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Alliance Referrals, Extended Services & Products

ECA works with a network of trusted partners who can provide additional expertise and support to Members. This includes support with tax and Research and Development (R&D) tax matters, training on contractual and legal issues, debt recovery, guidance on business acquisition or disposal, and advice on insurance-related concerns.

Explore our extended offerings and discover expert guidance on our products below.

A number of options are available if you are looking to buy or dispose of your business the details of which will depend on a number of factors, log in to your myECA account to learn more.

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On 1 December 2012, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) replaced CRB checks. The driver was to scale-back the need for unwarranted checks.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

DBS is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office. 

The following points aim to provide clarity on when a DBS check is required, the circumstances that qualify for one and how it’s carried out. 

Click below to login to your MyECA account to learn more. 

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ECA's Debt Recovery Service  is available to all ECA Members who having issued a valid claim for payment, find the final date for payment passes without a settlement.

Debt recovery can be a complex matter and ECA’s advisors welcome and encourage Members to make contact with the Legal & Business team who will discuss their situation and help them determine the best way forward.

The initial debt recovery letter will invite payment within 7 days.

The resultant delay may be avoided if Members are able to use the freely available advice service provided by  ECA.

Click below to login for details on how to claim your free recovery letter.

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ECA Assurance Schemes

ECA is almost unique as a trade association in that it offers Member’s clients FREE value promise. Whether the ECA Guarantee of Works or ECA Bond will be most appropriate will depend on the project and client requirements and the terms of the product. No other trade body offers this range of support and quality assurance for the technical excellence of its Members.


ECA Guarantee of Work

A free benefit to clients of ECA Members. If, once completed, works covered are discovered to be non-compliant with relevant technical standards, the works will be reinstated to be compliant with the relevant standards.
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The ECA Bond

Assure your customers that work carried out will be completed with the ECA Bond - a free benefit for all ECA Members. 
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