Here, we round up some of the reactions to yesterday’s Budget from Phillip Hammond. British Gypsum “With research suggesting that more than half (52 per cent) of young people have never given a career ...

Consumers prefer to hire firms that train apprentices, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). On the first day of National Apprenticeship Week in England, this new res ...

National trade body the Painting and Decorating Association has gifted Crown Paints with a unique piece of industry history. The Association’s chief executive, Neil Ogilvie, visited Crown Paints’ Lanc ...

Commenting on the new construction output figures published by the ONS today which show an increase in output, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international constructi ...

The latest hike to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) will undermine good builders who play by the rules and encourage the rise of cowboy builders, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of ...

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is the latest organisation to join the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) and add its voice to a growing membership of influential organisations which sha ...

The construction industry has started 2017 strongly, with an increase in activity levels as the value of new building contracts awarded in January reached £6 billion, spearheaded by strong figures fro ...

HMRC’s yield from tax investigations into the construction industry fell 34% last year to £102m, down from £154.2m in 2014/15, says UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group. The amount of addi ...

Commenting on the new construction output figures published by the ONS today which show an increase in output, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international constructi ...

The latest research from home services marketplace, Plentific.com, shows that, on average, almost a quarter of homeowners are planning to spend more this year on home improvements in at least one area ...

Industry figures have their say on today's housing white paper Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB “I’m pleased that the White Paper recognises the potential for SMEs to deliver far more homes tha ...

More than 150,000 new homes were registered in the UK by NHBC in 2016, the second highest in almost a decade. 151,687 new homes were registered by NHBC in 2016, a slight decrease of 2% compared to 201 ...

Baxi has joined forces with Expert Trades to make life easier for its installers, by helping them to win more business and spend less time on admin and paperwork. Expert Trades was set up in 2013 to p ...

The Apprenticeship Levy is to be introduced this year, and will potentially affect all businesses. Here are some of the changes that have been made to what was seen as an unpopular Levy: 20 per cent e ...