Delivering Added Value and
Protecting the Brand
February 2020
The CAB member programme for 2020 has been built not only on the basis of feedback but also the desire to continue to provide added value propositions. Like all progressive Trade Bodies, CAB aims to be centric to members’ strategy and maintain a dynamic programme of promoting members and our 21st sustainable material - aluminium. With efficiency an ever-key driver within member businesses, taking time away for industry events has become increasingly difficult unless there is clear ‘value’ and ‘takeaway’.
A popular and growing element of the CAB programme in recent years has been our popular contractual awareness seminars and in 2020 we have added a 5th seminar. The first seminar ran in Cobham, Surrey on JCT2016 followed by ‘Design Liability’ in Leeds on 12 March and ‘Legal Updates’ in Burton on Trent on 20 May. The 10 free places members are able to claim across the programme presented by Geraldine Fleming, equates to around £3,000 + VAT of added value.
In 2020, CAB will also launch its first online contracts seminar which will be ‘bitesize’ and around 45 – 60 minutes in duration. This is in part a response to members who simply have no time or staff able to attend physical seminars or indeed regional or national events. The new free Croner telephone support helpline is another service in response to this. The helpline can be used by any employee within the business and covers H&S, commercial litigation, HR and tax issues. A number of these services are also available 24/7.
Our first Regional Members’ meeting on 12 March is at the famous Royal Armouries in Leeds and already has over 120 members and their guests booked in. It is interesting that Leeds in one of the 5 key construction growth cities in the UK and we are delighted that so many of our newer members will be in attendance.
On 20 May this year, CAB will run its first ever Members’ Day. The daytime event in Bruton on Trent is free for members to attend in any numbers and provides a myriad of information and updates both technical, commercial and general. The event which is to be launched shortly will include:
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Topical Keynote speakers including Economics update by Prof Noble Francis, Economics Director, Construction Products Association
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‘Legal Updates’ contracts seminar by Geraldine Fleming
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Contract Awareness surgery by Geraldine Fleming
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CAB Curtain Wall Installer Training presentations and ‘meet the Provider/Awarding Body’
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Croner presentation of ‘The Good Work Plan’
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Marketing and specification updates
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Member Tabletop Exhibition area
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Member networking buffet
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Meeting rooms for members to use
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CAB member information desk
Protecting Members and the CAB Brand
With the Association adding 31 new members in 2019 and growing its services, it has been interesting to note an increase in unlawful use of the CAB logo on one or two company websites. While a business may believe that a Trade Association logo can be used if they source a valid members’ products this is categorically NOT the case unless they are approved members.
All members are listed on the CAB website at www.c-a-b.org.uk/members and we encourage individuals and companies to check this to validate any ‘membership claim’ that appears on a website. We also welcome in confidence anyone who discovers a company wrongly purporting to be a member of the Association.
Falsely using a logo is an offence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations and is actually one of the 31 specific outright prohibitions (Bannned Practices (Schedule 1) /Part 2).
CAB will continue to report companies that continue to use the logo illegally in order to protect the interests of loyal existing paid up members.
To find out more about CAB membership in 2020 or if you have interest in the CAB Members Day on 20 May please contact jessica.dean@c-a-b.org.uk or ring the CAB office on 01453 828851.
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