A new e-book has been produced to help improve the way building product websites are designed and give specifiers a better experience online. In order to help producers make their customers lives a little easier, Insynth Marketing has produced a free checklist, Building Websites 101. The 24-page guide covers all the essential components of a well-designed website…
The drop in EU net migration has sounded alarm bells for the UK construction industry, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to figures published today. Commenting on the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report for August 2018, published by the Office for National Statistics ..... ..... Sarah McMonagle, Director of External Affairs at the FMB,…
Growth among construction SMEs slowed in most parts of the UK in the third quarter of this year, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s latest State of Trade Survey, which is the only quarterly assessment of the UK-wide SME construction sector, include: • Construction SME workloads remained positive in…
A £1 billion VAT bombshell will hit building supplies to the UK if builders merchants are forced to pay 20% VAT upfront on European timber and other materials, according to the Builders Merchants Federation . Parliament voted this week to ban the UK from raising taxes bound for the EU unless the EU also collects tax…
Construction Expo South East 2018 will be held in Sussex for the first time at the South of England Event Centre, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, on Thursday, 13th September from 8.30am-4.30pm. The trade show, founded ten years ago and previously held in Kent, will showcase the region’s largest range of ..... ..... construction products and services and is…
The new Architects' Journal Specification Awards, which recognise completed projects that combine great products with great design, celebrate outstanding collaborations between architects, manufacturers and suppliers. The finalists will be announced in ..... ..... the November issue of AJ Specification and the winners will be revealed at a special awards lunch in February 2019 in Manchester. The winning…
dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, a leading international exhibitions company, is bringing its most successful construction event to Cairo, with The Big 5 Construct Egypt scheduled to debut in September. The Big 5 Construct Egypt will take place at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre on 18th-21st September 2018 and will showcase the innovative products,…
Easyfairs Netherlands has announced that it is taking over the Building Holland trade fair from Duurzaam Gebouwd with immediate effect. Building Holland has become one of the most important event for innovation in the construction and property industries in the Netherlands in recent years and its acquisition reinforces Easyfairs’ portfolio in this sector. Easyfairs currently organises…
At the Vision London exhibition last month, the organisers launched 100@Vision - a platform for fostering collaboration and exchanging ideas, through intelligent free networking & dinner events. The organisers have announced that they will now be launching the event in six new further cities beginning with ..... ......... Manchester on 18th October and then Brussels, Dublin, Copenhagen,…
• Irish construction firms increase imports from the UK by a third on this time last year – taking them to 240% above their pre-referendum level • Irish builders capitalise on cheaper UK materials to ease cost pressures of Ireland’s construction boom, according to analysis by Fexco Corporate Payments • A Tale of Two Brexits: Britain’s construction…
