‘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 ...

Almost 12,500 new homes were registered to be built in the UK in August according to NHBC’s latest registration statistics, an increase of 20% compared to the same month last year. A total of 12,486 n ...

Rockwool has launched “Origins”, a new integrated marketing campaign which takes customers on a journey to explore the deeper benefits of stone wool insulation alongside the innovation and exceptional ...

Life can be tough for the small trader, and new research by mobile card payment app, SmartTrade App, has revealed that one of the greatest barriers to earning a living for small businesses is the inab ...

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) within the construction and building sector come bottom when it comes to the amount of money held in business savings accounts, with the average balance stand ...

Home services marketplace Plentific.com’s latest survey has found that over a third (35%) of UK homeowners have regretted the results of a DIY project and wish that they had called in a professional t ...

Sleaford flooring specialist, Kevin Skeith, has been selected as one of the six finalists for this year’s UK Worker of the Year competition. Being self-employed, Kevin is a one-stop flooring shop. Not ...

New analysis from business insurer Direct Line for Business reveals a plethora of trade talent in the South East, as the region is home to more tradespeople than any other region in the UK. However, w ...