NASC Supplier membership confers the following benefits:

• Gain direct access to 280+ NASC Contractor members, employing more than 15,000 operatives collectively
• Attendance at NASC regional meetings and AGM, and circulation of relevant papers
• Opportunities to participate in the work of NASC standing committees
• Opportunities to attend NASC events including the NASC annual conference, ball and awards
• Circulation of NASC newsletters, literature and mail shots
• A company profile page on the NASC website
• Inclusion of company details in NASC yearbook
• Opportunity to promote products and services in NASC’s monthly publication – Scaffolding Insider
• Host a stand at NASC regional meetings – held across the UK
• Opportunities to advertise in the NASC Yearbook
• Discounted rates for attending Scaffex24 – the Scaffolding & Access Expo
• Opportunities to sponsor an NASC Award category
• One free copy of all NASC guidance including a free subscription to TG20 on the NASC ePortal
• Free downloading of NASC guidance (except TG20) and at least 50% discount on all hard copy guidance notes
• Use of NASC member services including Tax, Employment Affairs, Health & Safety and Technical support
• Access to the NASC product approval service – the Code of Practice audit – which leads to listing on the compliant product list
• Use of NASC logo on company literature and advertisements etc
• Certificate of NASC membership

Supplier members must:

• Have been registered at Companies House in the UK, or the recognised equivalent of another country, and submitting non-dormant trading accounts, for a minimum of the previous two full years.
• Hold all statutory insurance required in the country of trading, which must include Employee, Product, Public and Employers’ Liability.
• Provide Health & Safety, Anti-Slavery, and Diversity policy statements signed by a director and dated within the previous 12 months.
• Operate within the confines of all UK law and best practice as published by NASC.
• Be represented at a minimum of one NASC regional meeting per year (any region, not restricted to own region).
• Abide by the NASC Code of Conduct and the NASC Byelaws and Rules.

Supplier members which supply products that are covered by the NASC Product Code of Practice (CoP) Audit are encouraged to apply for NASC CoP audit approval which covers Quality Systems & Procedures, Product Testing, Raw Material & Components and Process Control, and where appropriate relevant BS, EN & ISO Standards are utilised.

Unless a product sold by the supplier is audited and approved through the Code of Practice (CoP) Audit the supplier is not entitled to promote the product using the CoP brand.

Supplier members are encouraged to participate in NASC committees, read minutes, and feedback comments, in support of improving the scaffolding and access sector in line with the Terms of Reference of all committees and the rules of NASC.

NASC annual membership subscription is £1,085 for companies with an annual turnover of less than £1,000,000 rising on a sliding scale to £13,943 for companies with an annual turnover in excess of £26,600,000. Turnover is taken from the year end accounts supplied two years prior to the current year.

Please see here for 2024 subscription bands.

A non-refundable fee of £500 (plus VAT) must be forwarded after the completed application has been submitted online.

Note: For some applications the NASC will request additional information to gain a better understanding of the product or service provided.