All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 68
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NewsConstruction output slides again as familiar issues continue to dog industry
Latest monthly figure now 1.5% below pre-covid level
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Comment£1 notices aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on
A payment notice is invalid if it fails to set out the amount genuinely considered due – placeholder notices don’t count, says Tony Bingham
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NewsConstruction vacancies increase at fastest rate on record
Average number of vacancies was 43,000 over the last three months, the highest figure for at least 20 years
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FeaturesPlanning makes way for levelling up as Gove shifts focus
The reshuffle has put the restyled housing ministry in the spotlight, with one of the Tories’ biggest hitters now in charge reflecting a recalibration of government priorities
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NewsTop cement makers to cut carbon emissions by a quarter by 2030
Cemex among 40 major firms to sign up to global plan
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FeaturesWe need neither feast nor famine but a steady diet of work: an interview with Andy Steele
The new chairman of Build UK reckons construction’s business model is broken. He tells Dave Rogers what he thinks it will take to fix it – starting with greater certainty from government
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NewsSale agreed for £70m Liverpool scheme stalled by developer’s arrest
Elliot Group project one of four which collapsed intor administration
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NewsCity tower Mace working on kicked into touch by Square Mile planners
48-storey Stiff & Trevillion office would have been built next to Gherkin
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NewsMaterial prices continue to surge as regional firms meet for emergency summit
Structural steel prices rose by more than 10% in August
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NewsFormer employees of collapsed firm Simons Group win £200,000 payout
Court rules contractor failed to consult employees before making them redundant
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NewsWomen still earn a quarter less than men at UK’s biggest construction firms
Pay gaps of country’s 40 biggest housebuilders and contractors published
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NewsBoosting wages will not fix industry’s labour shortage crisis, Mace boss warns
Mark Reynolds calls for long-term visas for foreign workers instead as Boris Johnson launches drive to end reliance on immigration
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NewsGovernment suggests candidates to lead RICS’ ‘future purpose’ review
Four names put forward by Cabinet Office believed to be retired civil servants
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NewsNon-executives whose dismissals sparked RICS crisis criticise group’s public apology
Four raise doubts over statement’s sincerity
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NewsArcadis brings in new country director role for UK as firm rejigs global structure
Chief executive’s position ditched as previous incumbent appointed to group post at consultant
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NewsBritish Steel price hike sign of the ‘next phase’ of cost inflation, consultant warns
Rising energy costs set to hit domestically made products such as bricks and blocks
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NewsRedundancy costs top £1m for second year running at Byrne
Firm racks up £3.5m restructuring bill in past three years as turnover dropped nearly a quarter last year, latest accounts reveal
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NewsConsultants on notice for £150m Crown Commercial Services deal
Scheme will run for up to six years
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NewsRICS issues grovelling public apology to wrongfully dismissed non-executives
External review into the institution’s future purpose also set to start within weeks