Revealed: the UK’s biggest van theft hotspots
New research has revealed the UK’s biggest hotspots for van theft, with some regions seeing the number of offences more than double..
CITB boss joins Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce
CITB Chief Executive Tim Balcon is one of 15 construction industry leaders on a new Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce.
The aim of the...
Vital text service launches to provide wellbeing support
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is adding another route to vital wellbeing support by launching their text HARDHAT service.
Lee Marley opens new London HQ
One of the UK’s leading integrated brickwork, scaffolding and stone sub-contractors, Lee Marley Brickwork has opened its new London HQ.
The new headquarters located in...
Subbies pay hits highest on record
Wages for subcontractors in construction have reached the highest level since December 2019 and the highest on record across many parts of the UK.
According...
COVID-19 Plan B announced
The Prime Minister announced that England is moving to Plan B following the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
Lighthouse Christmas lunch raises £210,000 for construction community
Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Christmas event has raised a massive £210,000 to help support the construction community.
It was a long anticipated event in the...
SkillBuild gold medallists excel at “UK’s Construction Olympics”
The winners of SkillBuild ’21 - the “UK's construction Olympics" – have been described as having “the skills everyone is crying out for”.
Fifty-three competitors...
CHAS urges construction sector to embrace building safety scheme
CHAS, the supply-chain risk management expert, has become a registered signatory of Building a Safer Future and is encouraging other members of the built environment sector to do the same.
Construction output continues to decline
Data suggests that the industry's post-Covid recovery now looks to be over.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that in August 2021 construction...
