AUDIO NEWS: Select raises alarm about Scottish brain drain and the Hod-father nears end of Lake District climb
Posted: Monday, June 2nd, 2025
The UK government’s immigration plans could be a ticking time bomb for the Scottish construction industry. According to Scotland’s largest trade body, Select, plans to raise the qualification standards for foreign workers will force a significant number to leave. Scottish tradespeople are then likely to flood over the border to take better paying jobs. Select’s managing director, Alan Wilson said: “Raising the thresholds for skilled workers may seem on the face of it to be a laudable aim, but it is likely… to mean workers will be sucked in from places like Scotland.” --- A disgruntled builder who smashed a women’s patio with a sledgehammer after he didn’t get paid by his boss has pleaded guilty to charges of criminal damage. Capelo Musse had been subcontracted by another businessman to pave an outside area in May last year. Although the client paid the contractor, Musse never received his payment. --- Nigel Howell is nearing the end of his quest to climb all 214 Wainwrights in the Lake District, while carrying a hod full of bricks. Howell, also known as ‘the Hod-father’ has been walking up the peaks for charity Mind Over Mountains, which helps people with mental health struggles. Howell has already completed the Three Peak Challenge, a marathon and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with a hod full of bricks for charity. --- To listen to the construction news please click below.
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