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Government urged for new construction apprenticeships after falling by half The Government has been urged to review its approach to apprenticeships after statistics were published this week which show that construction apprenticeship starts have plummeted by almost...

Surveyors say the property market was steady in May as London starts to bounce back According to latest research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), house buying is picking up in London. They add that a ‘slightly more stable’ picture is emerging...

House-building now accounts for 60% of all new construction work Last month we wrote about house-building being on the rise, with The Planner reporting that in 2018, 370,000 new homes had received planning permission, the second highest annual total on record and over...

It will take 200 years to achieve gender equality among construction workers Readers of the Advantage Contraction Insurance blog will no doubt be familiar with the scale of the gender pay gap for construction workers. Last year, we wrote that: The stats are damning;...

MPs to probe ‘stagnated’ social and affordable housing delivery It’s certainly no secret that the UK faces an under-supply of social and affordable housing, and the challenge of meeting the nation’s housing needs is something we’ve written about before. In the latest...

Contractors urge government to adopt 2050 emissions target If you’ve been reading the Advantage Construction Insurance blog for a while, firstly a big thank you from the team, and secondly, you’ll know that the dangers of pollution for construction workers has been on...

Construction academy opens inside Leeds prison Here at Advantage Home Construction Insurance, we’re always intrigued by innovative new initiatives in the construction sector and this week, news of a new construction academy opening inside Leeds prison caught our...

Government commitment to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement The government has confirmed that around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from approximately 170 privately owned high-rise buildings. This is the latest move...

Routes into Construction for Women We’ve written several recent blogs discussing the shortage of roles for women in the construction industry. However, encouragingly, in the Midlands, where we have our Tamworth office, some new opportunities have just become available...