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After nearly 30 years of actively supporting and promoting the interests of specialist engineering in the construction industry, and against a background of numerous representational successes, the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) will come to a close early in 2021.

After a period spanning more than 30 years, during which he has been seen as a major force driving industry improvement, Rudi Klein is stepping down from his role as CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) as from the beginning of the new year. His support for the sect

Results of a consultation on retentions carried out by the Scottish Government (SG) earlier this year have been given an enthusiastic welcome by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group Scotland.

Construction trade bodies have applauded the decision of HS2 Ltd to implement the use of project bank accounts (PBAs) for payments across existing and future contracts.

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has expressed major concerns over the impact of COVID-19 on the SMEs which comprise 99% of firms in the construction industry.

The campaigning body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland has added its voice to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. In a detailed response on the practice, SELECT has firmly stated its long-held view that Holyrood should introduce a s

Firms that have been affected by the abuse of retention payments in the construction industry have been urged to get in touch with their local MP ahead of renewed political debate on this damaging industry practice.

The issue of cash retentions in construction is to be debated at Westminster this week. Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP Alan Brown has secured the debate which will argue that the government should decide on a solution to the issue of cash retentions, following its public consultation in 2018.

The Scottish arm of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has welcomed a pair of experienced industry professionals to senior roles within the organisation.  Gordon Matheson, former president of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federatio

Labour peer Lord Mendelsohn will today introduce a new Bill to clamp down on late payment in construction.

An industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Plumbing and heating professionals across the UK are calling on politicians to make room amid the Brexit tumult to focus on critical changes needed to create a resilient and sustainable construction sector.

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group is to keep the pressure on political parties to tackle late payment amidst a deteriorating picture of payment abuse and insolvencies in the construction industry. The trade body has said it will write to all parties the day after next month’s

Scotland’s electrical industry trade body for the SELECT has backed a new campaign by The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group that calls on all general election candidates to end late payment in the construction sector. The SEC Group is seeking to obtain a commitment from all

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has written to the secretary of state for BEIS Andrea Leadsom MP and new UK construction minister Nadhim Zahawi MP to prioritise action on fair payment for construction SMEs. As an industry body that has campaigned for many years on fair payment, S