Headman at Shedman, Bill Roddie, delivers 70 free small Shopping Sheds to vulnerable people in Greater Glasgow
Shedman, Scotland’s leading manufacturer and distributor of garden sheds, has delivered 70 small Shopping Sheds entirely free of charge to vulnerable individuals and families throughout Greater Glasgow. And most were delivered personally by the Headman at Shedman,...
First Phase of New Village Approved for Ebbsfleet Garden City
The first phase of a new village for Ebbsfleet Garden City has been approved by planners. Ebbsfleet Development Corporation approved plans for 281 homes in Ashmere, which will be the second village to be developed in Whitecliffe, formerly known as Eastern Quarry....
Britain’s Builders Need Cash Grants, Says FMB
The Federation of Maser Builders (FMB) is backing calls from the CBI to increase the Government guarantees on loans to small businesses to 100%, to reflect the difficulty that builders are facing in accessing finance. The FMB is also calling on banks to speed up...
Transport for London to Place 7,000 Staff on Furlough to Help Safeguard Vital Transport Services and Support London Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Vital advice for people to stay at home and only make essential journeys has led to a huge reduction in passenger numbers and significantly reduced incomeGovernment’s Job Retention Scheme will enable TfL to access funding to support staff whose work has been paused...
Balfour Beatty successfully transform Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus into NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital
Balfour Beatty announces that it has successfully completed the new temporary NHS Scotland Hospital, NHS Louisa Jordan, at Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC) this week, on behalf of the Scottish Government. Acting as Principal Contractor, Balfour Beatty completed...
Lichfields Launches Live COVID-19 Planning Tracker to Support Industry
NATIONAL planning and development consultancy Lichfields has launched a unique on-line resource to assist industry professionals navigate the uncertain planning environment as a result of COVID-19. The dedicated web resource; Business as (un)usual, is designed to...
Sports and Leisure Architecture Company Wins Prestigious Queen’s Award
A RIBA chartered architectural and design firm has received royal recognition for designing world class facilities in the UK and abroad. Driven International, which is based in Hook in Hampshire, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for...
Amey wins £100million Yorkshire Water Contract Extension
Leading public services provider, Amey, has obtained a three-year contract extension, performing reactive and proactive maintenance work across Yorkshire Water’s sewer network. The contract, which begins in April 2020, forms part of Yorkshire Water’s...
New Forum Animation Offers Guidance to Contractors and Customers During Emergency Domestic Work
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has issued an engaging new animation that offers clear and practical advice to contractors and occupiers undertaking emergency domestic work. In simple and graphic form, the short film outlines the precautions and...
TfL Introduces Middle-Door Only Boarding Across the London Bus Network
Following a successful trial, passengers will only be able to enter via the centre doors of buses from MondayMiddle-door only boarding is one of a range of measures to keep drivers safe during the pandemicBus drivers are playing a vital role in transporting critical...
Scandi Summer Interiors Guide
Lifestyle expert at Contura provides tips on how to create a fresh, summery Scandi-inspired interior As we head towards summer, it’s a good idea to think about refreshing your interiors to match the changing seasons. With winter behind us, it’s time to put away the...
Amey Receives Two RoSPA Gold and Three President’s Awards
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded Amey two gold awards to recognise the outstanding work and continual improvements being made across all aspects of health, safety and wellbeing...
Amey Partners with The Open University to Help Disabled Veterans
Amey is proud to have further strengthened links with the Armed Forces by partnering with The Open University (OU) to support its Disabled Veterans’ Scholarship Fund (DVSF). The scheme provides education and specialist, tailored support to disabled individuals injured...
Balfour Beatty VINCI Receives HS2 Notice to Proceed for c. £5 Billion Main Works Civil Engineering Contracts
Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long-established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders, today announces it has received notification from High Speed 2 (HS2) to proceed with its two main civil engineering contracts, worth a combined total of c. £5 billion....
Mates in Mind COVID-19 Relief Fund Appeal
Mates in Mind has today published a call for donations to its COVID-19 Relief Fund. This Relief Fund will allow Mates in Mind to continue to respond with vital support programmes. It is now expected that workplace mental health issues, already a pervasive challenge...
EARNINGS FALL AS VIRUS HITS CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Average earnings for freelancers fell by 2.9 per cent last month as the impact of coronavirus started to filter through to building sites, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract. Analysis of payroll data for more than 2,200 construction companies in...
Madagascar Coronavirus Appeal
Coronavirus is impacting us all massively, but spare a moment (and a few pounds if you can) to think about those in rural Madagascar, noted by the World Bank as the poorest country in the World. Here there are few health services, many people’s immune systems are...
80% of Builders Left in Dark by Banks on Coronavirus Loan, Says FMB
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is calling on the Chancellor to address the blockages in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), as small builders across the country are struggling to keep their businesses afloat. It follows an FMB survey of...
How to Improve Your Garden Without Spending a Penny
With many now spending a lot more time at home for the foreseeable future, experts offer their top tips to spruce up your outdoor space without spending a penny. As people look to cut back on unnecessary costs and spending, experts at Hitachi Personal Finance...
Amey awarded South West strategic highways contract in Scotland
Transport Scotland has named Amey as the new provider to maintain and improve the motorways and trunk roads across the south west of Scotland. From August 2020, Amey will run the £400m contract for a minimum of eight years. It includes the option of an extension of up...
Training Provider Delivers CITB Course Remotely For First Time
Nationwide health and safety training provider 3B Training Ltd has become the first provider to deliver the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course remotely. Today 3B Training made history by delivering the CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) course remotely for...
NHS Property Services insources Hard FM Services to Improve Customer Experience and Reduce Costs
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) can announce that it has changed the way it delivers hard facilities management services (‘Hard FM’), which will see the government-owned company take direct control of selected services. Responsible for the management and maintenance of...
Peab Builds Healthcare Building in Ängelholm
Peab has been commissioned to build a new healthcare building on the hospital grounds in Ängelholm. The customer is Hälsostaden Ängelholm AB and the contract is worth SEK 176 million. The project is a new healthcare building that will be located southeast of the ER...
LOCKDOWN DIY: 73% OF DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS BASIC TOOL IS
Google searches asking whether DIY stores are open during lockdown have increased by 1000% Millennials could not name 8 out of 15 tools on averageShockingly, 73% of millennial Brits can’t identify a levelOther surprising entries for the least most recognisable tools...
Only emergency construction work should continue, says FMB
Only emergency and critical construction work should be allowed to continue and help extended to SME building firms and the self-employed in order to protect the health and livelihoods of the industry’s workforce, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). ...
NUMBER OF EMPTY HOMES SOARS THIRD YEAR RUNNING TO 225,845
Number of long-term vacant properties in England rises by 4.5% in a yearThere is now £56.8bn worth of residential property lying empty long termNo. of empty homes grew the most in Solihull with 67.7% riseBirmingham remained the worst offender with 4,575 long-term...
GOVERNMENT SET TO BAN FOSSIL FUEL HEATING IN NEW HOMES FROM 2025
Last year it was announced that the Government had introduced a new consultation which sets out its plans for the Future Homes Standard. This includes proposed options to increase the energy efficiency requirements for new homes from this year. The aim of this...
Transportation Should Keep Moving: Dynamic Infrastructure Responds to Coronavirus Pandemic and Allows Free Use of its AI-Based Bridge Maintenance Technology by DOTs and PPPs Worldwide
The New York and Tel Aviv based company Dynamic Infrastructure has decided to open free of charge its AI-based technology to enable Departments of Transportation and Private Public Partnerships (PPP) to continue to remotely manage the critical maintenance of bridges...
REDEVELOPMENT PLANS IN WIDNES COULD SECURE THE FUTURE OF TWO GOLF CLUBS
PLANS to build circa 255 new homes in Widnes will improve the fortunes of not one, but two local golf clubs. Anwyl Homes Lancashire has submitted a planning application to redevelop around 26.5 acres of land at Widnes Golf Club, off Liverpool Road. If approved, the...
Bring The Outdoors In
As most of us move to a more isolated and indoor lifestyle this spring, Contura experts provide tips to plan your own natural oasis at home Although it’s harder to get outdoors on a regular basis at the moment, studies have shown that just five minutes spent outdoors...
FUTURE GENERATION EMBARKS ON PHASE 3 OF SHEFFIELD PBSA AS IT SUCCESSFULLY REFINANCES £39MILLION DEVELOPMENT LOAN
Third phase of ‘Steel City’ will mark the completion of the £35m scheme, adding 19 serviced apartments to the existing 324 student bedroomsFuture Generation has also successfully refinanced the £39m development loan used to build both this and its Colchester PBSA...
Scandi Guide to Better Health & Happiness
With Scandinavian countries topping the World Happiness Report (yet again) this year, Swedish lifestyle expert at Contura provides tips to help Brits improve wellbeing Scandi-style For the eighth year in a row, Scandinavian countries have scooped the top places in the...
SELECT Cautiously Welcomes Chancellor’s Measures to Assist the Self-Employed but Urges More Clarity
SELECT, the trade body for electrical professionals in Scotland, has given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s measures, announced on Thursday 26 March 2020, to provide financial support to the self-employed – but insists more clarity is still needed. Alan Wilson,...
Free Training Courses to Help You Stay Safe Working From Home During Coronavirus
“It’s our job to help people stay safe and look after their mental wellbeing when they work from home” says British Safety Council The British Safety Council is offering free online training courses for home workers as the nation changes its working habits to meet the...
TfL Takes Steps to Support Tenants
All small and medium businesses on TfL’s estate, which make up 86 per cent of tenants, to get 100 per cent rent relief, starting from 25 March, for next three months100 per cent rent relief to be provided to all tenants who operate in any London Underground station...
HOUSEBUILDER HELPS BRING CLEAN WATER TO TOGO COMMUNITY
A COMMUNITY in Togo has access to clean water and toilets thanks to new homes being built in South Wales and the South West of England. Ahead of World Water Day (March 22), Compassion UK revealed that almost 250 children have benefitted as a direct result of a...