Skills shortages and the cost-of-living crisis have driven salaries up across construction, despite the demand for staff beginning to slow. That’s according to the latest report from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The [read more…]
According to new data and forecasts released by HMRC, there was a decrease in the amount spent on research and development (R&D) by construction firms in 2021, compared to previous years. The amount spent on [read more…]
The latest market analysis by Unlatch estimates that the UK’s residential construction industry could increase in value by almost 20% by 2025, despite the fact that its current performance is yet to fully return to [read more…]
After seeing off all contenders, it has been confirmed that Rishi Sunak will be the new leader of the Conservative Party and is therefore destined to become Prime Minister. With so much at stake for [read more…]
The second annual social value benchmarking report has revealed that over £1bn of economic, social and environmental improvements were made by the UK construction industry last year. The Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report was [read more…]
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Des Duddy, Joint Managing Director of Protrade, analyses the current state of the construction industry and what it can learn from the Great Recession which hit [read more…]
In this timely article, Bruce Kennedy, Architect Director at BDP, talks about the use of biophilic design for the Heriot Watt campus in Dubai. When visitors cross the threshold of Heriot Watt’s new university campus [read more…]
According to the latest June 2022 year-on-year (YoY) property market data from Halifax, the average UK property rose in price by 13%, to a record £294,845 for a typical property, defying any expectations of a slowdown. In [read more…]
With the Building Safety Act coming into force today (Tuesday 28th June), where many leaseholders will be legally protected from unfair bills to make their homes safe, Cllr Darren Rodwell, Local Government Association housing spokesperson, [read more…]
The construction industry produces a substantial amount of waste every year. In fact, according to a study by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in 2018, this amounted to 62% of all waste in the [read more…]
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