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.
Recent data shows demand for groundworkers has passed the pre-lockdown peak, suggesting a V-shaped recovery is on the cards for the UK construction sector.
Structural warranty provider, Build-Zone, has appointed Zaf Choudry as business development manager, to join its fast-growing business development team.
Capula and Exyte Hargreaves are the latest engineering companies to create new jobs to support the next phase of construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
J Murphy & Sons has joined the period dignity movement which will give its female employees free access to period products as part of the Hey Girls #PeriodDignity movement.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the launch of the Construction Talent Retention Scheme, a partnership between the Government and industry to secure essential talent.
U+I has selected Mike Hood as a new senior management that will drive the regeneration specialist’s projects as the UK economy recovers from the Covid-19 crisis.
Unite is calling on the government to extend apprentice wage support and repurpose the construction apprenticeship levy to fund all first year apprentices’ pay to safeguard jobs.
Winvic has appointed Rob Cook to manage the civils and infrastructure team, where he will be in charge of schemes and projects which enable future industrial, commercial and multi-room developments for their blue-chip client base.
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Neil Brackenridge as president for 2020/21, he succeeds John Norfolk of Imtech Engineering Services.
Regeneration company Urban Splash has appointed David Warburton as land director to focus on acquisitions in the South West of England and neighbouring areas.
In a push to improve the current skills strategy in the building services sector, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has invited companies and relevant organisations to join the BSE Skills Partnership.
Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock) has appointed David Lockwood as CEO, succeeding Archie Bethel, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire.
CITB’s Construction Skills Fund (CSF) delivering site-ready learners for the industry has been rewarded with a 12-month extension by the Department for Education (DfE).
