Construction News
November
2008
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10 news articles
25/11/2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has targeted construction workers in its latest crackdown on workplace safety regulations.Its inspectors visited 16 building sites and closed down 12, which it ...
24/11/2008
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has warned at least 300,000 construction jobs are at risk.It said unless the government brought forward construction projects, more workers in the ...
24/11/2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to announce 10,000 new construction jobs as part of his pre-budget announcement, the Guardian has reported.By accelerating its capital spending the government hope ...
19/11/2008
Building and plumbing firm Wolseley has said it will cut 2,300 jobs and close more than 200 branches in an effort to cut losses. The chain, which owns the Plumb Center and Build Center, admitted in a ...
18/11/2008
Up to 10,000 jobs are expected to be created following plans to go ahead with a massive regeneration project in Liverpool. The Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) has pledged £4.3 million ...
17/11/2008
A deal struck between the biggest banking institution in the US and a development company could see construction jobs open up in the Docklands area of London.JPMorgan Chase has instructed Canary ...
14/11/2008
Boris Johnson has approved plans for new offices, a Crossrail station and a new hotel in Canary Wharf.The mayor of London has announced he is determined to minimise the impact the current economic ...
13/11/2008
The government has given the go-ahead for a rebuilding program to help improve the UK's schools.The announcement is good news for workers looking for construction jobs, which have been hit recently ...
05/11/2008
Hundreds of jobs will be created as part of a £10 million project to build a new business park in Cambridgeshire, it has emerged. Over 300 people are already working on the project, but 250 new ...
03/11/2008
Around 160 jobs have been created now that new high speed trains will be based at two different Kent-based locations, it has been claimed. Southeastern says that having some trains stored and ...