Shortage of carpenters but quarter of SME’s shed staff
A new survey shows a shortage of skilled carpenters which for the first time overtake bricklayers as the most sought after tradesmen, this shortage of quality tradesmen is thought to…
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Month: October 2019
Simons goes into administration with 124 job losses
Simons group based in Lincolnshire goes into administration after poor results and bad contracts. Some problem contracts have forced the group into administration with 124 job losses. The business which collapsed…
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Flexible hours in construction? BAM, Skanska and Willmott to trail, thoughts?
Can construction really leap into the 21st century Bam Construct, Bam Nuttall, Skanska and Willmott Dixon think so and are trialling ways of making working hours more flexible on site. The…
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Man dies after climbing Dixon’s Chimney in Carslisle
A man has died after being stranded in the early hours of Monday morning hanging from his legs on top of the former cotton mill tower, it is not known…
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Police raids after CSCS card cheats were told answers by administrators
CSCS cards have been falsely obtained at test centres in London Cheshire and Essex by illegal imagrants where the test centres have been giving the answers to cheat the system. Construction…
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Carpenter falls while undoing trusses firm fined £65000
A Hitchin-based construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter sustained nerve and tissue damage to his lower back after a fall from height. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard on 2…
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10 month sentence after boss killed worker with excavator
Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd has been sentenced after an employee, Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which Harvey was…
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New no win no fee for payments service launched
BWL Consulting has launched a unique no win no fee solution to help construction businesses of all sizes pursue their dispute or claim without the worry of spiralling costs and…
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Hard Rock hotel crane collapse in New Orleans (Video)
The shocking collapse of the under construction Hard Rock hotel in New Orleans has seen two dead and one missing after a crane and large part of the building crashed…
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Cemex fined £1m for fatality in factory
Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1m after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast. Livingston Sheriff Court…
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