A new report based on the accounts of 1,708 construction companies has shown a slow-down in turnover growth across the sector over the last three years. The average number of employees also fell slightly over [read more…]
New research survey reveals two-thirds of firms point to preventable problems like rework and overruns as a serious drain on resources. The productivity of UK construction firms is being held back by a lack of [read more…]
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Kathrine Eddon, Head of Public Procurement, and Michelle Essen, Managing Associate in Construction, give their take on the possible implications of a No-Deal Brexit on the UK construction sector. In nearly six months’ time, [read more…]
Joanne Young, a Legal Director in the Property Litigation Team at national law firm Ashfords LLP and a specialist in housing management, provides her insight on the issue of social housing and tenancy agreements. In [read more…]
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…]
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