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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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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