Vision 24

Spearheading a Collaboritive Future For Home Improvement in the UK

Our 2024 approach is built on 5 pillars that bring value to our members, each signifying a vital aspect of our commitment to driving excellence in the home improvement sector

The 5 pillars of Vision 24

1. Government Engagement

2. Guidance

3. Information Sessions

4. The Carbon Agenda (with the CLC)

5. Home Compliance - Quality & Assurance

Our Members

A growing voice in the UK’s Home Improvement sector.  At the NHIC our members are passionate about raising the standard and quality of home improvements across the UK and also supporting home owners and tenants in making the right choice when selecting contractors, trades persons or products for use in their home.

Meet our members

Our Podcast

Getting to know the thought leaders and inspirational people from across the home improvement sector. The podcast from the National Home improvement Council connecting industry, government, and householders on the pathway towards zero carbon homes. Sponsored by NHIC members.

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Our Resources

The NHIC continues to inform, support, influence and connect members while being an impartial and trusted source of evidence based expertise and knowledge. Through our breadth of membership we have a long corporate memory and support policy makers and influencers in several ways.

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We are a vibrant membership organisation with a voice to deliver our vision to align the ‘set of three’ (Government, industry, and Householders) to reduce energy demand by improving homes.

NHIC operates as a value-driven, not-for-profit organisation, with any surplus being reinvested into research and education programmes which meet the requirements of industry and society at large regarding home improvement.

The NHIC membership delivers action and change across the 5Cs of repair, maintenance, and home improvement:

CARBON

Working to reduce whole life carbon emissions from energy and water usage in the home.

CONSUMER

Ensuring the householder is at the heart of our thinking we support and deliver activities that reinforce informed decision making.

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COMPLIANCE

Working to improve home improvement and RMI product compliance in the UK marketplace.

COMPETENCY

Promoting the need for increasing the number of competent persons with an embedded core knowledge of whole house retrofit planning and consumer interaction into vocational and professional pathways.

CONNECTION

Creating connection pathways between members, wider industry, householders, and government.

Our Net Zero Commitment.

Safe, healthy and sustainable homes

An ambassador for collaborative action, we work across our membership, wider industry and government to raise all homes up to modern living standards while inspiring and supporting householders to refurbish, maintain and improve their homes using local professionals with confidence.

It’s more than 40 years since the National Home Improvement Council was launched and there remains much to be done and new challenges to address, not least supporting the economic, green and socially conscious recovery post COVID19.

Representing 100’s of trades and sub trades NHIC membership contributes over £13Bn each year to the UK Economy with members delivering over 1 million hours of CPD training each year to raise standards and deliver quality improvements to the nations homes.

This makes the NHIC the most representative and influential body for Home Improvement and RMI professionals in the UK. The true voice of home improvement.

Years Established

Safe, healthy and sustainable homes

An ambassador for collaborative action, we work across our membership, wider industry and government to raise all homes up to modern living standards while inspiring and supporting householders to refurbish, maintain and improve their homes using local professionals with confidence.

It’s more than 40 years since the National Home Improvement Council was launched and there remains much to be done and new challenges to address, not least supporting the economic, green and socially conscious recovery post COVID19.

 

Representing 100’s of trades and sub trades NHIC membership contributes over £13Bn each year to the UK Economy with members delivering over 1 million hours of CPD training each year to raise standards and deliver quality improvements to the nations homes.

This makes the NHIC the most representative and influential body for Home Improvement and RMI professionals in the UK. The true voice of home improvement.

Latest News

Post COVID-19 Recovery

Together with the new demands on homes for home-working, home-schooling support and home-exercising alongside the demographic demands of an increasing and aging population, energy efficiency, carbon emissions, fuel poverty and the ever-present concerns regarding an ageing workforce and skills shortage, the need to raise awareness and the standards of home improvement is never ending.

NHIC Members and partners are supporting householders, their customers and members by providing dedicated advice based on government guidance relevant for each specific trade and sub trade.

For a comprehensive list of COVID related support available for those who work in the repair maintenance and home improvement industry and householders click below:

Get in touch:

hello@nhic.org.uk

0333 022 0387

Members Testimonials

“Corgi Services, the commercial brand licensing business of the Gas Safety Trust, has been a member of the NHIC since 2018.  The reason we joined was to support the improvement of homes in the UK which is critical if we are to achieve the zero carbon targets and challenges that the nation will face in the coming decades.  The NHIC is well connected into government and with a broad range of industrial membership, enables us to get access to excellent networking and opportunities to influence the agenda.”

Corgi Services

“The home improvement sector will be critical to meeting the challenges our country faces, from reaching net zero, to tackling fuel poverty, to training the next generation in highly skilled jobs. It is critical we work together as a sector with one voice, and that is why the work of the National Home Improvement Council is so important”

James Talman

NFRC

“Being part of the NHIC has become core to BMA’s mission as an organisation. It’s an essential way to network with influencers on the broader home improvement sector. It also means we’re part of the collective voice of the whole RMI industry.”

Tom Reynolds

Bathroom Manufacturers Association

“The NHIC’s promotion of a fabric-first approach to building design aligns with Recticel’s belief that it is essential to creating better-insulated homes which optimise interior comfort and wellbeing. Such sustainability is also key to minimising emissions, and future generations across the globe enjoying a safer, healthier environment.  Recticel also applauds NHIC’s initiative to reduce the number of people living in fuel poverty.”

Paul Simpson

Recticel

“EnviroVent has been members of NHIC for a number of years now and have found the connections that we have made with fellow members extremely valuable. It has allowed us to gain valuable insights in sharing best practice across the refurbishment industry and understanding how we can raise standards and quality of this broad industry for the benefit of consumers in the long term.”

Rebecca McLean

Marketing and Communications Director, Envirovent

Contact Us

National Home Improvement Council

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Dene Road
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 2AA

hello@nhic.org.uk

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