ECIC, the specialist insurer for the building services sector, is warning roofing contractors working on major building sites and projects, that they may not be covered under the site’s project policy as they have been [read more…]
With confirmation that Boris Johnson MP has secured the leadership of the Conservative Party, in the process paving the way for him to become prime minister, the UK construction industry has reacted to the news… [read more…]
The requirements of a modern building have changed dramatically in recent years. Not so very long ago a building simply had to provide a space for people to live, learn, work or visit. Now they [read more…]
Restructuring of Hire Association Europe Limited’s business operations will allow the trade organisation to spearhead continuous improvement in standards across the specialist tools, plant and event hire sector, says the new Executive Director Certification Services, [read more…]
Former Armed Forces personnel have the perfect traits for careers in construction and logistics, according to one of the country’s leading suppliers of building materials, SIG Distribution, which has provided a range of careers for [read more…]
The UK construction sector employs around 3m people of which only 13% are women – a proportion that has barely risen since the recession in 2008. However, the opportunities for women in construction remain rich [read more…]
GMB, the construction union, has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the construction industry. The analysis, revealed at GMB’s annual Congress in Brighton today (Tuesday 11 June), shows at [read more…]
A group of developers, contractors and housing associations have today (Thursday 6 June) launched a new Building Safety Charter in a call to action to raise the bar for building safety. The Early Adopters Group, established last summer following Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, signed the Charter during its initial unveiling in London, where it was backed by the Housing Minister, Kit Malthouse MP. [read more…]
The spring 2019 edition of the bi-annual London Development Barometer (LDB) survey by M3 Consulting was taken in mid-April to compile a snapshot of market sentiment just after the announcement of the latest Brexit extension. [read more…]
The announcement to suspend or remove some of the worst offenders follows chief executive of the NFB Richard Beresford’s call to action for the Government to show the industry its teeth in enforcing existing payment [read more…]
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