Average weekly earnings for self-employed construction trades rose by just 2.3% year on year in April, as demand for skilled labour slowed across England and Wales.
New figures from Hudson Contract, one of the UK construction industry’s largest payroll providers, showed average weekly earnings of £1,022 during the month.
The rise was below the latest CPIH inflation...
Australia’s scaffolding trade body has said the voluntary administration of the Kwikform group highlights wider concerns over subcontractor exposure and payment risk across the construction sector.
The Scaffolding Association Australia said the appointment of administrators to the group would have a direct impact on workers, subcontractors, creditors and the wider construction industry.
Kwikform, one of Australia’s major...
Lee Marley Group has received a King’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its work to widen access to careers in construction.
The large-scale construction...
Baton has opened applications for its Early Adopter Programme, giving scaffolding contractors early access to a software platform designed specifically for construction subcontractors.
The company said the system had been built to help scaffold firms gain better control over operations, compliance and commercial performance by bringing key workflows into one connected platform.
Baton describes the system as...
PHD Access is playing a central role in the latest phase of the HMS Victory conservation programme at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, delivering the specialist temporary...
In the heart of Manchester’s financial district, a major high-rise development is setting new benchmarks for construction scaffolding in the UK. For this complex inner-city...
When Aaron King talks about turning points, he does not hesitate.
"It was when my kids had to come and see me in prison," he says. "Watching them upset, then going back to my cell, not able to do anything about it."
When he walked out, he left with little more than the clothes he was wearing....