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Research reveals shocking levels of discrimination and sexual misconduct in the architecture industry

New research from ARB has found that architects face more discrimination and sexual misconduct than many other professions.

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NHF proposes two new board members

The National Housing Federation has nominated two new board members… Sean Anstee, leader of Trafford Council, and Suzanne Fitzpatrick, an academic, have been recommended by...

Esh Construction opens West Yorkshire operations centre

A new operations centre is to open to support Esh Construction teams across Yorkshire and the East Midlands… Esh Construction has opened a new regional...

New construction skills centre opens in South London

A £10m construction skills centre has opened in London to provide training for the next generation of workers… A new centre aimed at training the...

New chairman for Construction Industry Council

Professor John Nolan has joined the Construction Industry Council as chairman… The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has taken on new chairman, it has emerged. Professor...

Drugs and alcohol at the centre of new CCS campaign

The Considerate Constructors Scheme have placed drugs and alcohol use in the construction sector at the centre of a new campaign… Concerns relating to the...

Brexit vote could cause labour shortages

The construction sector has expressed concerns that the vote to leave the EU could lead to a huge shortfall in workers… Skills shortages in the...

New construction apprenticeship scholarship programme launched

A new apprenticeship scholarship has been launched in Cumbria, which will benefit young people in the region… Hudson Contract has launched a new apprenticeship scholarship...

Building services and FM firm goes into administration

A building services and facilities management company based in Warwickshire has ceased trading… EiC, a building service and facilities management company has gone into administration....

Campaign to attract former armed forces could plug skills gap

The Chartered Institute of Building has joined a campaign aimed at attracting former members of the UK’s armed forces to the construction sector… The skills...

Cardiff and London law firm named top for construction cases

A law firm based in Cardiff and London has been named the best in the UK for handling construction legal cases… According to a new...

Midlands college to open construction centre

Stourbridge College in the Midlands is set to open a £1.5m construction centre in September… Work is underway on a new construction centre that will...

Scottish construction jobs fall

Scottish construction employment figures declined by 1,000 during the first quarter of 2016, it has emerged… The Scottish construction job market reportedly saw a decline...

Increase in construction job vacancies is not good news

A recruiter has warned an increase in the number of job vacancies in the construction sector during May is not good news… Construction and rail...

Persimmon £600m management bonuses ‘too high’

A leading City investor has warned plans to pay Persimmon’s management a share of £600m in bonuses over the next five years is ‘too...

The effect of Brexit on the construction industry

The effect that a Brexit could have on the construction skills shortage is examined by Actis UK and Ireland director Matthew King, who wonders...

Patrick Jelly joins Hewden

National specialist equipment and crane hire firm Hewden has appointed former Pitney Bowes boss, Patrick Jelly to the newly created role of Group Sales and...

Illegal construction worker father and sons team jailed

A father and two sons who employed nearly 200 construction workers illegally have been jailed for over 17 years in total… Three men have been...

Scaffold training contract for North East Scotland signed

A deal between the Construction Industry Training Board and ASET International Oil & Gas Training Academy will see the first scaffolding training centre built...

Talent shortages behind growth of bricklayers pay

An analysis has revealed a shortage of talent is behind an increase in bricklayers’ pay, rather than an increase in demand… Analysis from construction and...

Solving the construction skills gap with women power?

It is a fact that there is a growing construction skills gap in the UK. Randstad CPE have carried out a recent survey suggesting...

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