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Ex-Armed Forces Recognised For Their Work In Construction

Armed Forces Day on 24 June (29 June 2024), as in previous years, provided an opportunity for the nation to express...

Grenfell Inspired Legislation Reviewed

The Door & Hardware Federation’s Michael Skelding, looks back on a year of Grenfell Tower tragedy inspired...

65th Safety Awards Hear From Paralysed Faller

The British Safety Council held its International Safety Awards in May. This was the 65th year the awards have taken...

Wobbly Ladders Still On Sale Online

Unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders continue to be sold online in the UK, according to a new safety report from the...

Morris’ Minor To Major Role Envisioned

Gemma Morris has become sales co-ordinator at AliMet Fabrications alongside spouse Anthony who is general manager for...

Mental Health Awareness Week – 15-21 May

Andrew Mann, founder of Clarity Homes and Commercial, is calling on the construction industry to address the problem of...

Asbestos Ignorance Is Killing Thousands

Asbestos related diseases still claim 5,000 lives every year. A long latency period means that very often several...

Young Tradespeople Need To Know The Asbestos Risk

Millennials, Gen Z workers and other younger people who work in the trades where they might unwittingly disturb asbestos...

Making Wellbeing Vantastically Visible

Ford has teamed up with the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to ‘Make it Visible'. Wellbeing is the...

Five Ways Tech is Boosting Health, Safety & Wellbeing

The cost of injuries for construction workers across the UK has reached more than a staggering £16.2 billion a...

Switch Off To Regain Control

Kate Ashley-Norman says a constant diet of dreadful media headlines and a bombardment from social media, on top of...

HSE Reports Back On Bad Backs

A snapshot of good and bad manual-handling practices on construction sites across Great Britain has been revealed after...

It’s Grand to Be A Tradesperson Right Now

Weekly earnings for skilled tradespeople have broken through the £1,000 barrier, according to the biggest payroll...

Support Faster 2 FIT – Support Cancer Research UK

Two members of Made for Trade’s staff have committed to a gruelling FIT Show trek. The pair aim to cycle from the...

New Year’s Honour’s List

There have been lots of personnel moves pre and post new year. We have a list of those who have been honoured with a new...

Glazpart Joins BPF - Bradley Joins Board

As part of its external affairs strategy, Glazpart has joined the British Plastics Federation. The move has coincided...

Bucket Listed In Range Of Safety Failings

A building firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted...

Debar Duo Step Into New Roles

Bi-fold hardware manufacturer Debar has promoted two members of staff. Andrew Fawthrop has become UK national sales...

Construction Is A Safe Employment Bet

Life insurance broker Reassured has revealed the 10 best industries for job security by looking at redundancy rates and...

Keeping It Real – Listers Show Staff It Cares

Listers has increased every employee’s wages by a grand permanently to help with the cost-of-living crisis. The...