Limited company contractors or umbrella company workers in the construction industry can kiss excessive red tape good-by thanks to a new government announcement.
It’s good news for any home owners looking to undertake improvements to their property – and the contract workers they hire to get the job done – now that the government said you can go ahead and build that conservatory without having to worry if you’ll have to comply with regulations requiring additional building workers to be carried out on other parts of the property. There was a chance that new changes to building codes would see anyone attempting to conduct improvements to one part of a property would have to also undertake improvements to the home’s energy efficiency throughout the entire property, but thanks to ministerial intervention there is no risk of such a law getting pushed forward.
However, the government was quick to act to put an end to such a possibility, announcing that any such proposed regulation to control a ‘consequential improvement’ would have a chilling effect on the industry, resulting in less people having work done on their homes. This way, homeowners can now rest assured that they can go ahead and get work done on their property and construction contractors can likewise know that needless red tape will not tie their hands and see them lose crucial revenue in an already shaky economy.
Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, commented on the new measure, remarking that home owners will have a straightforward way to undertake improvements to their homes without worry.
