On 26 November, our team attended the Highways Heroes Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane – an event dedicated to recognising the people across UK highways who go above and beyond in the face of adversity.
Since 1980, Pride in the Job has been central to NHBC’s purpose to raise standards in house building. Now, 45 years later, the competition remains the most highly regarded in the house-building industry and a prestigious benchmark for exceptional site managers.
When it comes to construction marketing, we often assume decisions are made based on logic, specification, and performance data. And to some extent, they are. But beneath that technical surface lies something far more powerful: human bias.
The latest government figures of company insolvencies show the construction sector constitutes the highest number of insolvencies over the last twelve months.
Unite the Union, representing over 1,500 construction workers across 34 contractors at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, has confirmed a wave of industrial action amid disputes over pay and allowances.
The latest HBF women in construction programme is ready to launch in November, with the highest levels of employer support seen since its inception in 2023.
In 2025, the UK construction sector confronts an escalating talent crisis. With many experienced tradespeople approaching retirement and fewer apprentices entering the workforce, firms are scrambling to maintain delivery rates amid ambitious housing targets.
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has written to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP to warn that new age restrictions on Level 7 apprenticeship funding will severely damage the pipeline of qualified planners.
David Barnes, head of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Institute of Building, examines the government’s drive to tackle construction’s skills shortages
