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Petrol price drops for third consecutive month to near four-year low

​​​​​​​A full petrol fill-up now costs £72.74 for a 55-litre tank vehicle, while diesel is £76.13

Toolstation launches bucket hat to raise funds charity

​​​​​​​Retailing at £9.98, £1 from every sale will be donated directly to Macmillan Cancer Support

Breaking barriers: women reveal what it’s like working in a male-dominated sector

​​​​​​​Robin Clevett is joined by women from the trade in the UK who are undoubtedly trailblazing their way into a male-dominated industry and having tremendous success doing so

AUDIO NEWS: Contractors need to contribute UK jobs and 70% of tradespeople haven't sought therapy

Contractors bidding on UK infrastructure jobs will have to create UK jobs, 70% of tradespeople haven't sought mental health support, and plumber meets King Charles

AUDIO NEWS: Tradespeople warned over growing van theft threat and plumber climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

Tradespeople warned over increasing threat of van theft, small builders can solve the housing crisis and plumber treks up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Stroke Association

Bristol emerges as the best UK city to work in construction

​​​​​​​A recent study by a builders’ merchant has shown that Bristol, Edinburgh and Cardiff are among the top five cities for tradespeople to thrive

Bagnalls commissions the UK’s first bib and brace for female decorators

​​​​​​​The workwear is available to everyone within Bagnalls, from apprentices to painters, decorators and the managerial team

WorldSkills Contestants get ready to face the judges

​​​​​​​Twelve young talents will battle it out over three days (24-26 June) in front of a live audience at the Installer Show in Birmingham

Drivers issued urgent warning after keyless car theft epidemic

​​​​​​​Over 95% of motorists are at risk of having their car stolen by criminals using the latest relay theft technique

AUDIO NEWS: A landscaper has tools and van stolen and 83-year-old bricklayer runs ultramarathon

Landscaper has tools, digger and van all nicked, the CMA extends investigation into anti-competitive behaviour and 83-year-old bricky runs 87-kilometre Comrades ultramarathon

AUDIO NEWS: Construction industry registers third month of growth and builders discover air raid shelter

Construction output rose by 0.9% in April, police recover large quantity of stolen tools in Oxford and builders unearth World War Two era air raid shelter

AI planning tools will help solve the housing crisis: NFB

​​​​​​​Extract’ is expected to slash 250,000 hours spent by planning officers each year manually checking documents

Spending Review supports homes and infrastructure growth

​​​​​​​Rachel Reeves outlined £113 billion of capital investment over the next three years, with core spending on economic and social infrastructure

AUDIO NEWS: Reeves unveils £39 billion investment in social housing and retrofitting skills urgently needed

Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils £39 billion investment in social housing, plan needed to build national retrofitting skills and builder from Clarkson's Farm recovers from heart surgery

Nearly 14 million Brits unknowingly risk lives, homes, and legal trouble

​​​​​​​A quarter (25%) of adults have done potentially illegal gas or electrical DIY work at home, with 29% of those cases the work was completed without building control approval or certification from a registered installer

How to find the right work-life balance?

​​​​​​​Stuart Roberts, founder of Trowel Talk, joins Chris Frediani to discuss the challenges felt and faced by self-employed spreads, especially with finding a good work-life balance 

AUDIO NEWS: Government likely to do just 56% of housing target and 14m people carry out dangerous DIY

The government is likely to miss its housing target claims Savills, tool thief convicted and sent to jail and 14 million people admit to carrying out gas or electric DIY tasks

VistaPrint and Checkatrade to help tradespeople grow their business

​​​​​​​The Show Up competition is open exclusively to Checkatrade members who can enter the contest on VistaPrint’s website between now and 7 July

AUDIO NEWS: Construction downturn shows signs of easing and electrician saves passengers from crash site

Industry downturn shows signs of easing, BIKBBI survey highlights skills crisis and electrician saves two men and day from plane crash in a river

Traction grows for licensing builders, says FMB

FMB’s new report ‘Licence to Build’ sets out a framework model for implementing a licensing scheme in the UK