The government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) regulations to make houses in the UK more energy efficient and improve quality and installation standards across the energy industry have been formalised by parliament. The new regulations (ECO3: [read more…]
Jenny Tragner, director at research and development (R&D) tax credit consultancy, ForrestBrown, explains how UK construction SMEs aren’t making the most of R&D tax credit incentives. R&D tax credits are designed to encourage greater R&D [read more…]
Leading roof window manufacturer, VELUX®, is inviting tradespeople to attend their first ever Installer Conference in London on 13th November. The event will give industry professionals, business partners and their apprentices an exclusive first-look at [read more…]
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has welcomed the release of the report following the first phase of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire and will comment further once the findings have [read more…]
Pump hire specialist, Sykes Pumps, has played a vital role in ensuring the safety of workers delivering an emergency repair project at a sewer main on a busy East London high street with an overpumping [read more…]
Nadhim Zahawi MP, the Minister for Business and Industry, has acknowledged the vital role the building materials industry will play in the development and delivery of new technologies that will significantly reduce carbon emissions, to [read more…]
As befits a company with 135 years of operation under its belt; plumbing, heating and bathroom specialists Fayers has successfully moved with the times since its creation in 1884. The company is now committed to [read more…]
Tarmac Cement has supported Band of Builders’ latest project by providing sponsorship and Blue Circle packed cement products to help transform the home of a widow in Lennoxtown, Scotland. Band of Builders, a charity which [read more…]
The UK’s leading fabricator of premium light weight lattice beams, has announced that it has changed its name from Metsec Lattice Beams Ltd to MLB Steel Ltd. The name change reflects the company’s growing portfolio [read more…]
Productivity in UK construction firms is being held back by the same challenges as 12 months ago, as efforts remain slow to adopt digital technology for the jobsite. According to Digital Groundwork: Closing the Productivity [read more…]
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