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Improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in construction (and other industries) has gained momentum with the Black Lives Matter movement. At the same time, major infrastructure clients, such as Highways England and National Rail, are pushing their supply chains to take action and also to evidence the impact of that action. Public sector clients must … Read more

The construction industry worked hard throughout the COVID 19 pandemic but now the masks are coming off, what has changed, if anything?For all the speculation about the new normal, no-one quite knows what the future – near, mid nor distant – looks like. Yet we think there are five key themes impacting construction as we … Read more

Apparently, as it is moving up the agenda for both central and local government. This could be good news for small to medium size contractors – and now is the time to get prepared.

The Government wants to change its procurement rules so that those awarding contracts can take account of the value that companies and their services add to society. Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington launched a consultation on what the rules should be in March this year which ran until mid-June.

Although one might foolishly be tempted to take some tiny crumb of comfort from the fact that the numbers of construction deaths resulting from falls from height has reduced ever-so slightly in the past few years, the latest report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height still makes for grim reading.