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Bidding for £500M Contracts at HS2’s Euston Station Opens

Feb 15, 2022

  Small businesses are being encouraged to bid for some £500M worth of contracts as work ramps up at HS2’s new Euston station. Hundreds of packages are available to ...

Growth Secures Scottish Construction Pipeline

Feb 04, 2022

In July 2021, Scottish Futures Trust launched the Scottish Construction Pipeline Database, in response to the construction sector’s need for clear visibility of anticipated work across the public sector. The ...

Has COP 26 Fuelled Even More Greenwashing Among British Businesses?

Jan 24, 2022

While thousands of delegates from 190 nations across the globe descended on the Scottish city of Glasgow in early November to agree environmental action plans that would see considerable reduction in ...

Will Introducing a Shorter Working Week Have a Negative Impact on Business?

Last updated on March 29th, 2022

Jan 17, 2022

While the events of the pandemic created a number of new arguments, reckonings, and theories, one concept that was revisited for the umpteenth time was that of shorter working weeks. ...

Gold Standard for Public Sector Construction Projects

Last updated on February 9th, 2022

Jan 07, 2022

The Cabinet Office has published an independent review looking at putting in place a new ‘Gold Standard’ for public sector construction frameworks. The review, which is a result of a ...