Wienerberger has announced its continued sponsorship of the Guild of Bricklayers competitions in 2015. On ...
Wienerberger Donates Over 60k Bricks to the Guild of Bricklayers Competitions
|Wienerberger Donates Over 60k Bricks to the Guild of Bricklayers Competitions
Wienerberger has announced its continued sponsorship of the Guild of Bricklayers competitions in 2015. Once again, the sponsorship will see Wienerberger donate bricks to a series of regional competiti ...
Apprentice and Technician of the Year Awards open
|Apprentice and Technician of the Year Awards open
Three engineers will each win £1,000 and additional benefits. The Institution of Engineering and Technolo ...
Three engineers will each win £1,000 and additional benefits. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has opened its call for entries to find the most gifted apprentices and technicians. T ...
Brick Manufacturing Rises to Meet Housebuilding Challenge
|Brick Manufacturing Rises to Meet Housebuilding Challenge
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the number of bricks produced in ...
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the number of bricks produced in the UK during the first quarter of 2015 is 464 million bricks (provisional) a rise of 22 milli ...
JSP Partners Construction Industry Charity the Lighthouse Club
|JSP Partners Construction Industry Charity the Lighthouse Club
JSP is proud to announce a new and exclusive safety partnership with the Lighthouse Club, the charity tha ...
JSP is proud to announce a new and exclusive safety partnership with the Lighthouse Club, the charity that supports the construction industry. As part of its championship of the charity’s work, JSP ha ...
Ironmongerydirect Launches Fire Door Safety Checklist
|Ironmongerydirect Launches Fire Door Safety Checklist
IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, ...
IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, has launched a new fire door safety checklist to equip trade professionals with all the knowled ...
Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
|Tradespeople Becoming Complacent About Asbestos Exposure
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbest ...
Thirty years after the UK banned the import and use of both blue (crocidolite) and brown (amosite) asbestos, the majority of tradespeople still don’t recognise that asbestos exposure continues to be t ...
Donation Gives Apprentices The Right Tools To Build New Clubhouse
|Donation Gives Apprentices The Right Tools To Build New Clubhouse
A donation of over £5,000 worth of tools will be put to good use by students from Leeds College of Buildi ...
A donation of over £5,000 worth of tools will be put to good use by students from Leeds College of Building who are helping a local cricket club to build a new clubhouse. The tiling tools, which have ...
Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
|Dust to Dust: Asbestos Awareness
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenchi ...
Poignant artwork in tribute to those killed by asbestos unveiled in Covent Garden Scores of heart-wrenching messages, written by people who have lost husbands, wives, fathers and children to asbestos- ...
A Third of Homeowners Improve Their Garden Every Year
|A Third of Homeowners Improve Their Garden Every Year
According to recent statistics, a third of homeowners improve their garden every year by landscaping, add ...
According to recent statistics, a third of homeowners improve their garden every year by landscaping, adding fencing, or decking, thus providing trade professionals with the perfect opportunity to inc ...
Young Britons Unsure of What Different Construction Roles Entail
|Young Britons Unsure of What Different Construction Roles Entail
According to a new study, the majority of polled young Britons were unable to correctly identify differen ...
According to a new study, the majority of polled young Britons were unable to correctly identify differences between various sectors within the construction industry. ‘Welders’, ‘Glaziers’ and ‘Dredge ...
Rise in Number of New Construction Businesses
|Rise in Number of New Construction Businesses
There has been a sharp rise in the number of new construction businesses being set up – the first time th ...
There has been a sharp rise in the number of new construction businesses being set up – the first time the sector has seen a net increase since the financial crisis, says NoPalaver Group, provider of ...
Toolfair Tradeshow April 2015
|Toolfair Tradeshow April 2015
The Toolfair tradeshow will be back at the Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April ...
The Toolfair tradeshow will be back at the Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April. See the latest tools from the likes of DeWalt, Fein, Hitachi, Irwin, Makita, Metabo, Milwauke ...
Makita Celebrates 100 Years With Anniversary Products
|Makita Celebrates 100 Years With Anniversary Products
Makita celebrate 100 years in worldwide business in 2015 and to mark the occasion in the UK has launched ...
Makita celebrate 100 years in worldwide business in 2015 and to mark the occasion in the UK has launched a series of additional power tools finished in a distinctive bright metallic blue colour. These ...
Builders Come Bottom of Construction Trade Recycling League Table
|Builders Come Bottom of Construction Trade Recycling League Table
Messy vans, messy skips – they've got a lot to learn from the squeaky clean plumbers When it comes to the ...
Messy vans, messy skips – they've got a lot to learn from the squeaky clean plumbers When it comes to the construction trade, everybody knows that a tidy site is a safe site, and that smart waste mana ...
New home registrations continue to increase, reports NHBC
|New home registrations continue to increase, reports NHBC
New builds continue to increase, says NHBC ...
SPAB’s William Morris Craft Fellows 2015
|SPAB’s William Morris Craft Fellows 2015
Meet the 2015 William Morris Craft Fellows ...