The charity that supports the nation’s construction workers and their families is launching a crisis appeal so that it can respond to the needs of our workforce as a result of Covid-19 The Lighthouse Construction [read more…]
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) collaboration is to throw its weight behind an emergency initiative by Leesman, building a global pan-industry response group to the threat [read more…]
A specialist healthcare construction and engineering firm is working with the NHS to deliver additional hospital bed capacity in the continued fight against Covid-19, with support from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. London and Essex-based CFES delivers [read more…]
JCB is suspending UK production until at least the end of April as a result of the coronavirus crisis and will continue to pay employees unable to work, the company announced yesterday (Wednesday 25th April). The [read more…]
Selco Builders Warehouse has announced its branch network will close for the next three weeks due to the Covid-19 situation. Chief executive, Howard Luft, cited the welfare of customers, colleagues and suppliers as paramount after [read more…]
The National Federation of Builders has welcomed the government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, recognising that the situation can only be improved by taking a long term approach. Richard Beresford, chief executive of the [read more…]
The iconic Strawberry Field site in Woolton Liverpool, immortalised by John Lennon in the Beatles hit “Strawberry Fields Forever”, had been gifted to The Salvation Army but the site had lain derelict for the last [read more…]
Built Environment Skills In Schools (BESS) today (Monday 23rd March) urged construction employers to keep their eye on schools engagement and to utilise digital channels as much as possible during the COVID-19 situation. To support [read more…]
When it comes to construction sites, it’s still very much a man’s world. But that is something leading housebuilder Persimmon Homes is keen to change – and the company’s only female site manager, Jade Simmons, [read more…]
Midlands-based GF Tomlinson is celebrating its successful selection as a key contractor on the prestigious University of Birmingham Build Higher framework. The new £500m ten-year construction framework will focus on improving higher education facilities in [read more…]
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