Construction Industry Trade Bodies issue Coronavirus Briefing
This short briefing has been prepared on behalf of the UK construction sector to brief companies and individuals on the ongoing repercussions of the Covid-19 coronavirus for our sector Government Advice The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) renews calls for diversity in construction and engineering.
In light of International Women’s Day, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called on the government to create a strategy for diversity in the construction and engineering industry At the 2019 general election, BESA lobbied the major...
Freelance tradespeople end 2019 on a high with record earnings.
Earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector increased by 3.5% last month, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract Analysis of December payroll data for more than 2,200 construction companies in England and Wales reveals a weekly...
Introducing our new Freelance and Permanent Department
At Harpers Construction Recruitment we have always been proud of our excellent reputation for supplying high quality trades and labour to clients throughout our region. However, in 2019 we started providing professional, managerial and technical construction staff as...
How can we fix the construction industry workforce crisis?
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) believes that more than 200,000 skilled workers are needed by the mid-2020s. It doesn’t help that the industry is also suffering from an ageing workforce. Data from the 2011 census showed that one...