BESA launches wide reaching skills service
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has created a new skills and policy department to address the industry’s major training and recruitment challenges. The [...]
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Government’s new degree apprenticeship funding plans are a major blow to construction firms
The government’s new plans to restrict levy funding of level 7 apprenticeships will widen the skills gap, hinder the economy and have a significant financial impact on [...]
Forterra Construction Hub scheme delivers brick donation to colleges
Leading building products manufacturer Forterra has embarked on the third year of its Construction Hub scheme, aiding construction colleges across the country with much [...]
Construction college boosts Retrofit Awareness
Last year, a leading Stevenage-based further-education provider became the first college in Hertfordshire to offer a complimentary Retrofit Awareness course to full-time [...]
Grayson partners with St.Edmunds society to enhance education with cutting-edge training materials
Grayson, a leading provider of construction consumables, is proud to announce a new partnership with St Edmunds Society (St Eds), a Norwich-based charity offering vocational [...]
Actis backs HBF scheme to encourage more women into construction
A programme aimed at encouraging more women to embrace construction as a career has been welcomed by insulation specialist Actis. The Women into Home Building programme, run [...]
Markden Homes Welcomes Two New Apprentices.
UK housebuilder Markden Homes has announced the addition of two promising apprentices to its team: Alicia Walchester and Leighton Downings. Alicia Walchester has embarked on [...]
Bouygues UK to build St John’s Academy CE Secondary School in Oxfordshire
Bouygues UK has been appointed as lead contractor to build a new secondary school for the Department of Education in Grove, Oxfordshire. St John’s Academy, a £28.2 project [...]
Could standardised formwork training significantly reduce work-related accidents on construction sites?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that of the total 135 workers killed in work-related accidents in 2022/23, 45 were in construction, with just over half (51%) [...]
Overcoming Self-Sabotage: Breaking Negative Patterns
Do you ever take one step forward only to take two steps back? Are you constantly battling against your own progress, feeling stuck in a cycle of self-sabotage? You’re [...]
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