A private Facebook group has been launched for members to share their ideas, thoughts and experiences. 

For members to use when promoting their services to those that need additional capacity.

Staying COVID-19 secure poster.

Latest updates to the coronavirus job retention scheme.

Draft flexible furlough leave agreement prepared by Chadwick Lawrence.

Draft furlough leave agreement prepared by Chadwick Lawrence.

Government publish their roadmap to recovery.

To send to your local MP regarding an extension to the furlough scheme.

To send to your local MP regarding support for the event supply industry.

Promoting the use a MUTA member campaign. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the business rates discount and grant scheme. 

Letter to Government concerning the inequitable support for the outdoor events industry and its supply chain. 

Letter to Government regarding the announcement on wedding receptions.

Brochure includes news, advice, guidance and benefits.

Timeline of business support packages announced by Government.

Timeline of business support packages announced by Government.

Timeline of business support packages announced by Government.

Timeline of business support packages announced by Government.

Timeline of business support packages announced by Government.

For members to use when promoting their services to those that need additional capacity.

Presentation slides from MUTA's webinar. 

Recording of MUTA's webinar. 

Recording of MUTA's webinar. 

Presentation slides from MUTA's webinar. 

A series of webinars delivered by Croner, MUTA's business support provider. 

MUTA can help members prepare a workplace risk assessment to ensure it is COVID-19 secure.

Driver Certificates of Professional Competence (CPC)

Drivers' Hours Legislation - Tachograph Rules

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

Guide to Safe Working Procedures

Portable Applicance Testing (PAT)

Risk Assessments

Ladder Inspection & Labelling

Debt Chasing

Toolbox Talks

Register of People with Significant Control

Getting Paid

Lightning Strike

Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy

Anti-Corruption and Bribery Policy

General Data Protection Regulation - Overview

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Fire Risk Assessment

Training Information

Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)

Websites - what information must you include?

Cookies

Making Tax Digital (MTD) 

Waste Carrier Licences

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Drones

Temporary Electrics

Lone Working

UK Payslips - Changes to the Law, April 2019

Dusts in the workplace

Working outside - exposure to the elements

Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)

On-the-job training & in-house record keeping

Building Regs & Planning Permission

Subject access request (SAR) for data you hold

Workplace drug and alcohol policy

Exposure to welding fumes

The Good Work Plan

Coronavirus

Consumer refunds

Low skilled workers

Redundancy

Points to consider when creating a COVID-19 risk assessment for work undertaken on-site

IR35 changes (off-payrol working rules)

Cybercrime

Cleaning temporary structures

Product Marking

Managing strong wind conditions

Long-term structural safety

We strongly advise you tailor this template based on your own procedures and site requirements. 

We strongly advise you tailor this induction template to suit the job and site requirements. 

We strongly advise you tailor this document to take into account your own site rules. 

Use this customisable policy to advise your customers of the use of cookies when visiting your website.

This assessment is an example only and must be reviewed and amended to suit your own business practices and working environment. This template should be used in conjuction with Guidance Note 24. 

We recommend that you tailor this example to suit your own business practices and working environment. 

This is an example of a Health and Safety Policy and should be tailored to suit your own business practices and working environment.

This method statement is an example only and should be reviewed and amended to suit your own business practices and working environment.

Use this customisable privacy notice to advise potential employees how your company will collect, hold and use their personal information.

Use this customisable privacy notice to advise your staff and contractors how your company will collect, hold and use their personal information.

We strongly advise you seek your own independent legal advice before implementing MUTA’s pro forma Terms & Conditions of hire.

We strongly advise you tailor this risk assessment based on your own work activities. See 'Guidance Note 17' for information on fire risk assessments. 

This risk assessment is an example only and must be reviewed and amended to suit your own business practices and working environment. See Guidance Note 7 for information on risk assessments. 

Training every member of your staff as soon as they join the company and before they start work is essential to protect you as the employer, and them as the employee. MUTA's Staff Induction Training template is a PowerPoint presentation you can use as a head start when developing your own relevant induction training.

Use our form to conduct an audit of your workplace. We can help you check that it is safe.

“So you’re thinking of starting a hire business?” - Use MUTA’s definitive guide to what it’s all about, key industry metrics to enable you to build a meaningful business plan, guide to pricing, legislation, health and safety. Take the “Is it for me?” test.

Use our formal checklist to give your crew a helping hand when recording their completion of a build form.

We strongly recommend that you tailor this example of a supervisors job description to meet with your own company's requirements.

We strongly advise you tailor this toolbox talk checklist based on your own work activites. See 'Guidance Note' 10 for more information. 

Use this customisable form to ensure that the underground services are correctly identified.

A recommended wind management checklist for MUTA members to use before, during and after a
temporary structure has been erected.

Full members are listed on www.muta.org.uk and benefit from the MUTA's ongoing national campaign 'Use a MUTA Member'. They can advertise their contact details, promotional statements and their structure types products under the Member Listing at www.muta.org.uk. To do so, click the button here. 

Full members have the right to use the MUTA member logo in their own marketing materials, displaying their commitment to MUTA's high standards. This can help you win business in a competitive marketplace. All logos and guidelines can be downloaded here.
 

MUTA operates a fresh, dynamic website and regularly takes a stand at the Showman's Show. We produce various industry leading documents and issue press releases. Our members supply photos for these materials which are always presented with a credit to the supplying company. It's yet another way of getting your name out there - at no extra cost.

If your product or service is of an interest to other MUTA members, why not set up a display ad to appear on the MUTA members' website? It's free to supplier members and only requires a simple graphic. If you need help with creating the graphic, we can put you in touch with our designers (fees will apply).

Full members can promote their membership to all clients by using our ‘Use a MUTA member’ leaflet. This leaflet will help clients understand the importance of using a MUTA member for their event. The leaflet can be downloaded as a PDF or printed copies are free to access.

Full members are able to promote their membership with MUTA branded vehicle decals, helping you stand out in a competitve marketplace. The decals display the MUTA member logo and are free to access.

Motivate your staff and prove their competence on site with MUTA Skills Cards. These credit card sized photo ID cards provide evidence of training, licences and the different structure type qualifications for each member of your team. These can be worn on-site to demonstrate competence to your clients, general public as well as health & safety officials. They can form a part of your ongoing staff development programme, encouraging the acquisition of new skills and rewarding the efforts with new and more advanced Skills Cards. MUTA Skills Cards are exclusively available to MUTA members and are issued for free.

This one-day classroom based course is perfect for site supervisors, foremen or even crew members who are looking to take their first steps into a supervisory role. It will give you confidence that your staff understand what is required of them and that they can effectively manage a site where a marquee, tent or structure will be built and taken down.

It is split into 5 modules and there are exercises throughout to keep candidates engaged and embed knowledge. There is a short assessment at the end and upon successful completion the candidate will
receive a certificate.

The course is discounted to £125+VAT per person for members and costs £200 +VAT per person for non-members. Courses for 10 candidates can be organised anywhere in the UK in response to demand. We can even hold them at your premises provided there are suitable facilities.

The UK's first online health and safety training course for the temporary structure industry, approved by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). 

StructureSafe Online has been developed by industry experts and online training specialists to help all staff understand the importance of health and safety through engaging activities. 

Here's how you will benefit from StructureSafe Online:

• Quick, simple and inexpensive
• Make sure everyone goes home safe
• No need to send your staff away for training
• New staff can be trained before they start 
• Reduce your risk of being sued
• Can be taken anytime, anywhere, on any device

For MUTA members, it costs £19.99 for a single course. If you have 10 or more staff that need training, it only costs £14.99 per course! For non-members, the cost is £29.99 for a single course or £24.99 if you have 10 or more staff that need training. 

Can you afford not to be StructureSafe? 

Essential Supplies are offering all MUTA members a 10% discount on their temporary electrics training course. Courses for between 4 and 8 attendees are organised all over the UK in response to demand. 

 

• Overview of H&S legislation
• H&S documentation
• Risk assessment process
• Principles of a safe workplace
• Electrical hazards
• Safe use of machinery
• Underground and overhead services
• Workplace transport
• Personal protection equipment
• Working at height

 

Auto Enrolment is a Government initiative encouraging employees to take up pension schemes with their employers. All employers must provide a pension provision for their staff if they haven't done so already.

MUTA is not authorised to provide financial advice but you may wish to consider the following providers. 

MUTA's Business Support Helpline is free of charge to all members and helps you understand the complexity of the workplace regulations. Specialist advice is available in the following areas:

• Tax
• VAT
• PAYE
• Payroll
• Employment & Personnel
• Health & Safety
• Commercial Legal

When looking to use merchant services, we recommend our members to always contact their own bank first as banks tend to offer preferential rates to their existing customers.

For comparison purposes, we have listed some of the popular providers.

View links to other relevant organisations such as: trade associations, government organisations, standards bodies and industry institutions.

Card Pay AA are offering all members a bespoke pricing plan and preferential rates. 

Members can benefit from discounts on the cat4 & genny4 equipment. These equate to 38% off of the current price list and are exclusive to MUTA members.

Green Cross Training offers discounts to MUTA members on all types of First Aid Training courses. 

MUTA members can now access a fuelcard which will enable you to obtain discounted fuel from all the well-known brands, such as: 

• BP
• Shell
• Esso
• Texaco
• Diesel Direct
• UK Fuels and more

Fuelcards can also be used at most major supermarkets. 

The Institute of Structural Engineers have released the fourth edition of their temporary demountable structures guide. The guide has been prepared by a group of world-leading experts, who collectively represent the industry, government and institutions. 

MUTA members can access a discount of over 50% from the standard price of £69.99. 

This is a free template and should be read in conjunction with Guidance Note 15.

This is a free template and should be read in conjunction with Guidance Note 14.

This guide is supplied by the Tent Rental Division of the IFAI trade association (based in the USA) and provides information related to the effectiveness of different staking arrangements. Use it to determine what staking is required on a particular site. Our thanks to the IFAI for allowing us to share this document.

A group of European PVC manufacturers have come together and prepared a document detailing how to best handle, clean and store PVC coated polyester fabric in order to achieve the longest possible life time of your products. 

As a MUTA member you will be inspected at random intervals (with a notice period) to ensure that you are following the Best Practice Guide correctly. Our document explains the purpose of the inspection regime as well as the different types of inspections that are carried out. It outlines how they are scored and followed up. Use it as something to work towards as well as a sign of credibility for your customers.