AUDIO NEWS: SME house builders warn the PM and Ray Winstone gets work as a labourer
Posted: Monday, July 10th, 2023
SME house builders delivered a letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last week, demanding he take action to save their businesses. 200 small and medium sized builders had signed the open letter complaining of the “existential threat to the survival of businesses posed by the increasingly anti-development policy environment”. The group estimated that nearly 80% of firms are considering scaling back their residential construction activity. Stewart Baseley executive chairman of the Home Builders Federation warned: “SMEs are the lifeblood of all industries, but in house building we are seeing them being driven out by an increasingly anti-development, anti-business policy environment.” --- As of last week, plumbers and installers can apply for a £500 training grant to help them become qualified heat pump installers. The £5 million Heat Training Grant, aims to train more than 6000 engineers across the country, through 60 approved training centres. Lord Callanan, minister of energy efficiency and green finance said: “heat pumps and heat networks are critical technologies for decarbonising heat – and play an important role in the country’s push towards net zero.” --- And finally, actor Ray Winstone, the star of Sexy Breast, has taken up labouring on a building site near his home, while he waits for his next acting gig. The Hollywood star of The Departed and Black Widow has been working near his mountain top home in Sicily. --- To listen to the construction news, click below.
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