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.
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced it will refresh its Skills and Training Fund (STF) to provide more support for micro, small and medium-sized businesses.
Amey has agreed to pay all of its UK workers in full if they are required to self-isolate due to COVID-19, this comes after intense lobbying from Unite the union.
A temporary solution to cover wages paid to operatives in the building engineering sector during the COVID-19 lockdown has been agreed by Unite and BESA.
WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance, particularly those working in science, engineering, technology and manufacturing (STEM), has urged employers to keep inclusion on their agenda in these difficult times.
Amey says coronavirus is ‘less severe than influenza’ when asked if they would pay their key workers in full if they had to self-isolate due to COVID-19.
The government's new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will see HMRC pay costs of up to £2,500 per month for ‘furloughed workers’. Employment solicitor Paida Dube explains what furloughing is and what it means for your business.
Nigel Morris, tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson explains how employers can access the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to continue paying 80% of the salary for employees.
CITB is providing attendance apprenticeship grants for second and third-year apprentices in advance, this will help keep skills in the construction industry despite the coronavirus outbreak
Construction site managers must show leniency towards staff with expired SKILLcards, says the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), as operatives are unable to sit their tests.
Built Environment Skills In Schools (BESS) has urged construction employers to utilise the digital revolution as much as possible for training during the coronavirus pandemic.
Balfour Beatty's annual gender pay report has revealed the mean and median gender pay gap has decreased by 3% and 4% respectively whilst the mean and median gender bonus gap closed by 5% and 9%.
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has pledged to do all it can to offer coronavirus support to construction workers, apprentices and trainees.
When it comes to greater diversity in construction, the pace of change has been painfully slow. But, says Emma Marriott of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, getting more women to enter – and stick with – the industry creates a win-win for all involved.
LGBT women say gender is a bigger barrier than sexuality when it comes to a career in construction, according to a new report by Loughborough University.
A two-year project targeting experienced tradespeople working in the construction sector has been launched to recruit and train 100 new construction assessors across Scotland’s construction Colleges.
