Around 100,000 new construction workers will be required over the next five years for completing vital infrastructure projects, a recent report has been able to find.
The closure of SSI UK’s iron and steelmaking plant in Redcar will lead to 1,700 jobs being lost in the region, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
The output in the construction industry decreased by 1% in July 2015 after increasing by 0.9% in June, recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has been able to find. New orders for the construction industry in the second quarter (Apr to June) were estimated to have decreased by 0.4% compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) and increased by 1.9% compared with the second quarter of 2014.
The UK’s housing minister has urged more young people to consider a career in the construction industry, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Mr Brandon Lewis made the appeal as he attended an open day at the Hodgkinson Brickwork Academy at Derby College. He added the industry was improving again due to the Government putting housebuilding at the heart of its long-term economic plan.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has urged local authorities and housing associations to increase the amounts they spend with SMEs, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The FMB has argued that, while the Government’s announcement that every £1 in £3 is spent with small businesses is welcome, this only applies to central government contracts.
Fully automated time and attendance systems can help alert managers when staffing levels are expected to go under a pre-set level – for example, when workers decide to go on strike. And that’s exactly what might happen on the site of the Sellafield nuclear plant, where workers are to stage a wave of industrial actions over a health and safety dispute.
Ambitious plans to build a new railway station in Cambridge have been recommended for approval by officers at Cambridge City Council, a news report in the local business media can reveal.
Plans to build the tallest office tower in Birmingham have recently been approved by Birmingham City Council, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The Birmingham City Council approved plans to demolish a 22-storey, 1970s-built NatWest Tower, which has been unoccupied since 2003, and replace it with a new £60m 26-storey building.
A well-known UK construction company has create multiple new jobs after winning a string of very lucrative contracts, a recent news report in the business media has been able to reveal.
The UK government has announced plans to relax planning rules, making it a lot easier for developers to build on suitable disused land, a media news report has been able to reveal.
SMEs in the construction industry are set to receive a £100 million cash injection from the UK government in order to bolster house building and delivery, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The Housing Growth Partnership will act as a dedicated initiative that will invest alongside smaller builders in new development.
The UK’s small and medium businesses require more support from the Government and believe that the Chancellor, George Osborne, should strengthen the small business community by continuing to back growing firms, stimulate economic growth and reduce the overall deficit.
