Specialist recruiter Acorn is encouraging more women to enter the predominately-male construction workforce through a series of events within South Wales. The events, dubbed ‘Careers for Women in Construction’, bring together local employers and jobseekers to [read more…]
An initiative to address the skills shortage in the construction sector and make the industry more diverse and inclusive is calling for businesses to get involved and inspire the next generation of workers. Organised by Built Environment [read more…]
With International Women in Engineering Day taking place on 23rd June, a national training provider is celebrating increased growth in the recruitment of female engineers to the industry. The Construction and Design Centre of Excellence [read more…]
As Grimsby Service Centre Manager at FLG Services, the UK’s largest dedicated lifting and safety provider, Jo Stamp, approaches three decades in the heavy lifting industry, she reflects on the highlights and diversity her 29-year career [read more…]
GRAHAM Construction is set to support an innovative new course to create better links between education and the construction industry. The Female into Construction course, run by New College Lanarkshire, is open to 16 female [read more…]
House builders need to do more to attract women and young people if the industry is to avoid a workforce crisis, new research from the NHBC Foundation has found. NHBC Foundation report: The gender and age [read more…]
On Friday 19 May 15 women from London attended a free ‘trade’ taster workshop focused on Repairs & Maintenance and organised by Mears Group, the leading provider of maintenance services to social housing, working in partnership [read more…]
Thousands of employers published their gender pay gap figures for the first time yesterday (Thursday 6 April), helping break the glass ceiling and create a more modern workforce. The UK is one of the first [read more…]
When it comes to making vital decisions regarding building work, women are twice as likely to have the final say on the style and scope of the project, according to new research by the Federation [read more…]
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