ROOFERS ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN are being warned about the hidden dangers associated with asbestos. The warning comes as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Asbestos and You campaign targeting tradespeople about the personal risks from asbestos that still exist in properties across the country today. Around five thousand people a year die from
TRADESPEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN the chance to secure pricing certainty during 2023 after a builders’ merchant introduced a special quote guarantee scheme. Selco Builders Warehouse has launched its ‘Quote Lock’ initiative to run throughout April, fixing the prices on quotes for six months. The scheme is open to any official quote issued by Selco to
THE OUTLOOK FOR CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT remains challenging, with little or no growth coupled with persistently high inflation creating stagflation, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) said in its latest industry report. It found that the dramatic increases in costs of materials were stabilising, but added that products which were energy intensive were still likely to see
MARCH DATA HIGHLIGHTED another rise in UK construction output, helped by a moderate increase in new orders. The civil engineering category saw the fastest rise in business activity, while house building was the weakest-performing area. Lower volumes of residential building work have now been recorded for four months in a row. Supply conditions improved in
THE FEDERATION OF MASTER BUILDERS (FMB) and the HomeOwners Alliance (HOA) have announced a partnership to launch their Find a Builder service. Whether you are building a new home, carrying out renovation work, or building an extension, you need to find the right builder for the job, says the FMB. However, the trade association admits
