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Nottingham Forest unveil stadium revamp plans

Nottingham Forest unveil stadium revamp plansNottingham Forest have revealed plans to redevelop the City Ground in a move that will see it become the largest stadium in the East Midlands.

Architect Benoy has designed the revamp

The club have been drawing up redevelopment plans for 18 months with the aim of starting at the end of next season.

Plans include building a new Peter Taylor…

Paragon Interiors goes into administration

Paragon Interiors goes into administration Fit out and refurbishment specialist Paragon Interiors Group Plc has recently gone into administration.

The Midlands based contractor is in the hands of administrators from Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery.

The joint administrators are now seeking offers for the business in order to preserve jobs and maximise the return to…

GPD Decline Hitting UK Construction

GPD Decline Hitting UK ConstructionAccording to recent figures, the UK economy’s been grinding
its gears hard lately – and now it’s actually slipped into reverse. The Office
for National Statistics is reporting that growth in Gross Domestic Product (the
value of all the country’s goods and services produced) shrank 0.4% in a month.
In fact the 2018 figures show that growth in the UK…

Let’s Get More Women Into Engineering – an International Women’s Day plea from training provider DTL

Let’s Get More Women Into Engineering – an International Women’s Day plea from training provider DTLAttracting more
women into construction and engineering must become a higher priority for
government and employers, urges Develop Training Ltd (DTL).

The training company says
redressing the gender imbalance is not just desirable from an ideological
viewpoint but also a means of helping to…

Ways the UK construction industry is adapting

Ways the UK construction industry is adaptingThe last few years have been difficult for many industries,
but for the construction industry, it’s been particularly trying. Since the
2016 referendum, ongoing uncertainty within the sector has meant construction
businesses have had to deal with the world’s hesitation to tie themselves into
a British project of any kind.

Brexit isn’t t…

Wood for Good Marketing Summit to put health and wellbeing into practice

Wood for Good Marketing Summit to put health and wellbeing into practicePromoting
timber’s health and wellbeing benefits is the focus for Wood
for Good’s next Marketing Summit on 12 March at CILIP in London.

Christiane
Lellig, Wood for Good campaign director, said:

“The Summit is
an opportunity to pinpoint how we can position, develop and market timber
products within the health and…

Gold card approval from CSCS for Past Graduates of TSA Surveying Course

Gold card approval from CSCS for Past Graduates of TSA Surveying CoursePast
graduates of The Survey Association’s (TSA) Surveying Course can now obtain a
Gold Card from The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS).

Following an
application by TSA, CSCS, the UK’s leading skills certification scheme within
the construction industry, has agreed the waiver for the 381 Survey…

Climbing up the building career ladder

Climbing up the building career ladderThis week is
National Careers Week – an opportunity for people (young and old) up and down
the country to give some thought to their future career and increase their
understanding of how they can land their dream job.

Building
surveying as a career choice would appear to be relatively Brexit-proof. A
recent survey of industry salaries by Building…

New product manager joins the ARRONE brand at HOPPE

New product manager joins the ARRONE brand at HOPPEHOPPE
has appointed Jonathan Walker as ARRONE product manager.

Jon
has over 25 years’ experience in the door and window hardware industry,
specialising in new product development and market research. He has previously
worked for Paddock Fabrications and Yale, and joins HOPPE (UK) from Avantis
International where he was group sales and…

Austrian summer school shares pioneering approach at Futurebuild

Austrian summer school shares pioneering approach at FuturebuildVisitors to Futurebuild can learn
about the unique attributes of the Green.Building.Solutions. summer university,
which has become a magnet for architects and building professionals who want to
understand how to put the environment first in their careers.

Representatives from
OeAD-Housing Office will be at the London expo to shar…

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