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…]
The Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor) recently warned that the UK faces declining supplies of home grown wood due to lack of productive tree planting. With the country currently needing to import over 80% of its wood requirement, the [read more…]
On any construction site, there is an obligation to provide appropriate and adequate welfare facilities, as well as to ensure you have the correct equipment to meet all legislative requirements. So when it comes to equipping [read more…]
Last autumn, a landmark court judgement was delivered against HMRC after its denial of £1m worth of research and development (R&D) tax relief to construction firm Quinn (London) Limited. R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown successfully [read more…]
As a UK leading site equipment provider, Garic firmly believes in the need to support sustainability in the construction industry and in this article it looks at how the barriers to achieving this can be [read more…]
The impact of inflation across the construction supply chain fuelled by energy increases has led one of the UK’s largest buying groups to call for “realism” in pricing negotiations. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) [read more…]
In February 2022, the volume of construction output decreased by 0.3%, following a 1.6% increase in January 2022 and the first monthly decrease since October 2021, according to the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) [read more…]
From 1st April, new legislation comes into effect regarding the use of red diesel and rebated fuels, which has been used in a variety of industries often associated with agriculture and construction. The Government initially [read more…]
Extending buildings upwards could help to tackle the UK’s housing crisis and meet net zero commitments, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. A study led by Charles Gillott, a Grantham Scholar in [read more…]
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