AUDIO NEWS: Young van drivers face massive hike in insurance costs and plasterer gets kick out of Dubai
Posted: Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Young van drivers are facing soaring insurance premiums due in part to the impact of tool theft — that’s according to research from Quotezone.co.uk. The insurance platform claims that van drivers aged between 17-and-24-years old are paying up 278% more to insure their vehicles and tools, compared with other age groups. Average policy prices for those between 17-and-24 are now over £2,000 – nearly four times the price paid by drivers aged between 45-and-65-years old. There were over 17,000 reported incidents of tool theft last year, of which roughly half involved equipment being stolen from vans. --- Craig Gilhome from Prudhoe in Northumberland was crowned the UK’s Best Heating Installer at the NEC Birmingham earlier this week. Gilhome, who won the North East regional heat earlier this year, beat off stiff competition from second place Joshua Bond to claim the national award at the Installer Show. At the same ceremony, Shaun Bone was named Best Sustainable Installer and Jessica Rose claimed the Rising Star award. --- A UK plasterer has been kicked out of Dubai because of his facial tattoos. Jordan Howman, who had spent £3,000 on a family holiday to the UAE, was stopped at the airport and refused entry to the country. The 34-year-old spread, who had already visited Dubai three times told The Daily Mail that he had been “massively discriminated against”. --- To listen to the construction news please click below
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