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A survey for Scotland’s Construction Industry Collective Voice reveals “persistent, deep-rooted payment challenges” across the industry. Dozens of contractors were quizzed on their payment experiences: 80% reported experiencing delays or adjustments in receiving final payments, 63% faced unexplained payment reductions, intensifying their financial challenges and...

With insolvencies on the rise in the construction industry, subcontractors are seeing their credit ratings being downgraded. In its latest product availability statement, the Construction Leadership Council says that while there is now good availability to building products and materials, similar to pre-pandemic levels, new...

For the year to March 2023 Stepnell made a pre-tax profit of £1.27m on turnover of £93.7m Pre-tax profit was up by just 1% on the previous while turnover was up by 3.5%. Managing director Tom Wakeford said “Our performance reflects an ongoing commitment to...

The first sign of unrest was construction workers protesting outside a meeting of the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) in London yesterday. The GMB union said that construction workers were protesting a ‘derisory’ pay offer made by the CIJC. CIJC is the largest agreement in...

CITB’s careers advice service, Go Construct, recently launched a new industry ambassador scheme in partnership with STEM Learning. The scheme is run by CITB, on behalf of STEM, and has a target of 1,700 ambassadors by 2024. Go Construct STEM ambassadors are construction professionals, from...