December 2014

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  1. Epic Buildings: The Hive, Worcester

    Epic Buildings: The Hive, Worcester

    Meet The Hive. Now housing Worcester’s main library, this golden building, completed in 2013, has received the prestigious British Construction Industry (BCI) Sustainability Award and the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Award. The first building of its kind in Europe, this Worcester library holds over 12 miles of archive collections, 250,000 […]

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  2. DIY Hacks of The Week: Pallet Bars & Tool Hangers

    DIY Hacks of The Week: Pallet Bars & Tool Hangers

    Love a bodge job? Partial to a bit of make and do? When you’re not fixing, fitting and fine-tuning in your day job, a good old-fashioned project can be a great way to spend some quality time with your toolkit. With that in mind, we’ve been bringing you 3 great DIY hacks every fortnight to […]

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  3. How To Handle Your Finances As A Newly Self-employed Builder

    How To Handle Your Finances As A Newly Self-employed Builder

    Setting out on your own? Keen to get your finances straight ready for your first self-assessment? We’ve got all the information you need to handle those stressful money matters as a newly self employed builder. It can be intimidating getting started with your own business, but keep your records straight and understand what information you […]

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  4. Epic Buildings: The New Mathematical Institute, Oxford University

    Epic Buildings: The New Mathematical Institute, Oxford University

    There is no denying the rich architectural history of Oxford University. With elements of the university dating back to the 1400s, the historical wealth of this world-famous institution is visible at almost every campus across the city. So what is an architect to do when confronted by a project to design a brand new building […]

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  5. How Britain can fix its labour skills gap

    How Britain can fix its labour skills gap

    It was reported this week that Britain is being forced to fill gaps in its labour markets with overseas workers. Construction firms are hiring Portuguese bricklayers to fill a shortfall in supply in the UK market. Due to the lack of skilled British workers, these foreign brickies are able to demand wages of up to £1000 […]

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  6. How AbleSkills is filling the Bricklaying Skills Gap

    How AbleSkills is filling the Bricklaying Skills Gap

    Building companies in London have hired Portuguese bricklayers on £1,000-a-week wages because of a shortage of skilled Britons, recruitment firm Manpower has said. Able Skills are already making an attempt to fill that UK skills gap – as you can see by the below video. Everyone in our bricklaying centre is either starting out in […]

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  7. How To Set Up Insurance As A Self Employed Electrician

    How To Set Up Insurance As A Self Employed Electrician

    If you’re setting out to become a self-employed spark, the last thing you’re probably going to want to think about is your insurance. Finding the perfect van, naming your business, buying in your ideal toolkit, winning your first clients – there are more or less 120 more interesting things than making sure you’ve got the […]

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  8. DIY Hacks of The Week: Desk Bells & Bike Mounts

    DIY Hacks of The Week: Desk Bells & Bike Mounts

    Hello tradespeople and trainees, welcome to our latest round up of the best DIY hacks from across the web. Whether you like tinkering with electrics or working in wood, we trawl the internet every fortnight to bring you awesome projects to try on for size. This week why not make… • A desk bell which […]

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