Nationwide Construction Recruitment Blog

Nationwide Construction Recruitment is a leading construction employment agency for the built environment. We are always seeking to improve our services and be at the forefront of recruitment practices.

Our Blogs are provided to make aware to workers and clients of incidents, changes and information relevant to their daily activities in the "Built Environment" .

Plans in for Stoke on Trent city centre mixed-use scheme

A major regeneration scheme in the city of Stoke-on-Trent has taken a step forward after a hybrid planning application was submitted.

Work starts on BSI Kitemark for MMC homes

The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities has commissioned work to create a new UK-wide standard for Modern Methods of Construction.

60,000 Grandfather Rights skills cards soon to be invalid

More than 60,000 industry skills cards issued under the Grandfather Rights process will expire on 31st December 2024 and cannot be renewed.

Plans in for £290m London gasworks resi project

Plans have been submitted for a major redevelopment of a gasworks site to create 640 flats in Wandsworth, London.

Go-ahead for 600 homes at London Aylesbury estate

Planners have nodded through proposals for more than 600 homes and a public square in the next phase of the Aylesbury estate regeneration in Walworth, south London.

More than 100 projects share £2.1bn levelling up funding

The Government has awarded £2.1bn of levelling up funding to more than 100 projects around the country.

Construction to employ 2.67m people by 2027

New figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) reveal that almost 225,000 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand by 2027.

British Steel starts year with £75 a tonne price hike

British Steel has started the year with an immediate effect £75 a tonne structural steel price hike.

Bristol Arena bosses in contractor talks as opening delayed

A new £155m arena in Bristol will not open until late 2025 at the earliest.

Project Bank Accounts to protect more roads suppliers

National Highways is extending Project Bank Accounts to protect more smaller subcontrators on roads jobs.