Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2025
Doctors managed to successfully reattach the thumb of a teenage apprentice after was severed off by a rotating blade on a refurbishment site. The then 18-year-old resumed his apprenticeship with another firm following the procedure. He was employed as an apprentice joiner by 3B Construction when the incident happened during the conversion of a 19th century hunting lodge into a luxury hotel in the Highlands.
Contractor Bookkeeping
JULY 4, 2025
As we celebrate Independence Day and the spirit of hard work and craftsmanship that built our country, it’s the perfect time to think about strengthening your construction business, so you have the freedom to grow and succeed. When most contractors consider why they lose clients, they often blame price competition, slow projects, or a client’s unrealistic expectations.
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Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2025
Fast-growing contractor TSL Ltd has smashed through the half-billion turnover mark with profit nearly trebling last year. The technical construction and engineering contractor is riding high on orders for data centres, cold stores and pharmaceutical plant work. Surging demand fueled a 77% jump in revenue to £527m for the year ending 31 December 2024, with pre-tax profit up to nearly £27m from £10m previously.
Natural Building
JULY 4, 2025
The Crestone Energy Fair’s recent Natural Plasters & Earthbag Greenhouse workshops were a huge success, drawing participants from across Colorado and New Mexico—and as far as California—for two distinct weekends of immersive, hands-on learning. The Natural Plaster workshop was led by world-renowned natural plaster expert Athena Steen of the Canelo Project, whose decades of experience brought depth, artistry, and inspiration to the process of mixing and applying clay-based finishes.
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Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2025
Balfour Beatty has announced it is terminating all labour supply agreements with the Danny Sullivan Group. In a statement the contractor said:”During an audit of our UK labour suppliers, concerns related to the Danny Sullivan Group were identified. While these concerns were being reviewed, related issues were reported through our confidential whistleblowing channel in regard to our HS2 project. “An independent investigation, which has now concluded, found that Danny Sullivan Group ha
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Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2025
Construction buyers have reported a return to growth in the house building sector for the first time since last September. But contraction in civil engineering and commercial work saw the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index drop below the standstill 50 mark again in June for the six month in a row. At 48.8 in June the index was up from 47.9 in May and signalled the slowest decline in construction output since the current period of contraction began in January.
Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2025
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has notified three companies that they will be prosecuted for health and safety offences following a worker fatality at the Hinkley Point C construction site NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited are facing charges relating to an incident which occurred on the site, near Bridgwater, Somerset, on 13 November 2022.
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