Workers are increasingly staying put in their current jobs and more employers are holding steady on staffing levels as the labour market slows, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook report. The survey shows more than half (55 per ...
Read More »H&S workloads have never been more demanding for property and facilities managers
New legislation and an increased focus on best practice are leading to heavier workloads and excess pressure on property and facilities managers, according to a new report from health, safety and property compliance firm, William Martin. When compiling its first ...
Read More »Mears highlights opportunities and challenges in decarbonising housing stock to achieve net zero
Mears Group has launched its first decarbonisation report detailing the scale of opportunity and challenge facing the UK housing sector as it works to reach the UK’s net zero targets. Building on its extensive experience of retrofitting homes to make ...
Read More »Projects struggle to attract bidders as uncertainty lingers
The latest UK Construction Market Report from international property and construction consultancy, Gleeds, reveals contractors are remaining selective about taking on new work, with almost 90 per cent saying they or their supply chain had declined a tender in the previous ...
Read More »Construction industry shortage of skilled workers is more prevalent than in other industries
Skills shortages continue to be a significant challenge for the European construction industry, despite growth prospects in data centres, life sciences and high-tech projects. This is according to a new ‘Construction Market Insights‘ report for Europe by global construction consultant ...
Read More »Cleaning, hygiene and waste sector ‘in recovery’ after Covid-19 pandemic, finds research
Newly-published research by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) shows how the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector is “in recovery” after the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, and remains one of the 10 biggest sectors in the UK. Published today (13 ...
Read More »Majority of professionals say they experience ‘discriminatory or exclusionary’ workplace behaviour
New research from The Young Foundation, conducted on behalf of 12 professional membership and regulatory bodies, reveals that while equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives are increasingly commonplace, there is growing scepticism among professionals that these are ‘box-ticking’ exercises. The ...
Read More »Industry experts examine the changing energy landscape in a new report
‘POWER RESILIENCE 2024’, a new report from UK power solutions provider, Critical Power Supplies (CPS), examines the changing energy landscape in the context of the climate risk, the shifting UK legislative framework, the proliferation of technology, the potential of data-driven ...
Read More »‘Security-by-design’ aims fall short leading to additional costs post-build
A new report from Brivo, a global provider of cloud-based access control and smart building technologies, finds that while security is a new priority in building design, a mismatch between ambition and reality leads to spiralling costs. The results of ...
Read More »Eptura Workplace Index: 2023 has been a year of change to a new normal
Most business leaders now accept the hybrid workforce as the new normal. While some organisations have insisted on a return to the office, the majority have adapted to a structured hybrid model. At the same time, in an increasingly tough ...
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