Plumber receives 26 months suspended for illegal gas work
A plumber who was previously a gas installer has been sentenced after carrying out gas work that was found to be immediately dangerous whilst no longer being gas safe registered….
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Concrete 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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Plant hire company fined after worker killed by high pressure grease
A piling rig and plant hire company, Ruislip Plant Ltd has been fined after a worker was fatally injured whilst undertaking maintenance on a piling rig. Reading Crown Court heard that, on…
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350,000 new construction jobs needed to reach NetZero
The CITB has highlighted the need for 350,000 new roles to keep the government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 on track these new roles will need to…
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Tradesmen in high demand wages follow in national surge in demand
Construction workers are heavily in demand which means tradesmen jobs, CPCS jobs and management jobs being hard to fill at the moment, this has been made more apparent by the…
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Worker struck by heated tin roof after excavator struck cable
Court hears how worker was struck by heated sheet of tin metal after excavator driver hit 415v cable in wall which arc on the machine which then caused a fire…
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Lead cartel directors banded from directorships after £9m fine
The CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) has secured the disqualification of three company directors involved in the supply of rolled lead, after a construction supply cartel was broken up last…
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Shock as steel prices rise again industry left reeling
During the last twelve months structural steel has seen massive price increases as reported by nationaltradesmen.co.uk back in January, we have now learnt that British Steel has hiked the price…
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Ground worker loses arm after disk cutter kicked up
A civil engineering contractor has been fined £250,000 after a worker suffered life changing injuries while cutting concrete beams with a petrol cut of saw while doing this but the…
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Construction companies can now get fee Covid tests
In a bid to keep the construction industry moving and safe, construction companies of all sizes can now register to order lateral flow Covid tests for free, in a bid…
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