Salaries soaring for tradesmen as lack of skills hits home
The skills gap is making it harder for building firms to find the right type of skills from their workers with many companies complaining about the lack of quality tradesmen…
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Tag: Construction growth
Persimmon give massive payout to shareholders
Persimmon have done well in the new boom in construction and are rewarding their shareholders with bumper dividends which would be enough to knock-off £23,195 from the price of every home…
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Building boom creates 667,000 jobs for tradesmen
Thousands of jobs were created in England alone last year as a result of a surge in house-building activity, according to the findings of a new report. Between 2014 and…
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Construction industry showed excellent growth 2015
The commercial construction sector helped the building industry to finish 2015 in a strong position, the latest survey of purchasing managers from Markit/CIPS suggests. According to the UK Construction Purchasing…
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Construction output returns to growth in October
UK construction output returned to growth in October, expanding by 0.2% compared with September, official figures show. Although it was not quite as much as the 1% growth that economists…
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Construction firms “Highly Upbeat” about future
New research form Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) confirms construction firms are still “highly upbeat” about the future, buoyed by the quickest growth in new business for 12 months, according to…
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Construction out output reaches 7 month high
Rises in house-building, commercial work and civil engineering helped output growth in the construction sector to hit a seven-month peak in September, according to the latest poll of construction buyers….
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Construction industry growth ‘set to soar’
Construction industry growth is set to go from strength to strength between now and the end of 2016, according to a report by top economists. Total productivity in the sector…
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Bouygues has signed the UK’s biggest ever building contract
French contractor Bouygues has signed the UK’s biggest ever building contract to deliver phase three of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment. Despite submitting the highest price bid it beat rival…
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Construction projects rise by 30% according to Barbour ABI
Many construction projects have been put on hold and according to Barbour ABI the value of projects is up 30% in the past 12 months, new data has revealed, despite a…
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