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Pandemic sparks surge in workers retraining as tradespeople
|Date: 11 February, 2022

Pandemic sparks surge in workers retraining as tradespeople
New data from Access Training UK has found that more Britons than ever are learning a trade skill with th ...
New data from Access Training UK has found that more Britons than ever are learning a trade skill with the goal of undertaking a career change. Demand for vocational training courses has increased by ...
11 February, 2022
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Rendering and the winter challenge
|Date: 26 January, 2022

Rendering and the winter challenge
Whilst the Covid pandemic has impacted the way many of us do our day-to-day work, in the construction sec ...
Whilst the Covid pandemic has impacted the way many of us do our day-to-day work, in the construction sector the ongoing and unpredictable British winter brings a new set of challenges. From rainstor ...
26 January, 2022
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Aerona³ heat pump helps Colchester Football Club go green
|Date: 17 January, 2022

Aerona³ heat pump helps Colchester Football Club go green
Colchester Football Club has been a vaccination centre during the pandemic and when a new heating system ...
Colchester Football Club has been a vaccination centre during the pandemic and when a new heating system was required for the vaccination area, a Grant Aerona³ air source heat pump was installed to ke ...
17 January, 2022
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Current conditions of the UK as we approach winter
|Date: 15 November, 2021

Current conditions of the UK as we approach winter
Let’s be honest, Corporal Jones himself couldn’t have made a more botched job of calming the UK collectiv ...
Let’s be honest, Corporal Jones himself couldn’t have made a more botched job of calming the UK collective anxiety in the face of what seems to be one self-inflicted adversity after another. The haple ...
15 November, 2021
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Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity 2020 Impact Report demonstrates vital support for Construction Community
|Date: 27 September, 2021

Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity 2020 Impact Report demonstrates vital support for Construction Community
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has just released its 2020 Impact Report which demonstrates ...
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has just released its 2020 Impact Report which demonstrates the vital support they provided in 2020. Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and thre ...
27 September, 2021
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Freefoam champions the power of cladding
|Date: 15 September, 2021

Freefoam champions the power of cladding
Freefoam is championing the transformative power of cladding. One surprising outcome of the Covid-19 pand ...
Freefoam is championing the transformative power of cladding. One surprising outcome of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the boom in the housing and home improvement markets. Having gazed at the same fo ...
15 September, 2021
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Over 112,000 UK trade businesses have been set up since the first lockdown
|Date: 14 September, 2021

Over 112,000 UK trade businesses have been set up since the first lockdown
Since the first Coronavirus lockdown was announced on 23rd March 2020, over 112,000 trade businesses have ...
Since the first Coronavirus lockdown was announced on 23rd March 2020, over 112,000 trade businesses have been set up in the UK, new research has revealed. More than one in ten of the UK’s lockdown bu ...
14 September, 2021
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NFB calls on Government to bring forward changes to self-isolation rules
|Date: 16 August, 2021

NFB calls on Government to bring forward changes to self-isolation rules
The National Federation of Builders has written to the Secretary of State for Health to ask that the chan ...
The National Federation of Builders has written to the Secretary of State for Health to ask that the changes to the self-isolation rules for double vaccinated COVID-negative people, due for implementa ...
16 August, 2021
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Dulux Academy brings decorating industry back together with ‘Open House’ event
|Date: 11 August, 2021

Dulux Academy brings decorating industry back together with ‘Open House’ event
Dulux Academy is helping decorators reconnect following the disruption of the pandemic - with an interact ...
Dulux Academy is helping decorators reconnect following the disruption of the pandemic - with an interactive open day at its Slough HQ. The coronavirus outbreak saw many in the industry struggle with ...
11 August, 2021
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Marley launches ‘Safe in the Sun’ campaign
|Date: 3 August, 2021

Marley launches ‘Safe in the Sun’ campaign
ARE YOU SAFE IN THE SUN? Following over a year of lockdowns and Covid restrictions, the urge to get outdo ...
ARE YOU SAFE IN THE SUN? Following over a year of lockdowns and Covid restrictions, the urge to get outdoors, for everyone, has never been greater. However, whilst the sun brings benefits – such as he ...
3 August, 2021
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Are taxes about to get simpler for the self-employed?
|Date: 29 July, 2021

Are taxes about to get simpler for the self-employed?
Tax Preparation Specialist Welcomes HMRC Changes to Tax Reporting Rules Tax reporting rules for the UK's ...
Tax Preparation Specialist Welcomes HMRC Changes to Tax Reporting Rules Tax reporting rules for the UK's self-employed workers are due to get simpler after HM Treasury announced reforms to the taxatio ...
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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48% of Brits made home improvements in lockdown – spending nearly £2k on average!
|Date: 9 June, 2021

48% of Brits made home improvements in lockdown – spending nearly £2k on average!
The most popular lockdown home improvement projects have been revealed, including decorating, purchasing ...
The most popular lockdown home improvement projects have been revealed, including decorating, purchasing new furnishings, home offices, and home gyms Nearly half (48%) of homeowners who made home impr ...
9 June, 2021
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IronmongeryDirect recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces 2021
|Date: 1 June, 2021

IronmongeryDirect recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces 2021
For the second year running, IronmongeryDirect has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces ...
For the second year running, IronmongeryDirect has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2021 by Great Place to Work®. Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the c ...
1 June, 2021
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Classroom training returns at DHF’s academy in Tamworth
|Date: 5 May, 2021

Classroom training returns at DHF’s academy in Tamworth
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced that its classroom training will once again resume fro ...
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced that its classroom training will once again resume from the end of April. The Tamworth-based trade association has, since the onset of the Covid-19 p ...
5 May, 2021
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