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Guide Dogs’ National Breeding Centre Complete

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association’s new National Breeding Centre at Bishops Tachbrook, near Leamington Spa, is now complete. 

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The centre, which cost around £20 million, will enable the charity to create 900 guide dog partnerships a year by 2015.

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Building work moves forward for Chesterton Vision Centre

ChestertonBuilding work on Chesterton’s new Vision Centre is now taking shape.

Work on the £4.4 million Vision Centre is expected to finish in early 2012.  Steelwork has been erected and has given members of the community an insight into what the building will look like once it has been finished.

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YUILL HOMES’ APPRENTICE CROWNED REGION’S BEST BRICKLAYER

A talented Hartlepool apprentice has been praised by his training providers for his success in a prestigious competition, after been crowned the region’s best bricklayer for the second year in a row.

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£2k cash prize helps Chester-based joiner beat the February blues

Spartan Joinery, a construction firm based in Deeside near Chester, is celebrating today after receiving a call from Bibby Financial Services to inform them they have won a £2,000 cash prize as part of the specialist invoice financier’s construction finance competition.

Read more: £2k cash prize helps Chester-based joiner beat the February blues

£55million cash boost for repairs to homes in Camden

The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced that Camden will be allocated £55million, that we made a bid for, to bring homes up to a good repair standard. The money will improve the homes and lives of some of the Borough’s most vulnerable residents.

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“Building Construction Skills for the Future” an important conference being held at the College of North West London on 22nd March

Late January 2011 saw the release of the Construction Skills Network forecasts for the period running 2011-15, which details the predicted future skills and training requirements of the UK construction industry. Data is gathered from over 700 members by ConstructionSkills and Experian... 

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YOU’RE HIRED! BLOOR HOMES GIVES LOCAL LAD A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION

Mitchell Thomson from South Luton in Bedfordshire had been studying bricklaying at Barnfield College for two years before he began his apprenticeship last September at Bloor Homes’ new development ‘The Edge’ in Dunstable.  The eighteen year old is now one of the first in the local area to benefit from the apprenticeship scheme being delivered through collaboration by Bloor Homes and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

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£30 billion worth of construction contracts directed through Halving Waste to Landfill

Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill recently smashed through the 500th signatory mark, bringing the potential UK construction contracts to benefit from this waste reduction initiative to well over £30 billion.

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YUILL HOMES HELPS TO OPEN EVEN MORE DOORS AT

Yuill Homes’ contracting division, Yuill Construction, has joined forces with Derwentside Homes to develop more high quality homes at its Dales View development in Consett, County Durham.

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Jobs

Welcome to the recruitment section of Construction National, here you can find a range of construction orientated job vacancies across the UK. Simply browse the list and contact the employer directly.

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Your listing can be as brief or as detailed as you like and will stay on our website until your vacancy has been filled. 

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A specialist industry requires a specialist court with specialist practitioners

One effect of the depth of the recession in the construction industry was an increased willingness to take disputes to the courts. In the year 2010-2011 the number of cases heard by the specialist Technology and Construction Court (TCC) rose to a high of 512, according to the court’s annual report, following a rise the previous year to 502 cases. Only now is that figure starting to drop off, with 457 new claims brought last year.

Read more: A specialist industry requires a specialist court with specialist practitioners