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FeaturesOpen Doors: aspiring engineers visit HS2’s Old Oak Common Station
Students from a Berkshire college got a close-up view of the largest station development in HS2’s project pipeline as part of Build UK’s recruitment initiativeÂ
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CommentYou don’t need a construction site to be part of Open Doors
Businesses across the supply chain can help promote careers in construction and Build UK chair Julie White calls on everyone to open the doors to their projects, offices, factories and training facilities as part of Open Doors 2025
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FeaturesOpen Doors: inspiring school students with a site tour around Wood Wharf
Last week, students and construction professionals gathered on the top floor of a glassy office building in Canary Wharf to discuss routes into the industry and take a close-up look at a major construction site
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FeaturesYouth engagement, sustainability and Wood Wharf’s future: The big topics covered at Open Doors
Local school children joined industry representatives at Canary Wharf’s massive Wood Wharf project as part of Build UK’s Open Doors event
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NewsPupils tour Kier-built life sciences block as Open Doors 2024 launches
Teens given guided tour of Hammersmith site and meet young apprentices working in construction
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CommentWe’re opening our doors again to show the world what the industry has to offer
Open Doors is back for 2024 and new Build UK chair Julie White explains how everyone in the industry can play a part in recruiting the next generation
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NewsPupils see behind-the-scenes at HS2 dig site as Open Doors 2023 launches
Build UK scheme invites public behind the hoardings of UK building sites
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CommentShow off construction with Open Doors 2023
Inviting job seekers to visit your sites, offices and factories to is a hugely positive step employers can take, says Anne Pavey at DWP
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NewsBooming Vistry still among industry’s slowest payers, Build UK figures say
Housebuilder expected to show 2021 pre-tax profit more than doubled when it publishes annual numbers next month
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NewsBuild UK names ISG boss as its new chair
Paul Cossell replaces ex-Osborne boss who spent just six weeks in the role
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FeaturesWe need neither feast nor famine but a steady diet of work: an interview with Andy Steele
The new chairman of Build UK reckons construction’s business model is broken. He tells Dave Rogers what he thinks it will take to fix it – starting with greater certainty from government
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NewsCBI in talks with government to boost UK’s construction material exports
Group also ‘pushing hard’ for tax and regulatory changes in this autumn’s Budget to encourage research and development
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NewsImpact of ‘pingdemic’ easing as self-isolations drop by nearly half
Build UK chief said changes to NHS app and social distancing on sites had brought down numbers
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NewsPayment times for a third of firms now faster than government target
Vistry and McAlpine top the list of quickest paying contractors with Barratt top of the tree for housebuilders
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News​Soaring number of self-isolating workers worsening materials delays, Travis Perkins admits
Industry in for a ‘tough few weeks’ one boss warns as covid cases hit highest level since January peak
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NewsTfL still in talks with industry over Tube overcrowding
Transport group says message to reduce congestion is only slowly getting through
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NewsGovernment provides glimmer of hope on IR35 tax reforms
IR35 tax, reverse VAT charge and red diesel tax all set to hit firms within next two years
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News​Make future contracts open book to avoid disputes over covid, Build UK tells firms
New guidance for reducing covid related disputes published
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NewsConstruction must avoid refreshed race to bottom, trade bodies warn
There is mounting concern over a race to the bottom in the scramble for work
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NewsDon’t use covid-19 as an excuse, Build UK urges firms
Companies should not try to blame everything on the pandemic, according to the trade bodyÂ