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Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

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Construction firms relying on financial incentives as job applicant numbers tumble

Skills shortages and the cost-of-living crisis have driven salaries up across construction, despite the demand for staff beginning to slow. That’s according to the latest report from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by the world’s largest network of job boards, Broadbean Technology, revealed that despite vacancies dropping 6% between January and October 2022, the number of applicants per vacancy has fallen at a far greater […]

todayDecember 5, 2022

Hundreds build a solid foundation for a career in construction thanks to Foundations Live 

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Hundreds build a solid foundation for a career in construction thanks to Foundations Live 

More than 600 students of all ages and over 200 industry professionals attended Foundations Live 2022 – one of the north of England’s biggest construction, trade, networking, and careers events. Despite the torrential downpour, exhibitors, trades people, students and teachers were all able to keep dry and explore more than 80 exhibition stands inside the huge arena at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire. Hobson & Porter, the event’s main […]

todayNovember 17, 2022

Big Red leads Merseyside regeneration project

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Big Red leads Merseyside regeneration project

Work has commenced on the redevelopment of a former HSBC building on Eccleston street in Prescot, Merseyside, that forms part of a wider £3.1m heritage-led regeneration project. Huddersfield headquartered construction firm Big Red is taking on the contract, led by Senior Contract Manager, Dan Clark, which will see the 100-year-old building converted into eight apartments and a bistro bar. The £800,000 contract will take around 40 weeks to complete. The […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022

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