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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

Current skills crisis in the construction industry a ‘ticking time bomb’

The current skills crisis in the construction industry could be exacerbated even further post-Brexit unless more work is put into developing talent pipelines, according to [...]

June 1, 2017

Strong start to purchases of building products for Q1 2017

The latest figures from the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirmed a strong start to 2017 with a further three months of growth in the sales of building [...]

June 1, 2017

London build costs continue to spiral despite falling pound

Construction costs in London have jumped 5% over the past 12 months, but the falling pound has knocked the UK capital down from third to fifth place in an international [...]

May 16, 2017

Australian court fines union and 7 leaders over site blockade

An Australian union and seven of its officials have been penalised in court for unlawful conduct that halted work at the AU$1.2bn (£690m) Perth Children’s Hospital [...]

May 16, 2017

4.4 million working days lost to work-related illnesses & injuries in Construction

Health and safety statistics for the UK produced by the HSE state that around 4% of workers, in both the construction and education sectors, suffer from an illness they [...]

May 3, 2017

Construction sector witnesses 4% increase in SME entrants since 2010

The construction sector saw a 4% increase in the number of SMEs from 2010 according to the latest study from specialist challenger bank Hampshire Trust Bank. The research [...]

April 25, 2017

Construction subcontractors forced to accept contract terms

Over half of UK subcontractors believe they must accept the terms of contracts with large construction firms, or face the risk of losing future business, according to new [...]

March 29, 2017

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