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  • SMEs could be losing up to 54% of online revenue by not updating their website

    |Date: 29 July, 2021
    SMEs could be losing up to 54% of online revenue by not updating their website

    SMEs could be losing up to 54% of online revenue by not updating their website

    Yell has released findings showing consumers spend 54% less per month on average on websites that have no ...

    Yell has released findings showing consumers spend 54% less per month on average on websites that have not been updated regularly versus those that have. The report, which analysed over 157,000 trades ...

    29 July, 2021
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  • Covid-19 app impacts on building materials’ supply chain

    |Date: 28 July, 2021
    Covid-19 app impacts on building materials’ supply chain

    Covid-19 app impacts on building materials’ supply chain

    Self-isolation alerts are having a significant impact on the supply of building materials, according to T ...

    Self-isolation alerts are having a significant impact on the supply of building materials, according to The Builders Merchants Federation. It has raised concerns with government about the affect staff ...

    28 July, 2021
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  • Freedom day: Advice for the plumbing and heating industry

    |Date: 22 July, 2021
    Freedom day: Advice for the plumbing and heating industry

    Freedom day: Advice for the plumbing and heating industry

    So called ‘Freedom day’ was on July 19th, with England having moved onto step 4 of the coronavirus roadma ...

    So called ‘Freedom day’ was on July 19th, with England having moved onto step 4 of the coronavirus roadmap. Whether celebrating or commiserating the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, you may be wonder ...

    22 July, 2021
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  • Aero Healthcare’s innovation combines safe and green to create first natural fibre, biodegradable wipe in 100% recyclable packaging

    |Date: 1 July, 2021
    Aero Healthcare’s innovation combines safe and green to create first natural fibre, biodegradable wipe in 100% recyclable packaging

    Aero Healthcare’s innovation combines safe and green to create first natural fibre, biodegradable wipe in 100% recyclable packaging

    Launching the only natural fibre, biodegradable wipe that is enclosed in 100% recyclable packaging; Aero ...

    Launching the only natural fibre, biodegradable wipe that is enclosed in 100% recyclable packaging; Aero Healthcare are once again leading the way for safety and the environment. First to solve a real ...

    1 July, 2021
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  • How coronavirus impacted home improvement projects

    |Date: 19 March, 2021
    How coronavirus impacted home improvement projects

    How coronavirus impacted home improvement projects

    Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design, released findings from a recent survey* of it ...

    Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design, released findings from a recent survey* of its community of homeowners to find out how the coronavirus pandemic impacted their home improvem ...

    19 March, 2021
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  • Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    |Date: 16 February, 2021
    Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    Surge in Cowboy Customers: Duped tradespeople taken for up to 1.7 billion last year

    Home improvements customers withheld payments and threatened to destroy reputation of hardworking tradesp ...

    Home improvements customers withheld payments and threatened to destroy reputation of hardworking tradespeople to get discounts Over 5 million people in Britain have quoted a tradesperson for a projec ...

    16 February, 2021
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  • JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

    |Date: 12 February, 2021
    JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

    JCB launches recruitment drive as production set to surge

    JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in ...

    JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in production, the company announced today. The market for construction equipment has rebounded s ...

    12 February, 2021
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  • Construction makes urgent new year bid to recruit and retain talent

    |Date: 10 February, 2021
    Construction makes urgent new year bid to recruit and retain talent

    Construction makes urgent new year bid to recruit and retain talent

    Industry vacancies bounce back, with available jobs 8% ahead of pre-pandemic levels 28,000 construction i ...

    Industry vacancies bounce back, with available jobs 8% ahead of pre-pandemic levels 28,000 construction industry roles available Government-backed recruitment platform, the Construction Talent Retenti ...

    10 February, 2021
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  • Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    |Date: 9 February, 2021
    Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    Tradespeople consider apprentices more important than ever despite Covid-19 decline

    Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople ...

    Over a fifth of companies that regularly hire apprentices took on fewer in 2020 A quarter of tradespeople and companies plan on hiring new apprentices in 2021 Percentage of female, BAME and apprentice ...

    9 February, 2021
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  • Online training round up – February 2021

    |Date: 9 February, 2021
    Online training round up - February 2021

    Online training round up – February 2021

    Last year saw online training and information resources take on a new significance and it is a trend that ...

    Last year saw online training and information resources take on a new significance and it is a trend that is likely to continue beyond the pandemic. Professional Builder provides a round-up of what’s ...

    9 February, 2021
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  • CBILs – Property Development Exit Loans

    |Date: 4 February, 2021
    CBILs – Property Development Exit Loans

    CBILs – Property Development Exit Loans

    Have the sales on your last development been delayed due to COVID? Many property developers have experien ...

    Have the sales on your last development been delayed due to COVID? Many property developers have experienced delays in the sales of their homes due to the COVID pandemic. But help is available. We hav ...

    4 February, 2021
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  • Property market provides a boost to building supply companies with over 1.5 million homeowners ready to spend

    |Date: 3 February, 2021
    Property market provides a boost to building supply companies with over 1.5 million homeowners ready to spend

    Property market provides a boost to building supply companies with over 1.5 million homeowners ready to spend

    Over 1.5 million UK households are currently wanting to move, moving soon, moving now, just moved or are ...

    Over 1.5 million UK households are currently wanting to move, moving soon, moving now, just moved or are settling in to their new home according to the latest Property & Homemover Report from prop ...

    3 February, 2021
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  • These are the careers introverts are most likely to thrive at

    |Date: 2 February, 2021
    These are the careers introverts are most likely to thrive at

    These are the careers introverts are most likely to thrive at

    ...and good news, they're COVID-safe too! New research from Merchant Machine reveals the best-suited jobs ...

    ...and good news, they're COVID-safe too! New research from Merchant Machine reveals the best-suited jobs and cities for introverts. Physicists, machine operatives and marketing professionals are the ...

    2 February, 2021
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  • Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

    |Date: 28 January, 2021
    Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

    Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

    Hudson Contract, the construction industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors, is highlighting the help an ...

    Hudson Contract, the construction industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors, is highlighting the help and support available to tradespeople and their families suffering from mental health or financia ...

    28 January, 2021
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  • Online data reveals the DIY tasks Brits MOST struggled with in 2020

    |Date: 19 January, 2021
    Online data reveals the DIY tasks Brits MOST struggled with in 2020

    Online data reveals the DIY tasks Brits MOST struggled with in 2020

    Wallpapering is the DIY job Brits most struggled with in 2020 with 129,600 online searches for ‘how to wa ...

    Wallpapering is the DIY job Brits most struggled with in 2020 with 129,600 online searches for ‘how to wallpaper?’ – the equivalent of 10,800 searches per month A significant proportion of Brits were ...

    19 January, 2021
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  • 2021- An exciting year ahead for builders and trades

    |Date: 19 January, 2021
    2021- An exciting year ahead for builders and trades

    2021- An exciting year ahead for builders and trades

    It’s an apprehensive time for people across the UK. Even with the Coronavirus vaccine on the way, thousan ...

    It’s an apprehensive time for people across the UK. Even with the Coronavirus vaccine on the way, thousands of businesses across the country are wondering whether their companies will survive in 2021 ...

    19 January, 2021
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