Domestic hard landscaping specialist, Bradstone, has partnered with leading power tools supplier, Makita, to offer its network of Bradstone Assured installers a range of premium landscaping too ...

Chancellor urged to cut VAT for house repairs, maintenance and improvements. The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) is urging the Chancellor to cut VAT to 5% on household repairs, maintenance and imp ...

NHBC, the leading warranty and insurance provider for new homes in the UK, has today launched the latest edition of its Standards for the house-building industry. For 80 years, NHBC Standards have bee ...

The construction industry is facing a slowdown in growth in the aftermath of the EU referendum vote, according to the latest data from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The latest Const ...

The majority of UK construction companies are in surprisingly good shape to cope with any Brexit fallout, a new report from market analysts Plimsoll Publishing argues. Having carried out a financial h ...

A Parliamentary inquiry has told Government to help councils unlock the massive potential of small, self- and community-led builders. The Government could unlock the supply of tens of thousands of new ...

Almost 36,000 new homes were registered in the UK by NHBC in the third quarter of 2016, according to NHBC’s latest new home registration statistics. The affordable sector was up 18% with 9,191 new hom ...

‘It’s your turn now’ as 1.2 million UK employers start to meet their auto-enrolment duties. This week marks four years since auto enrolment was introduced to the UK. In the last four years 230,000 emp ...

The NASC has launched a promotional film – aiming to broaden the safe scaffolding message of the UK’s leading access and scaffolding trade body and to encourage small and medium sized enterprises (SME ...

  TIMco, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of screws, fastener and fixings, has launched a dedicated training department at their base in Nantwich. The new training facilities will pr ...

Leading safety equipment expert OnSite Support is urging construction firms and organisations with staff working at height, to help reduce the risks of someone getting seriously injured this summer fr ...

According to a survey of UK tradespeople conducted by Festool, the leading supplier of power tools and accessories, tradespeople without dust extractors waste up to four days a month cleaning up. They ...

The web has replaced word-of-mouth as the way homeowners choose tradespeople for essential jobs around the house. However, over 330,000 (35%) of tradesmen and women in the UK still haven’t set up a we ...

Builders Merchants Federation:  Construction buoyant despite Brexit fears and ONS stats. There are few signs that Brexit has negatively impacted the construction industry according to the latest figur ...

The construction sector must “modernise or die”, according to a recent Government-commissioned review. Britain’s construction industry faces “inexorable decline” unless radical steps are taken to addr ...