Enigma set for End to End Charity Motorbike Ride
Enigma employees and partners are undertaking the ultimate endurance challenge weekend of Saturday 26th June 2021. The fundraising team will ride motorbikes a distance of 984 miles from Lands End, Cornwall to John O’Groats, Scotland. To raise awareness and funds for Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health, who for over a century have been helping former...
Coventry Scaffolding Plants 70 New Trees For Its 70th Birthday
Scaffold contractor and Royal Warrant Holder, Coventry Scaffolding, is celebrating its 70th birthday this year. As part of a year of celebrations, the London and south-east scaffolding company are pledging to plant 70 trees – one for each year they have been operating – to mark the occasion. The trees will be planted in partnership with The Woodland Trust, the...
International Scaffolding Championship 2020
The International Scaffolding Championship 2020 is again set to take place this April. System scaffolders from around Europe are poised to once again compete in the now annual Scaffolding Championship organised by the Baltic Scaffolding Association (BSA). Registration is now open for this year's event which is set to take place on 24th April in Vilnius, Lithuania. The free registration is...
£250,000 Raised at Lighthouse Construction Industry’s Charity Lunch
A record-breaking quarter of a million pounds was raised at the Lighthouse Construction Industry's Charity lunch, held at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London on Friday 6th December. The cash was raised through table sales, live and silent auctions, heads and tails, a raffle and event sponsorship. All of the money will directly benefit construction families in crisis and help...
TRAD UK shines spotlight on diversity and inclusivity
A UK scaffolding group has hosted an industry seminar with guest speaker Katie Piper to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusivity in scaffolding and wider construction. TRAD Scaffolding, part of TRAD UK, has highlighted the importance of diversity and inclusivity within the scaffolding and wider construction industries by hosting a seminar for clients, staff and some of its workforce. The...
Scaffolding firm is a flying success at business showcase event
Scottish scaffolding firm MJR Group Solutions held a business showcase event on Wednesday that included landing a helicopter on a custom-designed cantilevered scaffold helipad. A number of invited guests from Scotlands construction industry converged on Wednesday at the swanky Lochside Hotel in New Cumnock, Scotland. Guests attending the business showcase event were able to learn more about the recently established Kilmarnock-based...
Trade Organisation to hold its third Contract Law Seminar
The Scaffolding Association and Birketts LLP Solicitors are set to co-host its Northern Contract Law Seminar in Leeds. The Scaffolding Association (SA) has again joined forces with Birketts LLP Solicitors to run a seminar on Contract Law and relevant contract issues called "How not to make a rod for your own back...” The event will take place at the Malmaison Leeds...
Scaffolders charity golf day success
SCP and Forgeco hold its first-ever Scaffolders Golf Championship at the Belfry. Scaffold and Construction Products (SCP) and Forgeco, suppliers of scaffold and construction products and components, held their first-ever Scaffolders Golf Championship to crown “Golfer of the Year” at the prestigious Belfry Golf Resort near Birmingham. Despite the poor weather conditions, players turned up in force to support the...
New innovations unveiled at Layher’s open day
Five new products launched at Layher's Partnership Open Day held in Hertfordshire. LAYHER the world's largest system scaffolding manufacturer officially launched a flurry of new products to the UK market on Thursday. The new UK product announcements came as Layher UK showcased its latest developments at its biannual Partnership Open Day held at Layher UK's Headquarters in Letchworth. Over 190 invited guests...
Trade body to hold second Temporary Works Seminar
Scaffolding trade body the NASC and Temporary Works Forum (TWF) are set to co-host a free seminar in Bristol. The half-day event that will take place next month will cover a broad range of temporary works topics, with a particular focus on scaffolding, and is aimed at both contractors and clients. Speakers include Ashley Daniels, Head of Lifting & Temporary Works...
