With it being International Day of Women and Girls working in Science last week. Claire Spillane, Finance Director at Westermans International, looks at the state of play and why we need to encourage more women into welding [read more…]
Emma Porter has been named the new Managing Director of Story Contracting’s Construction Division. Since returning to the business in April 2019, Emma has taken the reins of the division, leading the team to deliver [read more…]
Coinciding with International Women in Engineering Day (23 June), Story Contracting formed a ‘Women in Story’ working group to drive forward the company’s commitment to create an inclusive and diverse business as part of its [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…]
The Skills Minister has appointed two leading women from the industry as trustees of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Anne Milton MP has today (Tuesday 12 March) announced that Training and Development Director at [read more…]
In 2019 the property world continues to be a male-dominated working environment, with an overwhelmingly higher proportion of men over women (85% v 15%) working in the industry, especially those in leadership positions. In an [read more…]
An industry-leading hirer of portable site accommodation and secure storage containers is challenging stereotypes with the appointment of a female HGV driver. Mobile Mini, which has recently been awarded FORS Gold accreditation for the sixth [read more…]
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has triumphed at the London Construction Awards, winning the ‘Women in Construction’ Award for its national ‘Spotlight on…women in construction’ campaign. The award recognises the Scheme’s exceptional efforts to boost the [read more…]
Specialist recruiter Acorn is encouraging more women to enter the predominately-male construction workforce through a series of events within South Wales. The events, dubbed ‘Careers for Women in Construction’, bring together local employers and jobseekers to [read more…]
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