Nationwide Construction Recruitment Blog

Nationwide Construction Recruitment is a leading construction employment agency for the built environment. We are always seeking to improve our services and be at the forefront of recruitment practices.

Our Blogs are provided to make aware to workers and clients of incidents, changes and information relevant to their daily activities in the "Built Environment" .

Winvic starts £93m Edgbaston Stadium build to rent job

Winvic Construction is starting work on two projects around Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham.

Fresh shock structural steel price hike

Structural steel prices have jumped again after British Steel announced its fifth price increase since July.

Revenue offers contractors advice as IR35 changes loom

HM Revenue & Customs is running a series of free online workshops for construction companies as controversial changes loom to the IR35 rules.

BAM to trial innovative 5G use in construction

BAM has secured Government funding to trial the innovative use of 5G in construction.

Mace achieves net zero carbon goal

Mace has achieved its ambition to be a net zero carbon business.

New pothole machine delivers road repairs four times faster

Digger maker JCB has launched a dedicated machine to tackle the national scourge of potholes.

“Vital construction continues” during latest lockdown

New business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has written an open letter to construction praising the work being carried out by the industry.

Fears grow over Covid contract disputes as attitudes harden

Construction leaders fear the industry could be heading for a big rise in contract disputes as signs emerge of hardening attitudes against claims for financial loss.

Symptom-free construction workers to get covid tests

Construction is among the industries to be targeted with regular rapid testing for workers without coronavirus symptoms.

Firms told to notify PHE of 5 or more Covid cases in 14 days

The Construction Leadership Council has published the latest update of the industry’s Site Operating Procedures for new lockdown protocols.