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A freedom of information (FoI) request by the Unite trades union revealed that 1,206,000 construction workers were paid via the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) during the 2022/23 tax year. This was a 15% increase on the 1,047,000 who were paid via the scheme in 2021/22,...

Caterpillar power systemCaterpillar distributor Finning is reporting a 35% increase in demand for back-up generators with customers in construction, healthcare and data centres planning ahead for winter power cuts. Earlier this month the government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy shared its ‘reasonable worst-case...