The benefits of home insulation will be experienced by up to 14 million people thanks to a new government initiative, an expert has said. Energy secretary Chris Huhne noted the Green Deal will be an ambitious approach to improving the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock. Under the policy, Continue Reading
Mixed Scottish business reaction to Budget
Scottish business leaders have given a mixed reaction to the UK Budget unveiled by the chancellor. Popular measures from George Osborne have included cutting levels of corporation tax, particularly for small businesses next year. But the business community has reacted unfavourably to news of a VAT rise from 17.5% to Continue Reading
Viliv X70 EX battery
Viliv X70 EX battery Spare 5.5hour battery for the Viliv X70 EX tablets now available Mobile CAD Surveying Ltd have no added the popular Viliv X70 EX tablet to their range of mobile solutions for their award winning software, Sitemaster Building. The Viliv X70 EX is now availble as standard Continue Reading
Carbon Calculation
Carbon Calculation is becoming a hot topic in all areas of business. With the advent of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme by the British Government and the EUETS, reporting on carbon emissions is fast become a legal requirement within the UK, Europe and beyond. The construction industry has been hard Continue Reading
A New Opportunity for Construction Tradesmen!
FOR ALL BUILDERS & CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OUT THERE! WHY NOT DIVERSIFY? Steve was like a lot of people working a trade in the Construction Industry, due to the economic climate he was out of work more than in it. One day he saw an advertisement for Sitemaster Software, this piqued Continue Reading
O2 AXES ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT DATA PLAN
Mobile operator O2 is moving to axe “all-you-can-eat” data plans, which enable smartphone customers unlimited Web browsing for a fixed-fee, prompted by network overloads associated with the bandwidth-hungry phones. The Telefonica-owned (TEF.MC) operator said it expects only three percent of its 21.4 million customers to have to pay for breaching Continue Reading
BIGGER BUILDERS SURVIVING BETTER
The current economic downturn is impacting smaller construction firms more than their larger rivals. A Financial Times analysis of the UK’s top 50 construction firms showed the top ten percent of firms saw their average contract size rise to 13.5 million pounds during the year to May, 20 percent up Continue Reading
UK construction sector expands further as mortgage approvals beat estimates
Today the attention is on the UK data which showed that the construction sector beat estimates which hinted the housing sector is improving further as mortgage approvals mark the highest in four months as the weather is heating up in Britain. PMI construction, which represents nearly 6% of GDP in May Continue Reading
U.K. Construction Expands at Fastest Pace Since September 2007
An index of U.K. construction expanded in May at the fastest pace since September 2007, led by gains in homebuilding. A gauge of building activity, based on a survey of purchasing managers, increased to 58.5 from 58.2 in April, Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said Continue Reading
UK Government To Review Construction Industry, Deliver Low Carbon Future
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced that the new minister with responsibility for the construction industry is Chartered Surveyor Mark Prisk. The Minister has already met the Steering Group of the Low Carbon Construction Review Innovation and Growth Team (IGT), an industry-led body set up to review the construction Continue Reading