Posts Tagged ‘construction’
Celebrating 10 Years of SHMS Contracting
10 years in business calls for a celebration! From becoming a small start-up in March 2009 to a thriving contracting company in 2019, Managing Director Stephen Humphreys has spoken about how the business has grown over the last decade. From The Ground(work) Up SHMS Contracting started after Stephen, an accountant who deals with several construction…
Read MoreConstruction industry continues to lose momentum amid Brexit fears
The UK construction industry is continuing to lose momentum in the economy amid Brexit fears. Growth in the sector has slowed a 10-month low in growth in January of 2019. A drop in the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Manager’s Index went to 52.8 in December, from 53.4 in November. This has since dropped even further to…
Read MoreUK construction growth slows throughout end of 2018
In the three months leading up to December 2018, growth slowed in the commercial property sector of the UK construction industry.
Read MoreMental health in construction | World Mental Health Day
Mental health in the construction industry is getting increasingly worse. Suicide is listed as the biggest killer of men under 50, and male construction site workers are up to three times more likely to take their own lives than the average male in the UK. Data released by the Office for National Statistics in 2017…
Read MoreGrowth in construction sector in Q2 of 2018
The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown recovery in the construction industry, with output increasing 3.3% in the three months to July. This follows a weak start to the year caused by the fall of Carillion, bad weather and Brexit uncertainty. After the fall in construction output at the start of 2018 caused by the Beast…
Read MoreHow can we encourage women into the construction industry?
“Women from a young age need to be more aware of the roles available within construction. There is a preconceived idea that the industry is predominantly boots and muck but there is much more to us than just that.”
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