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Latest suicide statistics for England and Wales, published by the Office for National Statistics, show that 507 people working in the construction industry committed suicide in 2021. This is an increase from 483 in 2020. Of the 507 construction suicides last year, 503 were male....

GMI Construction Group has promoted Gareth Jones to joint regional managing director for the midlands. Read Full Article: The Construction Index Source link

Despite increased market uncertainty and inflation providing a more ‘challenging’ economic backdrop, Morgan Sindall says that trading remains ‘robust’ and its financial results for 2022 are set to be in line with expectations. Construction activities are expected to deliver an operating margin for the full...

So far this year, Travis Perkins has seen a 10.9% growth in revenue despite selling 3.9% less stuff. In a third-quarter trading update today, the company said that over the first nine months of the year its merchanting division had seen volumes shrink by 2.5%,...

Manchester's Ordsall Chord – steelwork by SeverfieldSeverfield’s underlying profits were up by 11% in the year to 26th March 2022 despite steel prices doubling in that time. “The increase in profit also reflects our ability to offset inflationary cost increases through a combination of operating...

January’s 1.1% rise in construction output to £14,676m follows an increase of 2.0% in December 2021. It is the third consecutive monthly growth greater than 1.0%. The January increase in output came solely from repair & maintenance (up 4.6%) as new work saw a slight...