Top five read stories of 2024
Its that time of year again for nationaltradesmen.co.uk to run down the most viewed news stories of 2024 as we head into 2025 so without further ado lets get into…
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Category: Construction news
ONS data reveals tradesmen are in high demand
ONS Data Reveals Tightening in Construction Labour Market Amid Wider Economic Loosening with job vacancies soaring in the sector which has in turn raised wages. The latest labour market statistics…
Read MoreHealth and safety ignored by contractor who receives community service
A sole trader building a new attic trussed roof and the refurbishment works, has been fined for failing to plan, manage and monitor construction work being carried out under their…
Read More75 tonne piling rig topples over at London site (Video)
A massive 75 tonne piling rig operated by Keltbray has fallen over while working at the Ebury Bridge development site in Westminster. Video footage of a toppled over Soilmec SR-75 piling…
Read MoreExcavator floats down river swollen by storm Franklin (Video)
A barge and excavator that were being used on a flood defence job in Leeds has been swept away by the swollen River Aire on BAM’s Leeds flood alleviation scheme. The…
Read MoreConstruction wages drop as labour shortage eases
Labour rates are beginning to ease as softening demand for skilled tradesmen especially in volume house building at the start of 2022. Construction dose traditionally slow down this time of…
Read MoreMaterial cost rises as buyers report “phenomenal” increases
Nationaltradesmen.co.uk have been reporting cost rises across the board with many materials being increasingly difficult to get hold of and price rises loom for many builders and contractors with the…
Read MoreUK construction set to grow by 13%
UK’s building and construction activity looks set for huge double digit growth this year as the industry looks to bounce back from Covid. The Construction Product Association have revised their forecasts…
Read MoreAll construction workers see rise in wages in March 2021
Bricklayers carpenters and most other tradesmen have seen a rise in wages with demand for skilled labour out stripping supply this has seen worker in the construction industry see their…
Read MoreConcrete drainage Cartel fined more than £36m
A Competition Markets Authority investigation found that, from July 2006 to March 2013 Stanton Bonna Concrete, FP McCann, and CPM Group colluded among themselves to fix or coordinate the price of…
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