A leading building industry expert has backed Shropshire concrete block producer Besblock to be flag-bearers for the campaign to preserve the traditional housing industry. Recent figures suggested a d ...

Saw blade specialist, Starrett has invested its knowledge in band saw machines, blades and hole saws into a newly launched showroom and demonstration zone in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Starrett’s ne ...

New Construction Minister appointed at crucial moment, says FMB The new Construction Minister has been appointed at a crucial juncture in the industry’s history, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB ...

Staff shortages, a weak pound and a potential technological uprising are just some of the issues the construction industry is set to face in 2017, according to One Way. An analysis by the leading cons ...

The amount charged to businesses through the Health and Safety Executive’s controversial ‘Fees For Intervention’ scheme hit a record high last year, having increased every year since the scheme was in ...

  Sales in the UK construction products manufacturing market continued to climb for a consecutive fifteenth quarter in Q4 of 2016, according to figures published in the CPA’s latest State of Trad ...

70% of UK builders have seen an increase in material prices due to the depreciation of the pound, new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has revealed. Sarah McMonagle, Director of E ...

A nationwide poll and ‘Health and Safety Theory’ test by international safety barrier manufacturer, A-SAFE, has revealed a worrying lack of health and safety knowledge in the workplace. The company po ...

Starts in the final three months of 2016 were 2% higher than a year ago. Non-residential project starts were 5% ahead of the same period in 2015. Starts were lifted by a sharp rise in hotel & leis ...

A new government backed pilot scheme launches today to unblock infrastructure hold ups that are delaying the building of new homes. It has been set up by The Housing & Finance Institute, who earli ...

Mark Farmer, chief executive of Cast and author of government-commissioned review into the construction industry, said: "The news today that Sajid Javid’s efforts to reform planning and start Britain ...

Research shows late payment is still a major issue in the construction industry. The latest research figures show that the construction industry continues to suffer from the scourge of late payment. F ...

TrustMark, the only Government-endorsed scheme for all trades in and around the home, is working with Buckinghamshire & Surrey Trading Standards, it’s Primary Authority Partner, to provide another ...

Close to £2 million in CITB funding has been given to small, medium and micro-sized construction firms over the last 12 months. A whopping 442 SMEs across Great Britain have successfully applied for £ ...