Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer ...
Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
|Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer at NHBC apprenticeship graduation in Milton Keynes The UK’s fastest bricklayer has praised the ...
The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
|The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of fundin ...
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of funding from The CITB, the industries’ training board for the construction sector in England, Scotlan ...
ABC member Grayson helps tackle UK bricklayer shortage
|ABC member Grayson helps tackle UK bricklayer shortage
1,600 more bricklayer apprentices needed each year to reach 300,000 new homes. ABC member Grayson helps t ...
1,600 more bricklayer apprentices needed each year to reach 300,000 new homes. ABC member Grayson helps to tackle the UK's concerning shortage. As a member of the Association of Brickwork Contractors, ...
Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
|Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-runnin ...
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK. The contest has support from four companies withi ...
A Bricklayer talks the importance of Further Education teaching
|A Bricklayer talks the importance of Further Education teaching
Bricklayer, John Ryan tells Professional Builder what he’s learned from inspiring the next generation thr ...
Bricklayer, John Ryan tells Professional Builder what he’s learned from inspiring the next generation through Further Education I’ve had many different jobs throughout my life but I’ve always had a p ...
Additions to Marshalls’ facing brick range
|Additions to Marshalls’ facing brick range
There’s now even more options in the Marshalls facing brick portfolio The recently launched Kingsvale ran ...
There’s now even more options in the Marshalls facing brick portfolio The recently launched Kingsvale range adds a traditional creased texture to a growing array of finishes in the Marshalls facing br ...
London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
|London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual Londo ...
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual London Apprenticeship Challenge. The contest saw 12 London-based apprentice bricklayers compete in t ...
New invention: Prop Pal
|New invention: Prop Pal
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to a ‘Prop’ star that’s quite literally going from strength to str ...
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to a ‘Prop’ star that’s quite literally going from strength to strength. Whilst it might be all smiles to the client, when it comes to propping up walls for exte ...
Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
|Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes i ...
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes its spots…….. but what about a bricklayer.?! That’s a question which has been troubling brickie ...
Are you the country’s best bricklayer?
|Are you the country’s best bricklayer?
Forterra has launched a new competition to find the most talented bricklayer in the UK. Best In London Br ...
Forterra has launched a new competition to find the most talented bricklayer in the UK. Best In London Brick, which has been designed and led by industry professionals, will take place on March 29th 2 ...
H+H: The Celcon Factor
|H+H: The Celcon Factor
Sixty years on from the construction of its first UK factory, Professional Builder looks back at the deve ...
Sixty years on from the construction of its first UK factory, Professional Builder looks back at the development of H+H and its iconic Celcon Block in the UK. 2018 is something of a landmark year for ...
501: Meet the Bard of Bricklaying!
|501: Meet the Bard of Bricklaying!
Bricklayer Robert Field is hoping to hit a bullseye with his first published novel. Professional Builder’ ...
Bricklayer Robert Field is hoping to hit a bullseye with his first published novel. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to the Devon-based tradesman about his burgeoning literary career. “I started ...
Shortages of Bricklayers and Carpenters Affecting Bosses, Says FMB
|Shortages of Bricklayers and Carpenters Affecting Bosses, Says FMB
Skilled labour shortages are affecting two-thirds of those running small and medium-sized (SME) construct ...
Skilled labour shortages are affecting two-thirds of those running small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms, as they struggle to hire bricklayers and carpenters. Construction skills shortages h ...
London Calling: Forterra Celebrates 140 Years of the Original London Brick
|London Calling: Forterra Celebrates 140 Years of the Original London Brick
Manufactured continuously since 1877, London Brick, which is also widely known as a ‘Fletton’ brick after ...
Manufactured continuously since 1877, London Brick, which is also widely known as a ‘Fletton’ brick after its original place of manufacture near Peterborough, has been used in the building of almost a ...
UK Brick Manufacturers Report Increase
|UK Brick Manufacturers Report Increase
The Brick Development Association (BDA) is delighted to report that the steady increase in UK-manufacture ...
The Brick Development Association (BDA) is delighted to report that the steady increase in UK-manufactured brick deliveries has continued in line with demand. The latest figures from the Office for Na ...
Brick Awards Nominations Now Open
|Brick Awards Nominations Now Open
The Brick Development Association has announced that nominations are now open for the 2017 Brick Awards. ...
The Brick Development Association has announced that nominations are now open for the 2017 Brick Awards. The awards are designed to showcase skilled and praiseworthy use of brick in the UK constructio ...