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Salaries for property professionals remained robust in 2017, according to the latest survey by RICS & Macdonald & Company, but the gender pay gap has increased from last year. Male property professionals earn, on average, £11,000 more than female counterparts (£7,000 in 2016) Sector salary pay rises up 7.2% overall, above UK wage inflation Average […]
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the leaders of the five UK cities worst affected by air pollution (Leeds, Derby, Southampton, Birmingham and Nottingham) have called on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to clean up the country’s toxic air. Every year in Britain 40,000 people die early as a result of air pollution […]
The construction industry has started 2017 strongly, with an increase in activity levels as the value of new building contracts awarded in January reached £6 billion, spearheaded by strong figures from the housebuilding sector. According to the latest edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review from industry analysts Barbour ABI, housing figures increased sharply […]
Activity in the offshore windfarm sector reached a record high in 2016, as the total construction value for projects reached £4.1 billion, increasing from £2.45 billion in 2015. According to the latest data from construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, offshore windfarms alone accounted for 42 per cent of UK construction contract value in the utilities […]
Results from the most comprehensive post-referendum survey of architects have been published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Members Brexit Survey results give an insight into the major concerns and opportunities from architects across the industry. 60% of architects have seen projects delayed, cancelled or scaled back 40% of UK-based non-British […]
With funding and planning secured, construction at Wembley Park will be at a pace not seen at any other major development site, with 5,000 homes under construction over the next 7 years. Wembley Park will be the largest single-site purpose built PRS (private rental sector) development anywhere in the UK after Quintain announced its intention […]
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid will set out the details of the housing White Paper in a statement to MPs today. The Minister admitted that the current market is “broken” and if we are to fix it we need to consider modern methods of construction such as offsite and modular. Javid’s speech intends to highlight the […]
The skills shortage in the construction industry has got worse and has now spread beyond bricklayers and carpenters to other key trades, according to recent research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The FMB’s State of Trade Survey for Q4 2016 shows that: Almost half of construction SMEs are reporting difficulties hiring roofers (46%) Shortages […]
Expectations across the construction sector have now regained the ground lost post the EU vote, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Market Survey, Q4 2016. National workloads still positive with the private housing displaying strongest momentum Road and rail set to be the fastest growing infrastructure sectors over next twelve […]
Crossrail have released the latest video in their “Moving Ahead” series, which is issued four times a year to inform of how much progress has so far been made on what has been described as Europe’s largest construction project. Construction work on Crossrail began in May 2009. Once completed, the Crossrail route will run over […]
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