Since the first Coronavirus lockdown was announced on 23rd March 2020, over 112,000 trade businesses have been set up in the UK, new research has revealed.   The study, conducted by IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest supplier of specialist ironmongery, analysed over one million rows of Companies House data1 and found that more than one in ten (11%) of all businesses set up during the pandemic (1,019,970) are in the trade ...

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Over 112,000 UK trade businesses have been set up since the first lockdown  More than one in ten of the UK’s lockdown businesses are in the trade industry Over 20,000 new businesses focus on the ‘development of building products’ – a fifth of all lockdown trade companies Per capita, Aberdeen has seen the greatest number ...

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As the construction insurance market hardens, the CICV Forum introduces a new guide to the complexity of professional indemnity insurance   In its latest initiative as a major voice within the Scottish construction sector, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has unveiled a new guide to the crucial and increasingly complex issue of professional indemnity ...

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A new guide providing tradespeople with training tips and practical business advice has been created to help those who are out of work or are looking to develop their existing skill set over lockdown. To download the guide, follow the link here. The resource has been published by heating and utilities training provider Skills Training Group and also ...

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The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has today published a letter to the UK’s construction sector, which can be read in full below or here…  

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It isn’t the start of the year that any of us had hoped for, but we remain optimistic that the roll out of the vaccine programme will help speed up the process of restoring some semblance of normal home and working lives for everyone.  For now, however, we continue to face the challenges of another ...

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In its latest initiative to help Scotland’s building sector get safely back to work, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has used cutting-edge technology to create a digital learning toolkit to promote best practice.   Working closely with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), which links business, university experts and public sector providers, the Forum launched the Be Covid Smart ...

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With another lockdown announced in response to the rising Coronavirus infections, the Joint Industry Board (JIB) has issued a reminder of the benefits a JIB membership can bring. During the first lockdown period in March the JIB worked swiftly to implement flexible and supportive measures to ensure jobs and businesses were fully protected. The JIB, ...

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In uncertain times, it pays to know what’s coming over the horizon. Here, Lesley Rudd, CEO of leading UK charity, Electrical Safety First, considers the post-pandemic landscape – and its potential to expand opportunities for electrical contractors. During the emergence from lockdown, its still unclear what the ‘new normal’ might be. But I hope one ...

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The government has announced it will significantly increase the generosity and reach of its winter support schemes to ensure livelihoods and jobs across the UK continue to be protected in the difficult months to come, supporting jobs and helping to contain the virus.   open businesses which are experiencing considerable difficulty will be given extra ...

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