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Halifax Home Insurance has advised people not to get too trigger happy with DIY and to call in professionals for major jobs, so as not to risk invalidating their insurance policies.

Unemployed people in the Humber region are expected to benefit from a new work skills training initiative being launched for businesses in the region.

A Sunderland vetting and listing service is helping to weed out the rouge tradesmen of the area.

City & Guilds has lauded the Government’s Technical Baccalaureate Measure but warned that core maths skills must not be forgotten.

More than 800 people have applied for just 17 construction apprenticeships with Swansea City Council.

Warrington’s Golden Gates Housing Trust has embarked on a mission to see 10 per cent of its workforce made up of apprentices and trainees.

The project manager who oversaw the construction of The Shard has said that construction apprenticeships are a valuable pathway to lucrative and challenging careers.

The residents of a Birmingham homeless project are being given the chance to work for NVQs by taking part in the renovation work of their own accommodation.

Building company Lovell has taken part in an event at a Bradford school to encourage more women to opt for careers in construction.

LadderLimb, the pioneering “third hand on the ladder” for tradesmen, is gaining more and more plaudits among the professional community.

Industry leaders have been looking back at Ecobuild 2013, the top sustainable building tradeshow that took place in London at the beginning of March.

New figures are showing that Britain could be facing a worrying shortage of skilled construction tradesmen, due to the effects of the recession.