Construction skills scheme extended after first year success
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An innovative scheme to attract more talent into the built environment sector is being extended after a successful first year.
Last year Gateshead College teamed up with a powerful partnership of architects, designers, contractors and engineering specialists to launch PlanBEE in a bid to tackle an industry skills shortage.
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Ultimate Finance reaches £14m milestone in construction funding
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Ultimate Finance Group, a leading independent provider of finance to UK business, has now provided £14m of funding to SMEs through its Construction Finance product. This represents year-on-year growth of 75%, as of April 2017. In total, Ultimate Finance Group’s overall lending to SMEs is now £132 million, as it continues its commitment to invest in business growth in the UK.
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Aecor/Safety & Access set the standards with Overseas CISRS scaffolding training
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Safety & Access Ltd are delighted to announce that after a further CISRS independent audit that the certified training centre in Kathmandu, Nepal has renewed its approval to deliver scaffold related training.
After a fantastic response from clients in the Middle East, Safety & Access are extremely proud to report that they have delivered training resulting in over 300 successful CISRS card holders and have extended the centre to accommodate 24 trainees at any one time and are have additionally gained accreditation to deliver the CISRS Advanced Scaffold Inspection Course.
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The Hadleigh Timber Group have acquired Timbmet
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Meyer Timber Ltd are pleased to announce that the Hadleigh Timber Group have acquired Timbmet.
Founded in 1942, Timbmet is a leading supplier and processor of a range of hardwood and special products, having won the coveted ‘TTJ Timber Trade Trader of the Year Award 2016’. It will join Meyer, Panelco and Premium within the Hadleigh Timber Group.
Mick George Ltd celebrate their new website with a £5,000 giveaway
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With such hectic lifestyles, rarely do we get a spare moment, but when we do, we’re all guilty of reaching for our phone, tablet or laptop and subconsciously browsing the net to make sporadic purchases.
Which subsequently validates why online sales in the UK are now valued in excess of £114bn per annum. Kind of ironic, when you consider that many of us also share in common, the continuous disgruntlement at the lack of disposable income which we possess.
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