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Useful Info on the Job Retention Scheme (Furlough)
Bidwell Accountancy put together this PowerPoint presentation in order to clarify some rules regarding the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme.
read moreCOVID-19: UK Financial Support Information
The following is a list of useful links for information on tax and financial support of UK businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featured image created by katemangostar -...
read moreFIA Statement on 5G mobile services
Introduction There has been much hype and fear surrounding the roll-out of the fifth generation (5G) mobile services by the mobile phone operators. Unfortunately some fibre optics engineers have been caught up in this fear, uncertainty and doubt...
read moreCoronavirus FAQs for Companies Working in the IT and/or Data Infrastructure Sector
To compile these questions and answers, the FIA sought expert advice from Andrew Buckley, a partner at Woodfines Solicitors, and Peter Woolsey a certified public accountant at Minney and Co. the FIA’s auditors.
read moreSummer Seminar 2019 Presentation Slides
Download PDF versions of all the presentations from this years FIA Summer Seminar.
read moreReview of the FIA Summer Seminar 2019 – Karl Tryner
The 10th FIA Summer Seminar took place at the award-winning Whittlebury Hall Hotel near Silverstone; it would be difficult to pick a better venue than this beautiful spa hotel with fantastic grounds and conferencing facilities. The event had a...
read more2015 – The Silver Jubilee of the FIA
2015 is a particularly important year for the Fibreoptic Industry Association - at we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of its formation. The cornerstone of the celebration is the Summer Seminar and Networking Event held on 1st/2nd June. This year it will be held...
read moreThe Class System is Dead
Those readers “au fait” with ISO/IEC 11801 and EN 50173 standards for generic cabling design will recognise the concept of cabling “channels” and “links” and the application of the term “Class” when referring to the requirements that apply to those channels. Class has...
read moreFinally! – An accredited installer scheme that delivers
The “IT” world has repeatedly tried to develop an effective Approved Installer scheme. It would appear that the Fibreoptic Industry Association has finally managed to create a scheme which has attracted a substantial percentage of its members to register as Accredited...
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