ECA’s electrical safety guidance launched across the UK
Posted: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
The guidance details how to ensure safety with secondary low-voltage electrical supplies for life safety services and electrification rollout
UK must embrace timber construction to meet housing goals: industry leaders
Posted: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Built environment leaders delivered a unified message – ‘timber can meet climate and housing goals now’ – at the recent UK Timber Design Conference in London
AUDIO NEWS: Skills crisis hits over 40% of trade businesses and Fix Radio host publishes debut novel
Posted: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Over 40% of tradespeople claim the skills shortage has affected their business, a quarter of blue-collar workers claim that workplace safety is inadequate, and Joel Bardall publishes sci-fi novel
SMEs need ‘medium-sized site’ without area threshold
Posted: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
NFB argues that the consequence of an area-based threshold is that many SMEs would miss out on the medium-sized site definition and its introduction of planning proportionality
Cowboy builders could be costing residents £14.3 billion a year
Posted: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Dodgy builders, delayed renovations and wasted money - new survey reveals how a lack of regulation is costing Britain's homeowners
AUDIO NEWS: Shortage of tradespeople leads to DIY disasters and plumber takes on the London Marathon
Posted: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
A lack of tradespeople encourages homeowners to take on more DIY, training provider issues warning about online courses and plumber gets ready for the London Marathon
Shortage of tradespeople is impacting UK homeowners, study finds
Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Nearly half of homeowners surveyed struggle to find a tradesperson for a job, whilst 52% have been turned away by tradespeople who were too busy
Preston City Council adopts National Skills Academy Framework
Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
The framework is a way of working that enables partners to gain the skills they need on site, on time
AUDIO NEWS: Plumbing businesses report drop in profits and messy vans stress out tradespeople
Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Plumbing businesses report falling profits, rising costs and labour shortages, tradespeople spend nearly an hour a week trying to find stuff in their vans and roofer battles cancer
NICEIC urges certified businesses to check records for EICR renewals
Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Electrical installations in privately rented properties must be inspected and tested by a qualified and competent person at least every five years
NICEIC celebrates 2025 SkillELECTRIC Finalists
Posted: Monday, July 14th, 2025
Eight finalists have been selected to compete in the national finals, which will take place at Bridgend College in November
AUDIO NEWS: Construction output falls in May and BSIF issues alarm about substandard PPE
Posted: Monday, July 14th, 2025
Construction output falls 0.6% as a drop in repair and maintenance work pulls market down, BSIF sounds alarm about substandard PPE and Checkatrade promotes awards
Howdens’ research shows 80% of tradespeople worry about national skills shortage
Posted: Monday, July 14th, 2025
The company found that 47% of trades don’t think there is enough existing support for those running their businesses
UK residents sweat it out as AC engineer shortage mount
Posted: Monday, July 14th, 2025
The number of UK homes with air conditioning rose to around 19% in 2022, up from 3% in 2011
Promising young roofers join Danny Madden on The Roofing Show
Posted: Friday, July 11th, 2025
Danny Madden talks with Jake Harlow and Gabriella Day about their fledgling career in the roofing trade
AUDIO NEWS: Heatwave sparks tool theft warning and electrician retires to Portugal on £1,000 a month
Posted: Friday, July 11th, 2025
Tradespeople told to guard against tool thieves as heatwave hits, No Falls Foundation calls fatalities unacceptable and electrician retires early and lives abroad for £1,000 a month
Work output expected to grow 18% in the next five years, BCIS forecast reveals
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Labour remains the primary driver of project costs, with increases to employers’ National Insurance Contributions and the National Living Wage feeding into an expected 7.1% annual increase
CITB launches digital careers’ platform for the trade
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
The portal will serve as a central hub for job vacancies, apprenticeships, and entry-level opportunities across England, Scotland, and Wales
AUDIO NEWS: Over 80% of electricians struggle with late payers and tradespeople urged to think before they dig
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Electricians struggling with late payments and rising costs, tradespeople are warned to 'think before they dig' and 13-year-old becomes the UK's youngest digger driver
AUDIO NEWS: Sexually harassment is endemic in the industry and housebuilders agree £100m payout
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
A shocking 31% of female construction workers have been sexually assaulted at work, housebuilders agree £100m deal to close CMA investigation and charity football match to be held this weekend
LSBUD expresses concern over the Government’s NUAR programme
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
New research has revealed the safe digging community's most pressing fears about the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR)
Toolstation employees raise over £5,000 for cancer charity
Posted: Thursday, July 10th, 2025
The charity walk saw eight staff from the retailer tackle the distance of a full marathon, 26 miles, over the Jurassic Coast in Dorset
Award-winning plumber and heating engineer reveals the key to his success
Posted: Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Damon Blakemore shares his success story on The Heating & Plumbing Show with Andy Cam and Todd Glister
Heat pump sales 14 times greater in Northern Europe
Posted: Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
The UK has a “long way to go to catch up with other European nations”, according to The MCS Foundation
Fuel price increases in June as Middle East tensions escalate
Posted: Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Drivers in Northern Ireland benefit from the cheapest forecourt visits—a litre of unleaded there costs 128p on average
AUIDO NEWS: Home Office cracks down on illegal construction workers and forklift driver wins a £1m
Posted: Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Home Office cracks down on illegal workers in the industry, scaffolder left baffled by planning permission objections and forklift driver wins £1 million
Toolstation’s fast-track delivery service now available on app
Posted: Monday, July 7th, 2025
Over 10,000 products are now available for delivery from as little as 30 minutes
How the trade saved a decorator from a life of crime and addiction
Posted: Monday, July 7th, 2025
Joel Bardall and Todd Von Joel are joined by Terry Anderson who talks openly about his upbringing, struggles with addiction, crime, ADHD, prison and finding amazing success in the decorating trade
AUDIO NEWS: House building sector returns to growth and fuel prices jump up in June
Posted: Monday, July 7th, 2025
House building sector returns to growth, but overall construction output remains flat, RAC warns of fuel price increases and bricky encourages school leavers to join the trade
AUDIO NEWS: Number of construction deaths drop and DIY SOS needs tradespeople
Posted: Friday, July 4th, 2025
Accidental deaths in the construction sector drop by 12%, DIY needs plumbers, electricians and painters for latest job and a plumber publishes kids book
