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Membership Criteria

Only those builders and specialists who can prove their skills and good business standing are accepted as members. Membership criteria and checks include:

  • A minimum of 12 months trading, or is otherwise able to demonstrate experience enough to warrant membership
  • 6 references including one from a 'professional' or Local Authority Building Control
  • Local FMB Branch approval
  • Public and employer liability insurance
  • No un-discharged bankruptcies or relevant outstanding County Court Judgments against company or directors
  • VAT registration (where appropriate)
  • Confirmation of business address/details
  • Credit checks, public record and director checks.

All FMB members must meet the above. However, FMB MasterBond members have extra membership criteria, click here to read them.
To remain in membership, FMB builders must adhere to our Code of Practice

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In this section

> Membership criteria
• What Do Customers Say About the Service?
• Plain English Contracts
• MasterBond warranty
• About FMB MasterBond Builders
• About TrustMark
• Dispute Resolution Procedure
• How to spot a cowboy
• Code of Practice