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Soluis Group secures £1 million innovate UK Grant for the Construction Industry

A Soluis Group-led consortium has secured £1 million of funding from Innovate UK to develop an Augmented Worker System (AWE), pioneering the use of virtual and augmented [...]

September 21, 2017

New Orders in Construction Fall to the Lowest in Three Years

ONS figures published today show that construction output in July fell by 0.9% and was 0.4% lower compared with one year earlier. In addition, new orders in Q2 declined 7.8% [...]

September 11, 2017

Lack of focus on recruitment ‘could force building firms out of business’

A lack of focus on bolstering the workforce could push construction firms out of business, according to One Way. An analysis by the specialist rail and construction [...]

August 30, 2017

Double celebration as Robertson Group becomes first Ultra Site in Scotland

Construction of new world-class Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre recognised as beacon of best practice by Considerate Constructors Scheme. Robertson Group’s [...]

August 30, 2017

Morgan Sindall has reported a 44% leap in pre-tax profits in 2017

Morgan Sindall has reported a 44% leap in pre-tax profits in the first half of 2017 as it doubled its construction margin. For the six months to 30th June 2017 Morgan [...]

August 15, 2017

Construction industry bounces back after a recent stall in growth

After a torrid month in May for construction, figures began to move in the right direction across June, with contract awards increasing by 12%, as a number of high profile [...]

August 9, 2017

Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity & Considerate Constructors Scheme launch new initiative

Where does your workforce turn to for support? The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and the Considerate Constructors Scheme have launched a new initiative to help [...]

August 9, 2017

Immigration Bill is priority for construction, says Federation of Master Builders

The Government’s Immigration Bill must ensure that British business has access to sufficient levels of EU workers or major construction projects will grind to a halt, the [...]

July 27, 2017

UK depends on immigrant construction labour, research shows

In new research commissioned by the Construction Industry Training Board, it shows the full extent of the UK’s dependency on immigrant construction labour. The large-scale, [...]

July 20, 2017

Construction contracts moving from London and south-east, says new report

Construction contracts have shifted from being mainly in London and the South-East to a more even spread across the country, according to Barbour ABI and the Construction [...]

July 14, 2017

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