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Willmott Dixon crowned UK’s best workplace 

The contracting and interior fit-out group has taken first place in the Big Company category of the Best Companies Awards that recognises the UK’s top workplaces. The win is based on responses from Willmott Dixon’s people to an online survey ...

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CHAS introduces new Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Growth Assessment

The supply chain risk management expert has teamed up with the Supply Chain Sustainability School to introduce the Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Growth Assessment. Designed by construction clients, contractors and sub-contractors, the assessment provides a framework for organisations of ...

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Pagabo and The Open University release construction playbook podcast

National framework provider Pagabo has released an eight-part podcast series all about The Construction Playbook, created in partnership with The Open University. The partnership formed between the organisations was established through a shared passion for advancing education and offering a ...

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Mayor of London calls for temporary visa scheme for construction workers

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has called on Government to create a temporary visa scheme for construction workers to alleviate the impact of Brexit and the pandemic on the building industry. The Mayor is proposing that ministers create a ...

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International coalition publishes universal standard for reporting embodied carbon in construction

The world’s first universal standard for reporting carbon dioxide emissions used in the building and lifecycle of structures – also known as ‘embodied and operational carbon’ within the construction industry has been published. Globally agreed by 49 prominent professional bodies, ...

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Covid fallout could lead to a harsh winter for construction

Actuate UK, the alliance of leading UK building engineering services, has warned that Covid continues to cast a dark shadow on the construction industry and says the knock-on effects of the pandemic will continue to be felt long after the ...

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Staying on-board

Coleen Cloherty, MD at Build Recruitment looks at remote on-boarding and why the Property, Construction and Facilities recruitment sector can help improve people’s job prospects post-lockdown The past few weeks have been unprecedented in terms of upheaval and change to ...

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Free Movement

Maddie Grounds of the Immigration Advice Service asks how will the Government’s immigration vision impact the UK construction industry? It has been over two and half years since the UK voted to leave the European Union. Yet, the future of ...

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Career ladder: The next generation of women in construction 

The Construction Industry Council’s ‘A Blueprint for Change’ report revealed that women only account for 14 per cent of the industry’s workforce. In an attempt to improve these figures, leading contractor Wates Construction and commercial property developer, MEPC are ensuring ...

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