Business
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Industry condemns loss of chief construction adviser in sweeping reforms
Peter Hansford to step down in November but industry “disappointed” that vital role is abandoned after “united voice ignored” and urges immediate rethink. -
Engineering faces up to £9.5bn retention gap over next decade
Cost of lost productivity when staff leave and have to be replaced can be £5128 per engineer analysis by ACE and EngTechNow has found. -
Skills, infrastructure and planning are key to UK productivity
Chancellor George Osborne sets out new plan to “reverse the UK’s long-term productivity problem” by easing restrictions on brownfield development, investment in the North and a new apprenticeship levy. -
Apprenticeship levy won’t deliver high level skilled people in demand says industry
Nearly three quarters of construction firms report strong demand for high skills, but over half of all firms say those skills are hard to find. -
Words of wisdom for working in the Middle East
Beale and Company partner Sheena Sood offers some advice - and warning - to those thinking of entering Dubai's resurgence infrastructure market. -
The construction productivity paradox
Construction must adapt to technology and embrace new business models if it is to drive up its productivity says Simon Murray. -
Balfour Beatty issues another profit warning
Up to £150M loss uncovered as group continues to find “legacy issues”. -
Infrastructure for economic and social development, and a more sustainable world
The need for infrastructure development is the great global challenges of our time. For a better, greener, safer and more sustainable world the infrastructure community must unite, says Gavin English. -
The next chapter? Digital and big data, infrastructure that is out of this world
The post Election return of market confidence makes it the perfect time to focus on fixing some of the infrastructure sector's fragilities, says Malcolm Bairstow. -
Wait for new runway will cost UK trade £31bn - CBI
Business welcomes PM’s pledge to make decision before end of year and wants work to start on the ground by 2020.