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New version of Common Assessment Standard released by Build UK

Toni Sekinah — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:45:13 +0000

Industry body Build UK has released an updated version of the Common Assessment Standard (CAS), including new questions on firms’ building-safety capabilities. The CAS is an industry-agreed set of questions and corresponding assessment standards that can pre-qualify construction suppliers for projects. The updated version (V4)…

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Torsion and HGP form joint venture for £53m Sheffield resi scheme

Toni Sekinah — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:35:38 +0000

Leeds-based Torsion Group’s construction arm is to deliver a £53m residential build-to-rent (BTR) project in Sheffield. In a joint venture with Housing Growth Partnership (HGP), Torsion Group is providing equity to the 234-bed Hollis Croft Sheffield scheme. Torsion Group chief executive Dan Spencer said his…

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Labour plans to target action on housebuilding from ‘day one’

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:41:09 +0000

The Labour Party wants to implement planning reforms in an effort to supercharge housebuilding as soon as it takes office if it wins Thursday’s election. In an interview with The Times, party leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said they would “hit…

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Home Builders Federation appoints chief executive

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:47:05 +0000

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has appointed Neil Jefferson as its new chief executive. Jefferson will take up the role on 1 July, stepping up from his current position as HBF managing director. The chief executive function had been performed by Stewart Basely, HBF executive…

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Employee-owned contractor posts 40% revenue boost

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:38:52 +0000

Employee-owned Neilcott Construction saw double-digit percentage growth in turnover and pre-tax profit last year. In the Kent-based contractor's accounts for the 2023 calendar year, filed last week with Companies House, the firm posted £138.9m in revenue, up significantly from £100.3m the previous year. Pre-tax profit…

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Election 24: CLC calls for planning reform and retrofit road map

Toni Sekinah — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:10:51 +0000

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has called on the next government to reform the planning system and provide a “regulatory roadmap” for boosting retrofit. In a three-page open letter signed by 16 council members (see box below), the group listed 12 policies it would like…

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How modern apprenticeships and T levels really stack up

Toni Sekinah — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:48:14 +0000

T levels and modern apprenticeships are the newest contenders to step onto the training stage. CN looks at how they are performing against the competition It’s no surprise that Steve Umbers is a fan of apprenticeship training. His 20-year career path through the construction industry…

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Election 24: Industry leaders slam Tory apprenticeships pledge

Toni Sekinah — Fri, 31 May 2024 11:38:58 +0000

The Conservative Party’s election pledge to provide 100,000 new apprenticeships by 2029 has received a cold response. A leading construction academic dismissed the £885m plan as “nonsense”, while a senior executive at one contractor described it as “simply smoke and mirrors”. If it wins the…

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Positive forecast and pre-tax profit up 15 per cent for Trad Scaffolding

Toni Sekinah — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:42:38 +0000

Kent-based scaffolding company Trad Scaffolding posted a 15 per cent uplift in its pre-tax profit and a positive outlook for the 12 months from August 2023. In accounts for the year ending 31 August 2023, released this week, the company recorded a pre-tax profit of…

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New Harlow hospital faces two-year delay

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:04:12 +0000

A second hospital in the government’s expansion programme faces a likely delay, it has emerged. The expected completion date for the new Princess Alexandra Hospital – in Harlow, Essex – may be delayed until 2032, the local council was told last week. The news follows…

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