Construction News
August
2008
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10 news articles
27/08/2008
New construction jobs could be created by the announcement of a £23 million NHS building project, according to a source.United House has been handed the contract to carry out building work to ...
27/08/2008
DIY chain Homebase could be set to cut jobs across the UK, it has been claimed.The Home Retail Group, which owns the stores, is set to reduce its full-time workers by offering around a third of them ...
26/08/2008
Questions have been raised as to whether or not the Olympic Delivery Authority can carry through its promise to deliver jobs in the construction industry of the five London boroughs in which the ...
22/08/2008
Those looking for jobs in the UK construction sector may be interested to learn that DP World has been awarded a £400 million contract to construct part of a container port at London ...
22/08/2008
When it comes to asking for a pay rise, females are shyer and less aggressive than their male co-workers, experts have claimed. According to the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAWE) ...
20/08/2008
Airport company BAA could be forced to sell three of its airports after a damning verdict by the Competition Commission.The commission's report found "significant competition problems" and ...
14/08/2008
Boss of public sector union Unison has given his backing to Gordon Brown as transport workers prepare for industrial action.Dave Prentis said unions' real concerns were centred on policy, not ...
12/08/2008
Small UK firms are most enthusiastic about adopting homeworking practices, new research by O2 has suggested.It revealed half of its outsourced work came from businesses that work outside of formal ...
06/08/2008
Several companies have begun using Telematics to reduce their fuel costs, a leading provider of the technology has claimed.By tracking vehicles as they move around the country, the ...
04/08/2008
Large-scale housing projects have saved thousands of construction jobs, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has claimed.It said despite a general downturn in demand for housing, ...