Blue book construction workers to receive an extra £1 per Hour
Workers operating under the Blue Book agreement have accepted contractors’ offer of an extra £1 per hour cost of living increase but this does ...
Hinkley point images of nuclear reactor being moved to site emerge
Amazing images of the first nuclear reactors being moved to site in Somerset, which is the first reactor to be installed in the UK ...
Worker fell five meters while installing roof light
A worker was seriously injured after he fell from approximately five meters the firm has fined after an employee fractured his back and ribs ...
Timber and brick socks rise as housing sector slows
Brick and timber supplies are largely returning to normal after supplies chains were hit hard in the pandemic and after the crisis due to ...
Construction firm fined for un-fulshable toilet
A construction company has been taken to court and fined after it failed to provide suitable welfare facilities at a construction site in Belsize ...
Electrician died after falling from roof of building
A electrical firm has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site after work was ...
Plumber jailed for illegal gas work
A plumber has been jailed after carrying out illegal gas installation on 81 year old's property after she believed he was gas safe. Christopher ...
Companies fined after site had multiple HSE failings
Two companies have been fined £20,000 for a catalogue of health and safety failings at former bank being converted at building site inLondon Road Alderley ...
Construction buyers see brighter days ahead
With new build taking the biggest hit according to he latest bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index but buyers insist that despite ...
Two builders caught in excavator bucket lifting keystone
A construction company firm has been fined for a series of Health and safety failings one included two workers being hoisted in a excavator ...
Carpenter crushed to death by excavator firm dissolved upon prosecution
A Construction company has been fined £146k after a carpenter was crushed to death by a 20 tonne excavator while he was woking on ...
Building firm fined for dangerous work after being served prohibition order
A building firm has been fined after putting workers working at height at risk during the refurbishment of a former warehouse building in London ...
Hs2 starts London tunnel drive (Video)
A milestone has been reached as the Hs2 as the first of a pair of TBM's Tunnel Boring Machines driving twin-bore tunnels from West ...
UK Construction buyers report return to growth
UK construction companies returned to a modest growth through September after two months of falling output despite the challenging conditions in the UK's economy ...
Firm fined after worker falls 7 m through fragile roof
A construction firm from Leicestershire has been fined £80,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a fragile roof while carrying out a ...
Construction wages still rising despite economic turmoil
Construction self employed wages have continued to rise despite the worries in cost of living and inflation rocketing in the last six months with ...
HSE to launch safety blitz on pains, strains and aches
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are launching a new initiative with 1,000 inspections to be carried out in October and November checking how workers ...
Nationaltradesmen.co.uk celebrates 10 years with prize draw
Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has now been live for ten years and to celebrate this milestone we will be offering advertisement package for a whole year to ...
Ir35 rules rolled back by new chancellor that were loathed by construction
Construction subbies and contractors were given a massive as the chancellor has committed to repealing the off-payroll legislation, which were supposed to reform IR35 ...
Construction firm fined for HAVS after 12 years of exposure
A construction company has been fined after not controlling the risks to employees from exposure to vibration when using vibrating tools. Roywood Contractors employed ...
A worker has been rescued from a four meter trench
A worker has been saved from a trench on a construction site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach the man ...
Furniture firm fined after lack of extraction for wood dust
A company has been fined £14,700 and ordered to pay £4,869.46 after an inspection by Britain’s workplace regulator found workers ...
Worker crushed to death while loading excavator grab
Erith Plant Services Limited in Kent has been fined £175,000 following the death of an 24 year old employee after ...
Construction sees first growth in six months
UK construction companies reported a bounce back from the six months of decline which indicated a renewed increase in total ...
Top three battery plunge, rail, track saws in 2024
Looking to buy a new plunge saw in 2024 read this definitive guide to three of the best budget plunge ...
World first hydrogen digger to be allowed on building sites
Hydrogen is here with the world’s first digger, powered by a hydrogen combustion engine, will be on building sites and ...
Construction wages slightly rise although sluggish in some areas
Its seems that construction wages for the self employed may be turning the corner after a slow end to 2023 ...
Firm fined after worker struck head and died moving MWP
An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a subcontractor working at a hospital in Scotland ...
Firm fined after perfect son was hit and killed by excavator
A demolition and asbestos removal company from Hertfordshire has been fined after an employee was crushed to death while only ...
Firm fined after worker falls from inadequate scaffold
A solar panel installation company has been fined after a worker fell and sustained life-changing injuries while carrying materials up ...
Worker suffers serious burns from electrical flash
A Mechanical and Electrical company has been fined after a worker suffered serious burns to their body after a electrical ...
Worker dies after falling through unguarded scaffold
A worker has died after falling through the unguarded scaffolding while working hanging vertical tiles, he was treated for serious ...
Building control inspectors get three month reprieve to register
The Building safety Regulator has announced a three-month extension for all building control inspectors to give them time to get ...
Construction growth helps bring UK out of recession
Construction output grew by 1.1% in January 2024, but in the three months to January 2024 construction output fell by ...
Persimmon homes sees tough year ahead
Persimmon homes pre tax profits fall by over 50% after interest rate rises subdue housing sales, home builders look forward ...
Tower scaffold collapse caught on dash cam (video)
A driver’s dash cam caught the dramatic moment when a tower scaffold collapsed onto a road in Buckingham last week ...
Steel worker loses life after being crushed between to steel beams
A steel fabricator and manufacturer has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two heavy ...
JIB plumbers and electricians rates 2024 to 2025
Welcome to nationaltradesmen.co.uk guide to JIB rates for 2024 to 2025 if you are looking for 2023 guide please scroll ...
HSE hopes to build knowledge over work place stress
In the hustle and bustle of the construction site, amidst the clang of hammers and the roar of machinery, mental ...
Plumber receives sentence for illegal gas work
A plumber who carried out gas work has received a suspended prison sentence after he carried out works on a ...
Cowboy builder £160K fraud sentenced
Victims of the fraudulent builder who swindled over £160k from clients whom he befriended but left them feeling "in turmoil ...
Competition probe into 8 house builders over pricing of new homes
The Competition Markets Authority has published its final naming report on report on the housebuilding market in the UK finding ...
