Plumbing and heating professionals across the UK are calling on politicians to make room amid the Brexit tumult to focus on critical changes needed to create a resilient and sustainable construction sector. A joint election [read more…]
Chris Strong, director of skills and employability at IVE, the progressive training company, gives some pointers on how the UK construction can address the ongoing stagnation in productivity that the industry is seeing. Be efficient, [read more…]
Builders and developers across the UK registered a total of 15,343 new homes during October according to NHBC’s latest statistics, a year-on-year increase of 6% (October 2018: 14,494). 10,688 were registered in the private sector [read more…]
Independent and family-run businesses often testify to their success being built on word of mouth, their long-standing reputation, and relationships developed over many years. This can mean that formal contracts are often forgotten, causing problems [read more…]
Foam sealing tapes can drive faster installation and improve energy efficiency, says Andy Swift of ISO Chemie, sales and operations manager – UK & ROI, ISO Chemie, who considers their use in offsite modular construction. [read more…]
Jenny Tragner, director at research and development (R&D) tax credit consultancy, ForrestBrown, explains how UK construction SMEs aren’t making the most of R&D tax credit incentives. R&D tax credits are designed to encourage greater R&D [read more…]
Productivity in UK construction firms is being held back by the same challenges as 12 months ago, as efforts remain slow to adopt digital technology for the jobsite. According to Digital Groundwork: Closing the Productivity [read more…]
UK construction companies are putting the future of their organisation and the safety of their staff at risk, after a new study has found that 67% of 2,000 construction firms admit that they would fail a formal ‘on [read more…]
Only half (51%) of business leaders in the construction sector have confidence in their bribery and corruption controls, 18% below the global average (69%), according to new research from the latest Global Fraud and Risk [read more…]
GMB, the union for construction workers, has issued a stark warning after PMI figures for orders in the UK construction for September showed the industry facing a ‘torrid time’. The new data for September recorded [read more…]
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