Covid update

Chancellor offers new Plan for Jobs The Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs presented during his Summer Statement sets out how the Government aims to support, protect and create jobs as part of the [...]

New edition of the CLC Site Operating Procedures The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released Site Operating Procedures Version 5 which has been updated to reflect the latest Government [...]

CLC survey The Construction Leadership Council has published the results of its People Survey which aimed to collect cross industry data on the impact of Coronavirus on employment levels. The [...]

CLC Roadmap to Recovery The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published a Roadmap to Recovery to secure the future of construction businesses nationwide, while setting the industry on a [...]

CLC Site Operating Procedures Version 4 released The Construction Leadership Council has published an updated Site Operating Procedures ver4, which replaces the Site Operating Procedures ver3, [...]

The Government announced on Sunday that it was urging businesses in England to return to work and released OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy on Monday which [...]

With more construction sites being encouraged to reopen, Build UK Chief Executive Suzannah Nichol, along with Contractors Mark Reynolds (Mace) and Greg Craig (Skanska), met with Secretary of [...]

The UK Government announced a further extension of the Coronavirus Lockdown restriction for at least another three weeks on 16 April, with suggestions that this may continue into late-May. While [...]

With the Governments in both England and Wales having offered some relaxation for the construction sector of the strict social-distancing rules, it seems clear that many more sites are likely to [...]

With still some confusion about which if any construction sites can remain open, UK construction industry activity in March 2020 is reported to have fallen to its lowest level since April 2009. [...]