Build UK has welcomed EFIA, (European Fencing Industry Association), as the first trade association to join their growing membership. EFIA, has been serving the professional needs of the fencing industry since 1982 and has more than 80 members.

EFIA chairman, Bernard Kilbride, said: “Being accepted as a member of Build UK is a stringent process and we are therefore delighted to have joined them.

“The new relationship will enable the forging of stronger links with the construction industry by becoming the Trade Association Partner representing the fencing industry, with the further benefits of working together significant on a number of levels.”

Build UK’s chief executive, Suzannah Nichol MBE, said: “I am delighted to welcome EFIA as the first new Trade Association to join Build UK.  As the single representative voice for the contracting supply chain, Build UK represents the best of the construction industry.  In meeting the stringent Trade Association membership criteria, EFIA now joins 27 Main Contractors and 40 other Trade Associations in providing a strong united voice for the whole construction sector.”