The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has drawn attention to the failures of large contractors when it comes to fair payments, particularly after Build UK published payment performance figures of its top member companies. Despite [read more…]
The link between inadequate housing and poor physical and mental health that costs the NHS £2.5bn a year is among the key themes of a new NHBC Foundation publication. This relationship with health is explored [read more…]
Attracting more young people into the sector is top of the agenda for Arthur McArdle, the new National President of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Arthur McArdle was elected National President of the FMB, [read more…]
The UK’s vote to leave the EU has pushed construction wages up 11%, according to recent data from Engage Technology Partners. In an analysis of pay trends following the referendum in 2016, the staffing software supplier [read more…]
Bob Dalrymple, Head of Marketing at leading glass wool insulation manufacturer, Superglass, discusses the increasing importance house-buyers put on the running costs of properties and how housebuilders can use it to their advantage. ‘Location, location, [read more…]
A £1bn VAT bombshell will hit building supplies to the UK if builders merchants are forced to pay 20% VAT upfront on European timber and other materials, warns the Builders Merchants Federation. Parliament voted this [read more…]
Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement last month (16th May 2018) to spend £400m on the refurbishment of 158 high rise buildings identified within England’s social housing estate has been widely welcomed by the construction industry [read more…]
The 2020s promise to be a positive time for the UK construction sector with a government pipeline worth some £600bn of infrastructure investment and plans to boost productivity by a further £15bn annually by driving [read more…]
A report looking at the role that technology will play in the construction industry in the future, has revealed that 3D printed walls, drones and a roof made from recycled plastic bottles from the ocean [read more…]
Leisure contractor Medlock FRB is celebrating a record year which saw revenues soar 47 per cent. Medlock’s turnover in the year to December 2017 was £39.35m, up from £26.83m in the previous 12 months. The [read more…]
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