Youthbuild UK address the issues of youth unemployment and construction industry skills gap with Building Pathways event Building Pathways event sponsored by Toolstation Youthbuild UK held a Building Pathways event recently and young people spoke about how their lives had been transformed by opportunities to work in the construction industry’ Encourage younger generation into the[…]

Schlüter-Systems created the new job roles in light of the recent growth in demand for its products With over 10,000 products in its growing range, Schlüter-Systems created the new jobs to ensure that its team continues to offer attentive customer service. The new position of Marketing Communications Coordinator has been filled by Alex Lambert whilst[…]

Schlüter-Systems created the new job roles in light of the recent growth in demand for its products With over 10,000 products in its growing range, Schlüter-Systems created the new jobs to ensure that its team continues to offer attentive customer service. The new position of Marketing Communications Coordinator has been filled by Alex Lambert whilst[…]

Schlanduuml;ter-Systems created the new job roles in light of the recent growth in demand for its products With over 10,000 products in its growing range, Schlanduuml;ter-Systems created the new jobs to ensure that its team continues to offer attentive customer service. The new position of Marketing Communications Coordinator has been filled by Alex Lambert whilst[…]

The BDA visited York College for one of its #LOVEBRICK roadshow events. The company is currently developing the programme for 2015 Many companies are unwilling to commit to the lengthy apprenticeship training programme that is required to train the new generation of workers. In a recent proposal, Ed Miliband aims to tackle this by encouraging[…]

Following the publication of a report by Manpower, a news story broke recently about the shortfall of skilled workers within the UK construction industry. One of the main issues reported was the fact some British companies are having to hire Portuguese bricklayers to meet demand, paying them wages of up to £200 a day –[…]

This new infographic produced by Quantic UK shows that the demand for skilled construction professionals is likely to soar in 2015 Construction growth has slowed slightly in the past month or so, which is not uncommon at this time of year, but that doesn’t detract from the fact that the industry has had a very[…]

Skills To Build The Skills To Build report by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KPMG The report found that: This could impact the wider economy as early as April 2015, when over a total of over 600,000 workers will be needed on site to deliver major projects currently in planning, a 51% increase[…]