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Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

|Date: 10 October, 2019

Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace ment ...

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace mental health. A recent survey conducted by UK Construction Week, with support from Mates in Mind c ...

10 October, 2019
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Online training resource highlights planning and mental health links

|Date: 10 October, 2019

Online training resource highlights planning and mental health links

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a free online training resource to help planners be ...

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a free online training resource to help planners better understand the link between good planning and mental health. An Introduction to town plann ...

10 October, 2019
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400 construction trainees are ‘site-ready’ thanks to Hampshire County Council

|Date: 9 October, 2019

400 construction trainees are ‘site-ready’ thanks to Hampshire County Council

A free construction skills training programme, launched across Hampshire last November, has been a roarin ...

A free construction skills training programme, launched across Hampshire last November, has been a roaring success with almost 400 people completing the two-week course so far — and there are places f ...

9 October, 2019
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Robertson begins work on new £2.5m Dundee nursery

|Date: 9 October, 2019

Robertson begins work on new £2.5m Dundee nursery

Work is now underway on a new nursery in Dundee which will cater for more than 170 children from next yea ...

Work is now underway on a new nursery in Dundee which will cater for more than 170 children from next year. Procured through Major Works – Scotland, part of the Scape National Construction framework, ...

9 October, 2019
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Bureau Veritas urges the construction industry to ‘go full circle’ amid growing sustainability plight

|Date: 9 October, 2019

Bureau Veritas urges the construction industry to ‘go full circle’ amid growing sustainability plight

While welcoming the UK’s Net Zero pledge, leading sustainability authority Bureau Veritas has asserted th ...

While welcoming the UK’s Net Zero pledge, leading sustainability authority Bureau Veritas has asserted that a transition to the circular economy business model will be a key initiative if the UK is to ...

9 October, 2019
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New £25m constabulary HQ in Lancashire celebrates official opening

|Date: 8 October, 2019

New £25m constabulary HQ in Lancashire celebrates official opening

Lancashire Constabulary and its Police and Crime Commissioner recently celebrated the official opening of ...

Lancashire Constabulary and its Police and Crime Commissioner recently celebrated the official opening of its new headquarters in Blackpool. Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick ...

8 October, 2019
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Over half of all local authorities already enforcing higher building standards

|Date: 8 October, 2019

Over half of all local authorities already enforcing higher building standards

New research by the Solar trade Association (STA) reveals Scottish and English councils in race to the to ...

New research by the Solar trade Association (STA) reveals Scottish and English councils in race to the top on new homes policy The STA has published new research on local authority building standards, ...

8 October, 2019
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Construction course helps transform Maidenhead man’s life

|Date: 7 October, 2019

Construction course helps transform Maidenhead man’s life

Wates and Biosite Systems join forces to support previously unemployed trainee following free constructio ...

Wates and Biosite Systems join forces to support previously unemployed trainee following free construction course A jobseeker has turned his life around thanks to Wates Construction, the contractor bu ...

7 October, 2019
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Multi-million pound construction partnership agreed

|Date: 7 October, 2019

Multi-million pound construction partnership agreed

A deal worth £160m has been struck between a housing association and four construction companies to deliv ...

A deal worth £160m has been struck between a housing association and four construction companies to deliver hundreds of homes across Gloucestershire and the West of England, it has been announced. Bro ...

7 October, 2019
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New educational chapter on the horizon for Houlton

|Date: 4 October, 2019

New educational chapter on the horizon for Houlton

Rugby Borough Council granted planning permission for Houlton School on Friday 27th September, enabling w ...

Rugby Borough Council granted planning permission for Houlton School on Friday 27th September, enabling works to begin on Rugby’s newest secondary school. The new facility will see Houlton’s Grade II- ...

4 October, 2019
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