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Follow the green funding: environmental, forestry and STEM freelancers and SMEs in for a bumper 2021
Plans to help kickstart the UK's 'green recovery' have been unveiled this week, including the expansion of protected landscapes, increased access to nature, stronger flood resilience, and the creation and retention of thousands of green…
PM names target sectors at heart of 250K green jobs plan – savvy freelancers will spot the…
Think the 'green' sector doesn't apply to your business? Think again. Any freelancer should read through the PM's target sectors and think of how they could pivot or blend their goods or services to any of those segments and the likely…
Trade and construction to be backbone of UK economy this winter
The construction and trade sectors have seen particular growth following the lift in the spring lockdown according to PMI data, and this upward trajectory is expected to continue. The continuation of trade in the construction sector will…
The Freelancers’ Couch answers your questions about national lockdown rules for business…
Dear Couch,
I am a tradesperson that carries out plumbing and other essential trade to both commercial and domestic customers, can I still go into customer's homes and places of work with the latest national lockdown? And if so, what…
Interserve sells apprenticeship and education business ILE to Enact Fund
Interserve Group Limited, the international Support Services, Construction and Equipment Group, has sold its Interserve Learning & Employment (ILE) business for an undisclosed sum to The Enact Fund, which invests capital of up to £5…
HSE to take action against construction firms over worker respiratory risk
Next week The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will carry out a month-long inspection initiative looking at respiratory risks and occupational lung disease in the construction sector.
The inspection programme, which will start on 5…
Manchester building up construction jobs with £1bn in development approvals
US stadium developer Oak View Group has secured consent to create a 23,500-capacity arena in East Manchester, a project worth £350m.
Contractor, Bam Construction, will start building the venue in November, but not without some dissent…
‘Train Daddy’ Byford won the hearts of New Yorkers, but will he win the battle of the…
Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Andy Byford could take over the running of Crossrail in a matter of days, it has been reported.
The recently appointed boss of London’s transport revealed the project’s board “resigned” yesterday…
Construction contractors ranked for financial health and what that means for jobs
A report by Construction News shows which firms are best prepared to ride out the uncertain times of a post- COVID construction sector and which ones might be swallowed up by debt and deals that went south.
Skanska UK, Bowmer &…
Why are constructions workers not claiming what they are due from HMRC?
Construction workers could be owed millions by HMRC and they may not even know it, according to a tax fund specialist to the construction sector.
Research by tax refund experts, Rift Refunds, says that HMRC could be sitting on…