Acclaimed Rapper Delivers Aspirational Message to Construction Students
Students at Leeds College of Building were treated to a show-stopping seminar this week through the unlikely medium of hip-hop...
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Construction company clocks up £7m in new contracts
A clutch of new contracts in Wales and Shropshire has given a construction firm a £7m boost in the first...
Local authorities spent £4.8bn on construction during Covid-19
New research has revealed the UK local authorities that are increasing their construction funding at the fastest rate, with some...
Applications Now Open for New Construction T Level
A new Construction T Level qualification is now open for applications at the UK’s only specialist further education construction college.Leeds...
Megaprojects: the UK’s five most costly infrastructure projects
Megaprojects provide many of the world’s important infrastructure in areas such as transport, leisure, sport and housing. However, with important...
Positive signs for the construction and electrical industries heading into 2022
Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect, said: “It’s been another year of incredible challenges for both the country and the trade industries, but...
Over 112,000 UK trade businesses have been set up since the first lockdown
Since the first Coronavirus lockdown was announced on 23rd March 2020, over 112,000 trade businesses have been set up in the...
Confidence boost as West Midlands firm builds up top team
Malcolm Priest, the managing director of Greswolde Construction Ltd, the West Midlands based construction company specialising in the education, healthcare,...
Average weekly hours worked in UK construction finally returns to pre-Covid levels
Marco Verdonkschot, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect, said: “Over the last few months, there have been some really encouraging signs that...
UK construction companies increase R&D spend by £70 million
UK construction companies are increasing their investment in innovation, with research and development (R&D) expenditure rising by £70 million, according...