UKR Weekly Newsletter | UKR Construction jobs West London

• UK construction output suffers worst annual fall since 2013, survey finds (Independent)
• Government vows to ban slow paying contractors from public works (The Construction Index)
• Willmott Dixon trains staff in mental health first aid (The Construction Index)
• Construction training system is broken, says Unite (UK Construction Media)
• UK Construction Week unveils plans to showcase industry role models (UK Construction Media)
• Britain sees increase in number of high-rise buildings (Building Specifier)
• It’s time for the construction industry to consider alternative materials (Building Specifier)
• Dr Martens’ women’s collection a safety first (Building Talk)
• Watch robots build a timber frame in no time (Curbed)
• London Mayor to fund offsite homes standardisation (Construction Manager)
• Migrant workers prey to modern slavery in UK construction industry – charities (Reuters)
• One in four construction workers exposed to asbestos (Construction Manager)
• New data reveals the growth of Build to Rent in the UK (Property Wire)
• Study reveals how automation will impact the construction industry (PBC)
• Slow UK economic growth is not just a cold weather trend (The Guardian)
• Build-to-rent: how developers are profiting from Generation Rent (The Guardian)
• Trade workers some of the UK’s happiest (Scottish Construction Now)
• Site welfare breaches on the rise (The Construction Index)
• The band of builders constructing new lives for the sick and disabled (inews)
• SME builders and Unite the union agree 3.1% pay rise over the next year (Building Specifier)
• Concentrate on apprenticeships despite levy being ‘unfit for purpose’ say Aggregate (Building Talk)
• North West UK’s fastest-growing construction market (Place North West)
• The role of apprenticeships in the UK economy (The Guardian)
• North’s construction output jumps to seven-year high (The Irish News)