Checkatrade Awards is back with nominations now open
Posted: Friday, July 4th, 2025
This year, there will be five regional award events with nominations open for tradespeople across the UK
Havering to host free tool marking event
Posted: Friday, July 4th, 2025
B&Q in Romford will play host to a free tool marking event organised by the Havering Council and the MET Police
How's your business performing this year?
Posted: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Having reached the year's halfway point, Clive Holland learns about how the construction market is performing. He takes a mid-year health check on the state of the trade with Brian Berry
AUDIO NEWS: Government unveils social housing programme, and builder fights fixed penalty notice
Posted: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Government rolls out "biggest boost" to social housing in a generation, builder fights fixed penalty notice for fly-tipping and Prince William helps football club build a road
AUDIO NEWS: Arcadis report shows recovery starting, and Screwfix searches for top tradespeople
Posted: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Arcadis tender report hints at industry recovery, cheaper electricity is needed to drive heat pump adoption and Screwfix launches Top Tradesperson competition
Construction worker’s widow to visit 50 lighthouses in husband’s memory
Posted: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Jennifer Deeney has so far raised £17,453 for Lighthouse through donations from friends, family, individuals, and industry giants
Entries open for Screwfix Top Tradesperson 2025
Posted: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Entries for the competition close July 13th, with a chance to win a £20,000/€20,000 prize bundle of tools, tech, and training
AUDIO NEWS: Workloads and business enquiries drop off for roofers and TUC issues heat warning
Posted: Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
Workloads and business enquiries fall in first quarter, claims NFRC report, Nesta gives away 5,000 heat pumps as part of its Start at Home scheme and TUC issues heat warning
CITB and DWP support career opportunities in construction sector
Posted: Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
Significant reforms are being made to transform job centres, and a £625 million investment is being made to tackle skills shortages in the construction sector
Trade kitchen supplier runs recruitment drive for 200 roles
Posted: Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
The kitchen sales designer roles are based across Howdens’ 850 depots in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
AUDIO NEWS: Installers fix unsafe gas work every quarter and CSMB hatches plan to attract 100,000 workers
Posted: Monday, June 30th, 2025
Over 80% of installers have to fix unsafe gas work every quarter, Construction Skills Mission Board develops plan to pull in 100,000 additional workers and a plasterer wins £2,000 in Made In Bury draw
BCIS reports tender price inflation of 0.5%
Posted: Monday, June 30th, 2025
The increase resulted in 2.3% annual growth in the BCIS All-in Tender Price Index
Northumberlander named UK’s Best Heating Installer 2025
Posted: Monday, June 30th, 2025
Craig Gilhome also took home the winner’s trophy for Best HVAC Installer 2025
AUDIO NEWS: Electrician helps teenagers escape wreaked bus and robot bricky starts work in the UK
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2025
Electrician helps teenagers escape of Eastleigh bus wreck, robot bricklayer starts work in Durham and scaffolders raise nearly £37,000 for cancer charity
Rising tool theft is having consequences for young van drivers
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2025
A young tradie’s average policy now exceeds £2,026 – nearly four times the £520 paid by drivers aged 45-64
Checkatrade Labs launches Business Loans to power trade growth
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2025
Trade companies can explore loan options from a panel of over 100 lenders and borrow from £25,000 up to £10 million
AUDIO NEWS: Young van drivers face massive hike in insurance costs and plasterer gets kick out of Dubai
Posted: Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Van drivers between 17-and-24-years old face 248% increase in insurance premiums, UK's Best Heating Installer crowned, and plaster kicked out of Dubai due to facial tattoos
Data Centre boom fuelling building services growth
Posted: Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Data centres represented “the boom segment of 2024” with the value of planning applications almost doubling from the previous year to £2.6bn
Leeds College of Building Apprentice wins Guild of Bricklayers National Trophy
Posted: Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Ellis Smith, an apprentice with Hirst Developments, secured a spot at the finals after winning first place at the Yorkshire Region Brickwork Competition in April
Tips on how to avoid overspending on van insurance
Posted: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Insurance expert Kara Gammell offers tips on how to get a great deal on insurance coverage and reduce payments
AUDIO NEWS: Rogue traders are undermining the heat pump market and a scaffolder wins £11.5 million
Posted: Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Rogue traders and poor industry regulation are blamed for undermining the heat pump market, construction insolvencies drop nearly 14% and scaffolder wins £11.5 million from a £1.5 bet
AUDIO NEWS: Labour shuts down changes to anti tool theft bill and industry needs another 239,000 workers
Posted: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
Labour shuts down several amendments to its Tool Theft (Sentencing) Bill, construction industry needs another 239,000 workers in the next five years and a painter searches for lost artist
CITB forecasts UK construction workforce to grow to 2.75 million by 2029
Posted: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
CITB recently published its Construction Workforce Outlook 2025-29, which predicts that construction output in the UK will grow by 1.6% in 2025
Bats, newts and environmental regulation delays development: NFB
Posted: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
According to NFB, analysing appeals is a flawed justification for whether these and other species delay development because they ignore the most essential part of a planning application
AUDIO NEWS: Number of SME builders in Scotland plummets and Installer Show opens today....
Posted: Monday, June 23rd, 2025
Number of small and medium sized builders falls to its lowest level in 20 years, Installer Show opens today, and man gets convicted and fined for abusing a builder
RAC welcomes new National Parking Platform
Posted: Monday, June 23rd, 2025
The platform allows drivers to choose to use one of six mobile parking payment apps, simplifying parking
Over 500,000 homes to be built through new National Housing Bank
Posted: Monday, June 23rd, 2025
£16bn of new public investment will help build over 500,000 new homes, unlocking over £53bn of private investment, as part of the government’s Plan for Change
Do you know your worth as a tradesperson?
Posted: Friday, June 20th, 2025
John Cruickshank joins Andy Cam and Dave Smith to discuss the importance of knowing your value and not undercutting oneself and the ones around you
Another record month for certified small-scale renewables
Posted: Friday, June 20th, 2025
There were over 5,100 certified heat pump installations in May, as households continue to transition to low-carbon heating
