Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. It’s getting hard to remember which ones I’ve done already, so I’m sorry if you see a book pop up […]
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Fewer office and industrial warehouse projects in the next two years will dampen demand for structural steel, according to the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA). A survey of 750 built environmental professionals, commissioned by the BCSA and released last Friday, predicts structural steelwork consumption in the UK to fall from 893,000 in 2023 to 873,000
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The construction sector in England saw a 6 per cent year-on-year drop in apprenticeship starts last year, according to the latest government figures. Figures compiled by the Department for Education (DfE) state that 24,530 workers started construction, planning and the built environment apprenticeships in 2022/23. This represented a fall from 26,080 in the previous academic
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Julie White is managing director of D-Drill & Sawing and chair of Build UK I have always been a huge advocate of apprentices, so National Apprenticeship Week gets my full backing every year. It’s in my blood, you see. More than 40 years ago, my dad, Peter White – who ran D-Drill before me –
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Parliament’s strategic estates team has alerted contractors to a £1.2bn maintenance framework due to open for tenders next month. The Parliamentary Construction Partnership Framework, set to run into the 2030s, will see companies work to stop the Grade I-listed Houses of Parliament from deteriorating. A prior information notice, released on Friday, stated that work will
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Ardmore has blamed inflation, supply-chain failures and “some poor management” as the reasons it suffered a £10.8m pre-tax loss for the year ending 30 September 2023. Newly released financial results show that the main contractor’s turnover dropped to £403.1m from £435.1m – falling far short of the £447.8m it expected at the start of the
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Envelope specialist Clarison Group has reported a £6.9m pre-tax loss despite growing turnover 45 per cent to £84.9m. The London-headquartered firm’s latest plunge into the red, for the 12 months to 31 December 2022, follows a £4.7m pre-tax loss in the prior year. Directors of the firm said a “substantial” amount of the loss made
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Homes England’s interim chief investment officer is departing to rejoin Kier as managing director of the its Kier Property business. David Bridges first joined in Kier 2020, where he was chief executive of Kier Living until its £110m sale to private equity group Terra Firma in June 2021. He then spent eight months as chief
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Between the incredible performances, surprise Taylor Swift album announcements, and actual awards, the 2024 Grammys have been a pretty great night. And they just got better: Celine Dion made a surprise appearance. There to present the evening’s biggest award, album of the year, Dion took the Grammys stage to a standing ovation. She was dressed
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Technically, Beyoncé was just a guest at the 2024 Grammys. She wasn’t there to win or perform. She has 32 Grammys sitting on a shelf at home already. This year, she was just on hand to watch her rapper husband Jay-Z accept the Dr. Dre global impact award. But the icon couldn’t help but look
