News July - 2011

Average house prices fell by 2.5 per cent in the year to June, although they remained flat on the previous month.  more info

Bernard KilBride, EFIA's new General Secretary, proudly announced “EFIA have established an exclusive partnership with CHAS – the Contractor’s Health & Safety Assessment Scheme – and we can now offer CHAS assessment and re-assessment (and registration on the CHAS database) at NO COST to our members“.  more info

The EFIA is restructuring its membership with the introduction of a new Entry Level membership for smaller companies.  more info

While it’s not a surprise to hear more public sector projects are being shelved, the news that Glenigan figures reveal such a rising number of private sector projects being put on hold sends a warning sign for an anaemic industry recovery.  more info

Forrest, the leading Northern social housing regeneration specialist, has secured a place on Halton Housing Trust's framework worth up to £9.  more info

New official statistics published today show the number of workers killed in the construction industry last year has increased.  more info

A teenage worker severed part of his hand while operating a vertical panel saw on which he had received little training, a court heard.  more info

Consumers in the UK are seeing a rapidly changing market place - with significant players such as Habitat, TG Hughes, Homeform and Focus Do It All going into administration in recent weeks.  more info

The Government needs to think more carefully about the powers it has to stimulate job creation in the construction industry, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to last week's official employment figures which revealed that the construction industry lost 24,000 jobs in the first three months of 2011.  more info

A leading galvanizing company is playing a major role in the ongoing construction of a futuristic new leisure facility.  more info