is a case of either one or the other; however, the country clearly needs major investment in local, regional and national infrastructure all together as was done during HS1 and Crossrail." Read the full statement here.

CPA Weekly Notes - 29th September 📝

CPA Autumn Lunch | Keynote Speaker Announcement For our upcoming Autumn Lunch, we are pleased to announce that we will be joined by former Housing Minister and Chief of Staff - Lord Gavin Barwell. Lord Barwell served as Chief of Staff under Theresa May from 2017 to 2019. He was intimately involved in the conduct of the Brexit negotiations, the development of key domestic policies such as the long-term plan for the NHS and the UK’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. He is currently a non-executive director of Clarion Housing Group and is an advisor to many established organisations such as Arcadis and Barratt. We look forward to welcoming Lord Barwell and all our guests on November 2 at The Brewery. #CPALunch23

CPA Weekly Notes - 22nd September 📝

Fenestration and Product Data Templates webinar | Wednesday 27th September With legislation emerging highlighting the importance of digital product information to building safety, the need to create consensus-agreed product data templates (PDTs) is becoming ever more important. While the LEXiCON project is still in development, there are opportunities for trade associations and manufacturers to begin their journey towards creating PDTs following the LEXiCON methodology. In this webinar, we will highlight one such example from the door and hardware sector, in the hope that this might inspire others to begin their digitalisation journey. Speaking at the webinar will be: Hanna Clarke (Digital and Policy Manager, CPA) – Setting the scene, LEXiCON update Carl Collins (Head of Digital Engineering, CIBSE) – Golden Thread requirements and approach to creating PDTs Douglas Masterson (Technical Manager, GAI) & Kevin Underwood (Technical Director, BWF) – Establishing a shadow Relevant Authority and creating PDTs The webinar will be held Wednesday 27 September, 12.00 (GMT) and is open to both CPA members and non-members. Register here.

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