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New banking measurement tool will save construction firms money

Ben Martin, CEO of bmbal (BM Business Advisory Ltd), has launched the first ever banking benchmarking service for UK business customers. Called Business Banking Measured (BBM), the free online tool identifies where construction and fit out businesses are incurring unnecessary banking costs. It also outlines the steps they can take to eradicate those costs to make thousands of pounds of financial savings. 

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Lucion in Paradise after Birmingham contract win

A specialist environmental company has won a contract to deliver asbestos management services for a development project to transform Birmingham city centre.

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NASC success at National Construction College 2015 Apprentice Awards

NASC member company apprentices were highly successful in the Construction Industry Training Board NCC Apprentice Awards 2015 - achieving nominations in every round, right across the UK, with multiple winners in the coveted Scaffolding Apprenticeship Year 1 and Year 2 awards and the overall Apprentice of the Year category.

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Expert advice at conference for specialist contractors

If you've made a profit of £1 then you made more money than Balfour Beatty, Vinci Plc and a number of other main contractors did last year! That was one of the messages delivered to over 100 Specialist Contractors at their exclusive “Win Work-Get Paid-Make Money” Conference in Nottingham this week.

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Liven up landscapes with Bituchem's Colourtex surface

Hard landscaping specialists, The Bituchem Group has created a colourful and decorative surfacing material to brighten up any project or landscaping scheme.

The company has designed its Colourtex material using fully bound natural aggregates in a range of vivid colours to give the same durable qualities as standard tarmac with a long-lasting vibrant finish.

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