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" .

Constructional steelwork volumes to jump 10% this year

Volumes of construction steelwork are expected to continue to grow sharply this year and next, lifting the industry past the 900t mark for the first time since the financial crash.

Levelling up cash boost for 20 towns and city centres

Wolverhampton and Sheffield will be the first of 20 places to get an injection of Government levelling up funding to support regeneration projects.

Skills and material crisis hitting London housing delivery

The Mayor of London has called on the Government to create a Coronavirus Recovery Visa to help combat worsening shortages of construction workers which have started to impact on house building delivery in the capital.

Government commits £100m to Sizewell C nuclear project

Energy giant EDF’s plan to build the £18bn Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk

Structural steel price jumps another £50 a tonne

Constructional steelwork contractors have been hit with another major price hike from British Steel to start the year.

Bill for £22bn HS2 extension to Manchester goes to Parliament

The Bill extending HS2 to Manchester is handed to Parliament today in a landmark move that paves the way for construction supporting 17,500 jobs.

Forterra hikes brick prices by 10%+ with more rises to come

Masonry products giant Forterra has hiked prices for some key products by more than 10% with further increases planned.

First mass built carbon negative homes get underway

Developer St Modwen has started work on a testbed scheme for the first affordable carbon-negative homes.

Temporary visa scheme needed for London sites

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is calling on Government to create a temporary visa scheme for construction workers to ease skills shortages in the capital..

National Highways sets-up new 50-strong green team

National Highways has created a new 50-strong division for Environmental Sustainability as part of its drive to achieving net zero carbon.