By James Massey, Managing Director for Facilities, Energy Management & Retail Intelligence at MRI Software The skills shortage has long challenged the facilities management (FM) sector, but it is now reaching a critical point. New technologies, regulatory change and evolving ...

Baxi, a leading manufacturer of heating and hot water solutions, has become a Level 3 signatory of the Future Skyline Skills Commitment, adding its name to a growing list of leading construction firms and suppliers supporting the green skills initiative ...

The Engineering and Building Services Skills Alliance (EBSSA) has published its strategic Sector Skills Plan, as part of the work undertaken by the Construction Mission Skills Board. The EBSSA claims this is the first industry-led comprehensive skills plan for one ...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), in partnership with Speedy Hire, is bringing together experts and industry leaders to strengthen skills critical to occupational safety and health (OSH) in the UK. The initiative is designed to provide ...

SME businesses are concerned at their ability to adapt to employment legislation changes and the shortage of skilled applicants in 2026. New data from international recruitment firm, Robert Half, shows rising growing concerns among Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as ...

A new survey by RICS reveals critical skills shortages in UK and Global surveying sector. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published a first-of-its-kind surveying skills report which measures the state of skills in the global surveying profession. ...

The engineering specialist has launched a new digital apprenticeship to address the shortage of automation skills. The new programme has been designed by MARCH as it continues to make significant investment in future skills and will be fully funded by ...

As construction faces its biggest skills shortage in decades, Nicola Hodkinson, Owner and Director of Seddon explains why reforming the Apprenticeship Levy is essential to securing the industry’s future workforce The UK construction industry continues to face a workforce crisis, ...

Tackling the UK construction sector’s biggest challenge will prove impossible as long as businesses persist in simultaneously paying ‘lip service’ to gender diversity while refusing to make structural and cultural changes to their operations, according to the Circle Partnership. PwC’s ...

Last night saw Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Fellow Justin Sullivan inaugurated as the institution’s 143rd President in its 157-year history. The new President was presented with his chain of office by former RICS President Tina Paillet, at the ...