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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

McCann supports the next generation as part of national Go4SET initiative

Electrical and civil engineering firm, McCann, support GO4SET initiative for next generation of construction workers. McCann, has been supporting a group of students from [...]

July 13, 2017

Construction skills scheme extended after first year success

An innovative scheme to attract more talent into the built environment sector is being extended after a successful first year. Last year Gateshead College teamed up with a [...]

July 3, 2017

British consumers projected to spend £35bn on home improvements

Despite the country’s current economic and political uncertainty, six out of ten Brits look set to splash the cash on refurbishments and upgrades to the tune of about [...]

June 27, 2017

Private rented sector households double in 10 years and expected to rise

The proportion of households living in the private rented sector (PRS) has doubled in the last 10 years to five million, and is expected to reach 5.79 million by the end of [...]

June 21, 2017

70% of construction industry unaware of new data protection rules

British construction and building firms are unaware of the new wide-ranging data protection rules which come into force in less than a year’s time, despite 25% admitting [...]

June 15, 2017

Strong growth in Germany’s construction industry for a record seven months

Strong growth in Germany’s construction activity continued in May, with the rate of expansion the second-fastest in 14 months. The findings are from the lastest IHS Markit [...]

June 15, 2017

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