{"id":101801,"date":"2021-11-12T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=101801"},"modified":"2021-11-17T20:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:20:31","slug":"ban-cowboy-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ban-cowboy-builders\/101801\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for mandatory licensing to ban cowboy builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A Private Member\u2019s Bill is calling for the mandatory licensing of construction companies to ban cowboy builders<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Federation of Master Builders (FMB)<\/a> has said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/cowboy-builders\/75181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">licensing<\/a> will help to protect both consumers and reputable builders.<\/p>\n<p>Under current laws, anyone can call themselves a builder without having to provide any evidence of training, qualifications or experience.<\/p>\n<p>The only protection available to customers who have fallen foul of cowboy builders is contract law, which is far too complex and expensive for most to access.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/2920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bill<\/a> will give consumers confidence and provide a simple complaints system that may entitle them to compensation if the work is of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/quality-in-construction-3\/65756\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sub-standard quality<\/a>. Offenders could also face having their licences revoked.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Tarnish the reputation of builders&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>It will also protect reputable builders from being undercut by cowboy builders.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the FMB released our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/resource\/licence-to-build-a-pathway-to-licensing-uk-construction.html\">Licence to Build Report<\/a>, which found the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>32% of homeowners are put off doing major home improvement works requiring a builder because they fear hiring a dodgy builder.<\/li>\n<li>55% who commission home improvement work have had a negative experience with their builder.<\/li>\n<li>77% of small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms support the introduction of licensing to professionalise the industry, protect consumers and side-line unprofessional and incompetent building firms.<\/li>\n<li>78% of consumers also want to see a licensing scheme for construction introduced<\/li>\n<li>90% of homeowners believe that the Government should criminalise rogue and incompetent builders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&#8216;Cowboy builders ruin the lives of their victims&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Garnier MP said: &#8220;Cowboy builders ruin the lives of their victims and tarnish the reputation of the vast majority of builders who are decent, hard-working people. This Bill will help to end this scourge once and for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB said: &#8220;Licenses for the building trade are long overdue and have widespread support in the industry. They will protect consumers, enhance the reputation of the industry, and provide a significant boost to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through our Licencing Construction Task Force, supported by over 40 organisations, the FMB has been advocating for such a licensing scheme to be introduced as a means to drive up standards in the building industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A licence for building companies would help ensure professionalism within the builing industry; reduce health and safety infringements; and counter high levels of consumer detriment in the market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bill, introduced by MP Mark Garnier, is being debated in Parliament on 19<sup>th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Private Member\u2019s Bill is calling for the mandatory licensing of construction companies to outlaw cowboy builders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[706,676,720],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-certification","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-federation-of-master-builders"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call for mandatory licensing to ban cowboy builders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Private Member\u2019s Bill is calling for the mandatory licensing of construction companies to ban cowboy builders, protecting consumers and reputable builders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ban-cowboy-builders\/101801\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Call for mandatory licensing to ban cowboy builders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Private Member\u2019s Bill is calling for the mandatory licensing of construction companies to ban cowboy builders, protecting consumers and reputable builders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ban-cowboy-builders\/101801\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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