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Accredited training can help tradesmen reassure customers.

A Derbyshire home improvements company has shown that nurturing the talent of its employees while providing impeccable client care has been pivotal to thriving during the economic crisis.

A drive to bring empty homes in Rochdale back into use is enlisting the skills of unemployed trainee tradesmen and women to carry out the work.

Suffolk masonry products manufacturer, Lignacite, has produced what it claims to be the "world’s first carbon-negative building block”.

The City of London Council has teamed up with facilities giant, Kier, to launch six new construction and facilities apprenticeships.

Makita has launched its new M-Class VC3211M dust extractor.

The new code of practice from the Precast Flooring Federation will help to maintain standards on the UK’s construction sites.

A young Welsh plumber will represent his country at the national final of SkillPLUMB after winning the Welsh arm of the award.

Two young apprentices have embarked on intensive industry training programmes with Coventry-based construction firm, Stepnell.

Homeowners urged to nominate talented decorators for award.

New research on jobs in the UK construction sector has shed light on the national fluctuations of the recovery of the post-recession industry.

Halifax Home Insurance has advised people not to get too trigger happy with DIY and to call in professionals for major jobs, so as not to risk invalidating their insurance policies.