February marked the worst performance in the UK’s construction industry for 10 months and the worst performance since the rise in housebuilding in the UK in the summer of 2013. Construction companies and other contractors are growing in concern that the industry is starting to slow up due to the difficulty to find skilled […]
With the lack of skilled workers in the construction industry and a growth in construction work across the UK, it is meaning that construction companies will need to employ a quarter of a million new workers over the next five years. The construction industry is set to see its biggest growth since the financial […]
The ‘Housing Crisis’ in the UK is still a huge problem and the lack of quality and affordable homes in the South East of England is a worry. The plan to build one million new homes is being slowed due to the lack of skilled workers on the building sites. The plans to build more […]
French contractor Bouygues has inked a deal to deliver Battersea Power Station’s third redevelopment phase, making the contractor the linchpin in the UK’s biggest ever building contract. High bidders Bouygues beat shortlisted competition Balfour Beatty to land the £1bn+ construction contract. The French company will follow up the work of Carillion’s phase one, Sanska’s phase […]
A competition watchdog commissioned by the Government has drawn up plans to prevent cement companies from sending out blanket price rise letters across the construction industry. During a review of competition in the sector, the watchdog found cause to push for greater competition in the sector, which has long been subject to high cement prices […]
“For too long we’ve trained too many hairdressers and not enough bricklayers” is the current gripe of the Local Council Association (LCA), which this month published fresh analysis of the levels of trades training taking place in the UK. According to the LCA, the UK is facing a serious skills shortage, with too few trainees […]
A legal change designed to prevent UK contractors from using cheap migrant labour has been slipped into a new directive launched to help enforce the EU posted workers directive. The original EU posted workers directive has been in place for a number of years, introduced to stop posted workers being paid less than native workers, […]
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced plans to build 12,000 new homes in four new housing zones in London. The newly unveiled plans will see huge swathes of the city transformed and give London a much-needed housing boost. The latest zones to be announced will be located in Enfield, Tower Hamlets, Havering and Redbridge. […]
In a historic vote for “joined up thinking” in the construction industry 28 major firms have joined Build UK, giving the formation of the new trade body the go ahead. Build UK will be a new name and a new direction for an amalgamation of the former UK Contractors’ Group (UKCG) and the National Specialist […]
Construction growth appears to be bouncing back following an uncertain period in March and April 2015, most likely the result of pre-election jitters. The after effects of May 2015’s General Election have seen construction getting back on track, with confidence high amongst construction buyers. Despite low figures compared to February 2015, which saw the Markit/CIPS […]
The collapse of GB Building has left subcontractors £39 million out of pocket, according to the administrator’s report published two months after the company’s crash in March 2015. Administrators BDO have also suggested that affected subcontractors are extremely unlikely to ever see a penny of their money paid back. Domino debts Following the collapse of GB Buildings, subcontractors […]
