Construction News

HSE starts consultation process on re-write of RIDDOR regs, two plumbing apprentices make it to the semifinal of Screwfix competition and FMB supports Stress Awareness Month

Over 500,000 hours a year wasted on inefficient training, 45% of graduates want to swap their degrees for a career in the trades and builders merchants take 2m steps for charity

Builders among the heaviest users of artificial intelligence, FMB lobbies Scottish political parties for greater support and astronauts fix £22 million toilet

Over half of tradespeople claim they turn down work at least once a month, CSCS card fraudsters convicted and an electrician takes on the three peaks challenge

Higher salaries and rising material costs squeeze margins for builders, RAC issue warning about fuel costs and Werner launches ladder safety campaign

High energy costs drive price hikes, government reveals £70m fund to train building inspectors and Trades United plans anti-tool theft rally in Romford

Police and NFB launch campaign to raise awareness about invoice fraud, solar PV prices could jump due to Iran war and event manager jacks it in to become a plumber

The average value of tool theft insurance claims jumps by 24%, 90% of new homeowners would recommend their builder, and WIT conference to take place in July

Plan to sell plug-in solar panels in supermarkets could end in disaster, a consultation process on the future of the CITB opens and former electrician wins pub award

Government bans retention payments, new homes to have solar panels and heat pumps from 2028 and the cost of London skyscrapers jumps 40%

Construction industry remains the deadliest in the UK, tradespeople lose 8 hours a week to admin tasks and TradePod celebrates first anniversary

SME housebuilders are losing their appetite to invest, FMB lobbies government for licensing scheme and roofer launches scaffolding price comparison platform

​​​​​​​Demand for skilled electricians is high and apprenticeships remain one of the most effective ways to develop talent