New training brochure for courses
the industry.” Working in partnership with the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, SELECT has been lobbying MSPs for support for legislation on retentions, which both organisations say are particularly harmful to smaller companies. SELECT Managing Director Alan Wilson, who is also National Executive Offi cer of SEC Group Scotland, said: “Most of the criticisms of the current
public sector payment rules. In addition to consistent late payment, the survey, sponsored by Scolmore, also showed that almost two-thirds of respondents (64%) were facing cash retentions. Alan Wilson, SELECT Managing Director,
said: “T ese fi ndings come as no surprise as we know from Member feedback that late and withheld payments are a major issue. Added to that are the delays Members face in the release of retentions which continue to cause problems for businesses up and down Scotland. “SELECT and SEC Group Scotland have
been carrying out extensive lobbying among members of the Scottish Parliament to encourage them to support legislation to ring-fence retention monies. T is culminated in the recent Scottish Government consultation that both
retention system would be addressed by placing cash retentions in a protected and separate location. “This should be accompanied
by a fast-track and inexpensive adjudication procedure to resolve disputes over the release of retentions. “Taken together, these measures would substantially reduce the incidence of late and non-payment of retentions.”
SELECT and its Members participated in. “Our message is clear: Cash retentions
must be put in a ring-fenced account or scheme. In this way we are more likely to see the end of a 200-year-old measure that’s been abused to the detriment of small fi rms which often wait years to get retentions released.” In spite of late payments, sector growth
overall appears to have remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2019. Reported actual turnover stayed the
same or increased for three quarters (75%) of respondents versus Q3 2019. Turnover decreased for one quarter (25%) of respondents. T e survey received 489 responses from
companies across the multi-billion-pound industry, mainly regarding their performance in Q4 2019 (1 October to 31 December 2019).
SELECT has produced a new training brochure, with an updated list of courses that will be off ered when the current situation returns to normal. T e 32-page leafl et provides details
of more than 20 courses, seminars and programmes, with topics ranging from BS 76171 and Scottish Building Standards to fi re alarms and safe isolation. It also off ers an overview of SELECT’s many associated services, including in-house training, room hire and partnerships with third party training providers. Training Manager Jenny Cryans
said: “Although courses are currently suspended due to coronavirus, when we return we will continue to off er a wide range of training.” A digital brochure can be downloaded at
bit.ly/SELECT_Training_Brochure
TENDERING WEBINAR T e seminar planned for SELECT Members by SDP Scotland on 23 April has been cancelled. T e Supplier Development Programme is off ering a webinar about tendering on 21 May for SELECT Members. Simply register at
www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events-12 to take part.
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