http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.cnplus.co.uk http://www.cnplus.co.uk/industry-skills-leaders-honoured-in-queens-birthday-list/8649429.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/industry-skills-leaders-honoured-in-queens-birthday-list/8649429.article Contributions to skills and training in the construction industry have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:12 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/business/bim-up-to-tap-into-88bn-pipeline-says-quintain/8649184.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/business/bim-up-to-tap-into-88bn-pipeline-says-quintain/8649184.article Contractors must be ‘BIM-ready’ to stand a chance of winning a piece of Quintain’s £8.8bn pipeline, the developer has told Construction News. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:00 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/construction-apprenticeships-down-10-as-applications-soar/8648733.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/construction-apprenticeships-down-10-as-applications-soar/8648733.article Construction apprenticeships have fallen by 10 per cent in 2013 while the number of applications has risen, according to new figures from the National Apprenticeships Service. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Fri, 31 May 2013 10:25 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/two-arrests-in-cscs-fraud-investigation/8648421.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/two-arrests-in-cscs-fraud-investigation/8648421.article Two men have been accused of fraud relating to the CITB’s health safety and environment test and CSCS cards after a multi-agency investigation. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Thu, 23 May 2013 11:53 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/citb-appoints-interim-chief-executive/8648387.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/citb-appoints-interim-chief-executive/8648387.article The Construction Industry Training Board has announced the appointment of William Burton as its interim chief executive. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Wed, 22 May 2013 16:19 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/willmott-dixon-confirms-125bn-scape-contract/8647983.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/willmott-dixon-confirms-125bn-scape-contract/8647983.article Willmott Dixon will aim to spend 60 per cent of project budgets on companies within a 20 mile radius of each Scape site to create jobs locally. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Wed, 15 May 2013 10:50 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/london-needs-apprenticeships-one-stop-shop/8647948.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/london-needs-apprenticeships-one-stop-shop/8647948.article Contractors and London boroughs must work together to train young people and prevent a serious skills shortage, the London Assembly has heard. lucy.mair@emap.com (Lucy Mair) Wed, 15 May 2013 10:20 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/mark-farrar-to-leave-citb/8646919.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/mark-farrar-to-leave-citb/8646919.article Construction Industry Training Board chief executive Mark Farrar is to step down after seven years with the body. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:56 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/video-apprentices-shining-in-the-construction-sector/8645266.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/video-apprentices-shining-in-the-construction-sector/8645266.article Four current and former apprentices talk about their valuable experience gained from an apprenticeship in the construction sector. Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:14 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/education/wave-of-13-university-tech-colleges-approved/8644993.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/sectors/education/wave-of-13-university-tech-colleges-approved/8644993.article A total of 13 new University Technical Colleges have been approved in England – including one proposed by Tottenham Hotspur FC – and are set to open from September 2014. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Tue, 2 Apr 2013 09:40 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/hs2-seen-as-biggest-driver-of-jobs-over-next-five-years/8644975.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/hs2-seen-as-biggest-driver-of-jobs-over-next-five-years/8644975.article Construction professionals overwhelmingly believe that HS2 will be the biggest driver in job creation over the next five years, a new survey has found. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:20 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/government-strategy/hansford-improve-industrys-image-to-attract-world-class-talent/8644305.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/government-strategy/hansford-improve-industrys-image-to-attract-world-class-talent/8644305.article Chief government construction adviser Peter Hansford has told CN he wants to improve the industry’s image and unlock SME innovation as priorities in the role. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:33 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/citb-and-government-agree-skills-partnership-deal/8643734.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/citb-and-government-agree-skills-partnership-deal/8643734.article The industry’s skills body has signed a partnership deal with the government to promote careers in the industry. Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:03 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/walkie-talkie-developers-join-local-recruitment-drive/8642574.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/walkie-talkie-developers-join-local-recruitment-drive/8642574.article The City of London is working with high-profile developers in the capital’s financial district - including Land Securities and British Land - to recruit over 600 local residents on building sites over the next year. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:30 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/devastating-drop-in-construction-apprenticeships/8642090.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/devastating-drop-in-construction-apprenticeships/8642090.article Construction apprenticeship starts have dropped by 14.6 per cent to 24,000, although engineering saw a 21.5 per cent jump to 59,480. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:06 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/willmott-dixon-opens-1m-birmingham-academy/8642032.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/willmott-dixon-opens-1m-birmingham-academy/8642032.article Willmott Dixon has opened a £1m construction academy in Aston, Birmingham that is set to train 2,000 people a year. Matthew.bell@emap.com (Matthew Bell) Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:36 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/midlands-md-wins-ministers-ear-on-apprenticeship-database/8641756.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/midlands-md-wins-ministers-ear-on-apprenticeship-database/8641756.article Julie White, managing director of a drilling, sawing and demolition specialist, has been praised by the minister of skills for innovation after suggesting a national apprenticeship database. chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:51 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/construction-jobs-to-fall-until-2016/8641236.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/hot-topics/skills/construction-jobs-to-fall-until-2016/8641236.article A worsening crisis of underemployment is gripping the UK construction industry, raising fears that job cuts could continue well into the recovery.  chris.berkin@emap.com (Chris Berkin) Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/jobs/redundancy-notice-period-halved-to-45-days/8640380.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/jobs/redundancy-notice-period-halved-to-45-days/8640380.article The government has cut the notice period for mass redundancies from 90 to 45 days, it was announced today. ocrowcroft@gmail.com (Orlando Crowcroft) Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:43 GMT http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contractors-and-specialists-needed-for-50m-grimsby-housing-works/8640290.article?referrer=RSS http://www.cnplus.co.uk/news/contractors-and-specialists-needed-for-50m-grimsby-housing-works/8640290.article A framework with £50 million of social housing work is up for grabs in Grimsby. luke.cross@emap.com (Luke Cross) Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:30 GMT