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Over 100 new apprenticeships are to be created alongside the construction of a new prison in Wrexham, North Wales over the next couple of years, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Lend Lease, the company who was awarded the construction project, will create the new apprenticeship places.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) along with the UK Contractors Group (UKCG) is calling on parents, teachers and careers advisers to encourage children to pursue a career in construction, following a prediction that over 220,000 workers will be needed by 2019 to meet demand, a recent news report has been able to reveal.

Members of staff working for the South Ayrshire Council’s Property & Maintenance department have decided to go on strike following a long-standing dispute that’s been escalating since back in August 2013.

Childcare costs have risen by 27% over the past five years, which means that many families are faced with the prospect of at least one family member giving up on their current occupation or not even searching for employment according to the Family and Childcare Trust.

UK growth will continue to outshine its counterparts in Europe and progress is ‘steady as she goes’, the CBI has forecast.

A total of 140 new homes are set to be built in a Cornish development, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

Around 190 new homes are set to be built in Durham and Darlington as part of a £20m project that will also see new communal areas being built, a recent report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

The number of graduate vacancies is set to rise by 11.9% in the coming year, the latest figures released by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) have been able to reveal.

The large majority of millenials working in the UK believe that the organizations they’re currently employed with do not make “full use” of the skills they have to offer, research by professional services firm Deloitte has been able to reveal.

Almost a quarter (24%) of employers plan to award higher salaries for permanent positions in January 2015 than in November 2014, recent research by KPMG and the REC has been able to reveal. The Report on Jobs paper also pointed out a decrease in candidate availability, and highlighted skills shortages in several areas, including HR, legal and project management.

The Mayor of London has revealed plans to invest millions of pounds into two new schemes designed to help speed up the delivery of new homes and improve affordable home ownership. Shared ownership helps people on low to medium incomes own a home, requiring lower deposits, and will be given a further funding boost of up to £180m with The Mayor’s First Steps Challenge Fund.

The UK’s economy continued to grow over the three months to December, albeit at the slowest pace since 2013, recent figures published by the CBI in their latest Growth Indicator were able to reveal.