Mark Farmer warns CLG Select Committee that the construction sector doesn’t have the capacity to deliver homes Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast and the author of the hard-hitting ‘Farmer Review’, gave evidenc ...

Outstanding achievements in house building were celebrated on Friday as NHBC announced the four Supreme Winners of the NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2016 at a gala dinner to an industry audience of 750 ...

  Nearly half (47%) of small and medium-sized business (SME) owners claim the business advice they received in the last year from their mainstream bank had a negative impact on their business ope ...

CITB is to begin its consultation with industry on a new Levy offer which would see an across the board reduction in the Levy for all firms to fund a new more relevant offer for industry and a reforme ...

Shurtape is delighted to announce that its T-Rex vehicle will be hitting the road this year, starting at February’s ProBuilder Show in London. Alan Murray, Head of Marketing at Shurtape, comments: “We ...

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 ...