Brexit

Housing minister Kit Malthouse likes to use the hashtag #MoreBetterFaster on Twitter to celebrate announcements of new units being built. Yesterday, though, the preferred hashtag changed to #JobHouseSchool as Mr Malthouse used an interview with The Sun to become the latest candidate in an already crowded field vying to replace…

In February this year, the High Court issued a declaration that the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union would not frustrate the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) lease of its headquarters in Canary Wharf. The EMA had written to its landlord (which we’ll refer to as “CW”) notifying it that…

From 3D concrete printing to the widening gender pay gap, here are seven of the biggest industry-shaping issues reported on by Construction News in 2019 to date.

At the time of writing, the UK still looked more likely than not to legally leave the European Union in 2019, leaving many construction firms rightfully concerned for the future of their labour. 

There was plenty to talk about at last night’s CN Specialists Awards, even before the event got underway.

Graham McPhail is head of the National Construction College (NCC) This is one of the key concerns I hear when I talk to employers. They want young people who have completed college courses to be ready for work on day one. It is a viewpoint that I have a lot…

As part of CN’s week-long look at the industry’s skills challenge, James Wilmore discovers how fresh data and political investigations are shedding more and more light on the impact Brexit is having and will have on workforces.

Construction News speaks to the FMB, CITB and CPA about what they’re doing to prepare the industry for Brexit and the steps being taken by their members.