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Simon deMaid, Partner and employment law expert at Howes Percival Law firm answers Covid-19 vaccination questions for employers Leading law firm Howes Percival is urging companies to consider the risks of adopting a blanket ‘no jab, no job’ employment policy. Currently, vaccination against COVID-19 is not compulsory, with the Government leaving it up to businesses […]
In the video at the end of this article you can watch David Attenboroughs recent speech to the UN. We cannot stop the impact of global warming but we can mitigate it and if we don’t act, today’s youngsters will have far more to worry about than the impact of Covid on their education
An innovative Scottish company has launched a unique rapid-building technology which offers an efficient solution for temporary and permanent structures. QuickBlock invented and makes a flat-packed, 100% recycled plastic, lightweight, modular building system. The blocks are easy to stack, like children’s building blocks, with no need for additional or specialist materials, tools or skills. Like […]
New construction industry research to broaden understanding of how the vital CDM 2015 Principal Designer role is working in practice The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging the construction industry to get involved in important new research to develop a broader picture of the benefits and challenges of the Principal Designer (PD) role under […]
Working together, safely, was central to enabling one construction team to deliver a £19.5m new school build project on time, ahead of usual schedules. The team from main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, in partnership with Gilberts Blackpool, at Ealing Fields High School in West London overcame the impact of COVID on site working to still […]
Our new Construction Sector Insight Report takes stock of sentiment and commercial perspectives after a unique and incredibly challenging year and reveals a stark reminder of the cost pressures facing the sector, even during a pandemic. Over a two-month period at the end of 2020 and early 2021 we invited feedback from over 200 […]
Can shipping container homes solve the US housing demand House prices in the US are skyrocketing. Low mortgage rates and Covid have driven the demand but supply is nowhere near meeting that demand, the discrepancy resulting in a further spike in the ever-increasing values. We are seeing the same pattern in the UK. In terms […]
Building industry ups the ante to get reverse VAT scrapped The campaign for the government to ditch reverse charge VAT is mounting with the Federation of Master Builders, FMB, claiming two-thirds of SMEs believing it will damage cash flow. Scottish National Party MP Kirsten Oswald has already tabled an early day motion calling for the […]
A budget of more than £900m, including funding for infrastructure, regeneration and job training schemes that can support the region’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery has been approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The 2021/22 WMCA Budget includes a package of major transport projects to help drive economic growth and cleaner air as well as funding […]
Invest in technology, productivity and sustainability, says Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director of Construction at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He will be addressing the CIOB’s Adapt & Thrive conference on 24 March. The UK construction sector has done a great job amidst the pandemic, adopting new site procedures allowing the whole […]
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