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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?

Merchants must seriously consider their current business model if they want to thrive under new Green Deal proposals. Those merchants looking for wider involvement when the new deal comes in should give careful thought to becoming a Green Deal provider.

The Government could wipe out the country's soaring unemployment problem if it adopts bold measures to stimulate house building.

Its been a while since the last update and I simply don’t know where to begin !

Steve Rogan of Pinnacle Consulting looks at love and the construction industry It is fast approaching St. Valentine’s Day and if the building and construction industry is one of your loves, then it is time to tell us why you love working in it. We think it is the best …

I'm starting to feel a little like Private Fraser from Dads' Army every time I write a story for the web at the moment - "We're doomed, Cap'n Mainwaring. Doomed'. I mean the journalist's old cliché is that bad news makes good copy but really, this is getting ridiculous.

It seems as though in the last week, every time I start to write something about the current state of the markets - the financial ones - things change and I have to start again.

Here we go again. As if it's not hard enough, trying to stay in business when all around you is news of yet more redundancies, administrations and high street woes, firms will now have to be extra, extra careful when it comes to health and safety practice.

There's been a lot of publicity about a Financial Times poll of economists which suggests that the recession in the UK is over.

I know I'm a little behind the times on this issue as it really broke last week but I've been mulling it over in my head since and it doesn't become any clearer.