Scaffolding boss banned after abusing covid loan scheme

A Birmingham scaffolding boss has been banned from running a business for 11 years after fraudulently claiming £50,000 in bounce back covid loan support. The post Scaffolding boss banned after abusing covid loan scheme appeared first on Construction Management.

Scaffold boss banned over covid loan abuse

Eleven-year director ban after misuse of £50,000 loan

Construction starts slump to covid levels

Construction starts in the fourth quarter of 2022 slumped to their lowest level since the first covid lockdown, according to data gatherer Glenigan.

COVID was construction’s top killer in 2020

In the first year of the pandemic, construction workers were among the most vulnerable to COVID-19 and its related illnesses, new government data shows.

HS2 and booming UK help push Gleeds income up a quarter to over £200m

Consultant says last month’s China U-turn on covid strategy will help revenue push this year

Rider Levett Bucknall Tender Price Forecast UK, Q4 2021

RLB's end-of-year 2021 edition of the Tender Price Forecast summarises the dramatic experience of the last year and looks to how 2022 will be unwrapped. Much will depend on how the industry continues to deal with its resource-availability and cost concerns, as input costs remain the focus of attention, and contractors’ cost responses are clothed in uncertainty.

The Sunday Times - Canary Wharf office block sold & WFH, 12122021

A couple of articles from The Sunday Times which highlight the current (and potentially) long term influence of Working From Home on the commercial office sector and 'urban recovery': - Canary Wharf office block sold for knockdown price amid WFH fear; and - This capricious government can't level up without business This is an issue the Government should be considering as they finalise their "levelling up" White Paper

Building Magazine - Covid risks are being shunted down the supply chain, 13112020

Rudi Klein states "Subcontractors should beware of sneaky contractual clauses that force them to carry the bulk of all covid risk"

Beale & Co - Webinar: COVID-19 and Insurance Brokers E&O, 06052020

In this webinar Joe Bryant and Stephen Reilly of Beale & Co look at how unsuccessful claims for Business Interruption cover may rebound and result in negligence claims against insurance brokers and their PI insurers, and whether or not such claims are likely to be successful

How change in law is considering due to outburst of COVID and what is the interpretation pursuant to FIDIC where pandemic is neutral event