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Kebony to build Belgian factory
New initiative targets illegal timber tradeNew timber group up and runningTTF goes it alone with new voice for woodTimber sector reports record ordersBadly stacked boards crush joinery worker Kebony has raised €19m (£13.5m) to build a...
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Scottish graduate engineers are best paid
Pay dispute at Ainscough Crane HireEngineering construction workers accept three-year pay dealBattersea builders promised London Living WagePay rises 5.7% in past year but job creation slowsLiving Wage demonstrations planned for London sites A survey of civil engineers’...
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The Construction Industry Training Board has ordered 6,000 skills card holders to re-sit their health and safety tests after widespread cheating was uncovered at...
Those required to re-sit the test will be issued with vouchers to cover the cost at the CITB's expense. Systematic cheating and fraud was uncovered by a BBC Newsnight report last month. Future Training 4 Jobs...
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M&E firms see rising demand
The association’s state of trade survey reveals a positive ‘net optimism measure’ of 45%, up from 39% six months ago. Firms in every region and of every size and specialism expressed optimism about their future business prospects. ...
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Hitachi heavy trucks to share Nissan technology
Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has obtained the licence for camera image processing technology that has been jointly developed by Japanese car manufacturer Nissan and satnav maker Clarion. It will be used on its rigid dump trucks and ultra-large mining...
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Vivian takes over as MPA chair
Materials sales soften but confidence remains undimmedRise in quarry product sales throws doubt on government's numbersAggregate sales surged in 2014Strong Q3 rise for aggregates salesAggregates sales growth suggests further construction output rise ahead Simon Vivian, who retires as chief executive...
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McCarthy & Stone opens more regional offices
Retirement house-builder McCarthy & Stone has opened three more regional offices. The new structure will see the existing North, Southwest and Midlands regions each divided into two more concentrated regions, thus increasing the number of regional...
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