All Careers articles – Page 9
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NewsLaing O'Rourke puts 125 Bison staff on notice
Contractor puts a further 70 jobs at risk at its second Bison factory in Derbyshire, bringing to 125 the total number staff at risk of redundacy
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NewsAedas appoints Asda man as head of retail
Darrel Owens charged with winning European retail work
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NewsRICS calls for benchmarking of consultant fees
RICS asks government to intervene to stamp out underbidding as new figures show continuing decline in fees
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NewsPay dispute talks to resume this month
Trade union Unite is ‘optimistic’ that agreement can be reached with contractors over pay for 500,000 workers
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NewsFormer RMJM stars battle architect in the courts
Tony Kettle and Colin Bone sue architect at Edinburgh Employment Tribunal
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FeaturesScots on the rocks: Construction in Scotland
Construction activity north of the border is expected to fall 7% this year, but does the Scottish government have better plans than Westminster for digging itself out of trouble?
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CommentHow to use an architect
Open mike The profession’s leadership skills and long-term approach to value hold the key to cutting public sector building costs by 20%
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NewsPrisk hails new construction adviser Peter Hansford
‘Cerebral’ former ICE boss pips five rival candidates to take over from Paul Morrell in December
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CommentDon't use the recession as an excuse to stop training
CITB-ConstructionSkills chief executive Mark Farrar argues why now is the time to upskill your workforce
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NewsOver 80 blacklisted workers sue Sir Robert McAlpine
Workers obtain court order to access unredacted blacklisting files for the first time
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NewsOver 5,000 construction firms go bust in 22 months
Over 5,000 construction firms have gone insolvent since autumn 2010, new insolvency figures have revealed
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NewsUcatt official says election was unfair
Branch president lodges complaint to Certification Office after ruling that union breached law in 2011 vote
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CommentPensions: Cleaning up our toxic legacy
Construction accounts for £34.4bn of the UK’s final salary pension deficit. How can the government restore confidence in workplace schemes?
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FeaturesShould we work all hours?
Ray O’Rourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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NewsBarratt director steps down
Housebuilder Barratt has announced that Clive Fenton, a company director, has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsRay O'Rourke: 'We need 35-hour weeks'
Boss of contractor Laing O’Rourke argues for shorter weeks to attract young people into the construction industry
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NewsFormer NFB chair's firm collapses
Merseyside contractor run by former NFB chair Alison Perry, who was awarded an OBE last month, has gone into adminstration
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NewsCapita Symonds-owned architect ESA opens new Poland office
Wholly-owned Capita Symonds architecture practice ESA has opened its second Polish studio in the capital Warsaw.
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News260 jobs go as Doyle Group folds
260 workers in John Doyle Construction and Ibex Interiors made redundant as Doyle Plc placed in administration
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NewsRMJM faces winding up petition from former PR firm
The Big Partnership takes action against troubled architect through Edinburgh courts