Employers given green light to transfer up to 10% of levy funds to multiple businesses Large employers will soon be able to transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship levy funds to multiple businesses, helping to boost the number of high-quality apprenticeships across the country. Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Anne Milton announced the move today More Info »
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – the world’s largest and most influential professional body for construction management and leadership, raised £2,165.00 for the Northern Ireland Hospice at its recent annual dinner event at the Hilton Hotel in Belfast. The NI Hospice is a local charity offering specialist respite, symptom management and end of life More Info »
REHAU is heading to Manchester in July to showcase two new products at its third Specifi event. It is the first time REHAU has exhibited at the UK’s only built environment roadshow, and is attending five events nationwide in total. The Specifi events are attended by world class industry speakers, specifiers, installers and technical experts More Info »
20 on-site hubs to train more people to help deliver 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s A multi-million pound fund to help tackle the construction skills shortage has been launched by the Skills Minister Anne Milton today (18 June). With 158,000 new construction jobs expected to be created in the UK over the next five More Info »
Ireland’s construction industry is facing a solvency crisis, with warnings of a raft of liquidations and examinerships now hitting a sector that’s still fragile – despite the building boom. At least 42 Irish construction companies have gone into liquidation since the start of this year, while more have entered examinership. The figure is contained in More Info »
Ten year funding deal worth £22.4 million secured from Homes England. Fund will accelerate the delivery of 1,300 new homes at Wing in Cambridge. Funding will allow accelerated start on build, saving up to 18 months. Hill Marshall LLP, a joint venture between two of Cambridge’s leading family-owned businesses, Marshall Group Properties, part of the Marshall More Info »
Even the most experienced installers and service engineers need a bit of technical help sometimes. So it’s important they know there’s a team of experts at the end of the line when they do, and training available that will help with servicing in the future. Damian Delaney, Technical Support Manager at Baxi Potterton Myson, tells More Info »
WaterSafe, the national register for approved plumbers, is helping to find the UK’s finest plumber in its role as a judge for the UK Plumber of the Year 2018 competition. The organisation is calling for skilled plumbers from Northern Ireland to enter by Friday 29 June for the chance to be crowned the UK’s best plumber and More Info »
As Mental Health Awareness week takes hold across the UK this week, Willmott Dixon offers some simple tips that businesses of all sizes can use to help make life at work more pleasant for their employees. It’s long overdue, but our awareness of Mental Health is at last on the rise, with more and more More Info »
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to be supporting Children’s Hospice South West’s charity Rainbow Run by sponsoring its blue paint station. Taking place on Saturday 9th June at Exeter’s Westpoint, 2,000 runners are expected to take part in the fundraising event and run, walk or jog their way around the 5k course, meeting various coloured paint stations More Info »