A successful Essex junior football team has been given extra foundations in their quest for success this season – after securing the backing of one of the UK’s leading builders merchants. Bowers & Pitsea under 14s will carry the name of Selco Builders Warehouse – which has a store on Crompton Close in Basildon –…
Leading independent lighting manufacturer Tamlite Lighting has scooped its second sustainability award in as many months after it was named winner of the Circular Economy Initiative of the Year at the Materials Recycling World (MRW) National Recycling Awards 2021. The awards are the most prestigious honours in the recycling and resource management sector, and recognise leaders…
The Joint Industry Board (JIB) has released its 2021 Annual Review, which highlights key achievements delivered for its members with Direct Employment featuring as a key story from the year, as well as the JIB’s crucial actions in response to priorities identified in the 2020 JIB Membership Survey. The priorities for members were the increased…
Access Training launches first of its kind recruitment arm New service will support trainees develop career and secure employment for 3 years from initial start date Online learning portal Access Training UK has today announced a new recruitment arm, which will help its students find a position and develop their career long after their initial…
Earnings for self-employed electricians increased by 1.6 per cent to £1,123 last month, according to latest analysis of the construction industry’s biggest payroll. Hudson Contract, a £1.6bn-turnover group, is the UK’s largest provider of tax status and employment contract services to the industry and has a client base of more than 2,500 construction SMEs. Ian…
More than 30 jobs are set to be created in Exeter after a major UK builders merchant revealed that it will open a new branch next year. Selco Builders Warehouse is due to open its new store on Filmer Way in Exeter in April. It will be Selco’s 73rd branch in the UK,and continues its…
A third of firms to join the Construction Leadership Council’s, CLC, latest round of net-zero champions are SMEs. These include Benfield Timber Buildings who supply timber frames for housebuilders, solar panel and battery supplier EvoEnergy and Zed pods which builds micro-homes above car parks. CLC co-chair Andy Mitchell said: “The power of the CLC comes…
Almost all UK trades businesses expected demand for their services to grow into 2022 Increasing cost of materials, fuel and people to impact over two-thirds of firms negatively Technology spending growth is expected to outpace rise in employees and other investments UK trades firms are investing more in technology to stay on top of costs…
Scottish housebuilders are pressing their government to produce housing statistics more quickly in the wake of the latest stats showing a 35 per cent fall in completion rates for 2020. They are frustrated it has taken the government nearly a year to produce data for 2020 revealing there were just 14,834 new homes completions for 2020 – 7,839…
The Government’s latest figures show the uptake of apprenticeships in the construction and trades sectors is still on the decline, despite widespread skills shortages across the industry. The figures show 20,000 apprenticeships were started in the sector between November 2020 and 2021, a nine per cent drop on the previous 12 months and 11 per cent down on 2018/19. The decline reflects the wider trend,…