If you heed the media, it would appear that there is a boom in construction and with it a need for more construction workers. But what kind of skills will be needed and where are these jobs being created?

Widespread flooding has been in the news recently and we have all heard that recent scenes of devastation are likely to be repeated at an increasing frequency in the future.

The building trade in UK has seen a massive assimilation of personnel from elsewhere in the EU - probably more than any other industry. While many of these workers speak very good English (certainly a lot better than my grasp of the Polish language!), this cannot always be taken for granted.

Despite spring having officially sprung, summer seems a long way off and there is still time to consider what should be in stock when (hopefully, not 'if') it finally happens.

The Chancellor's 2016 Budget set a target of a million new homes by 2020 (200k per year), which looks very encouraging for the building trade and the Merchant sector.

This summer has not been exactly tropical, far from it, but inevitably the temperature will begin to drop over the next weeks and months and we enter the autumn/winter season (how depressing!) It is however, probably time look at what the industry will be needing from its suppliers over the winter months.

Recent data from the CIPS has shown that the UK construction industry grew strongly in February, in fact by the highest amount since last October. The house building sector is particularly buoyant with one major UK house builder recording a 67% jump in profits in 2014 and other house builders also reporting record rises. This…

Yet again, the media is full of stories about how construction activity has slowed and how construction is acting as a brake on the expansion of the economy.

Let's debunk a common DIY myth. The use of 'squeezy bottle' washing up liquid in the production of mortar for laying bricks.

Lafaage Tarmac’s Dr Bill gives three cheers for competitions The weather is beginning to improve and the days are getting longer, maximising the opportunities for builders to crack on with construction. Perhaps the unexpected clarity of the election result will also act kick start more work? Only time will tell! …