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Priya Halai, Lovell construction ambassador

What is a Lovell construction ambassador?

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The national developer Lovell takes its recruitment very seriously indeed, and has given a select few employees the role of ‘construction ambassador’, for them to promote the idea of working in housebuilding to an audience of young people. We speak to Priya Halai, a 26-year-old assistant surveyor, about what she does in this special position. Hi Priya, what does the construction ambassador role involve? There are a dozen of us across the company, working in England, Scotland and Wales as part of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) construction ambassadors programme. We promote construction as a career and encourage young people into the industry through activities and events such as going into schools and colleges, attending careers fairs and organising visits to […]

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Builders on EU flag

Report warns of “disastrous” impact of Brexit on construction worker numbers

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A new report looking at how Brexit might affect the UK new homes industry has warned of the serious consequences of suddenly losing European workers without transitional measures being introduced while the country trains more domestic employees. Building on Brexit was published on 12 July at RICS as the result of a Commission of Inquiry from the All Party Parliamentary (APPG) Group for Excellence in the Built Environment. It says that Britain has 194,000 EU workers that it cannot afford to lose, with an ageing workforce of its own, and goes on to set out a 12-point plan to deal with the impact of the country leaving the EU. Among the measures it recommends are: Ensuring existing EU migrant workers are able

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Award-winning site manager, Michaela Martin

Michaela delighted at becoming an award-winning site manager

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Michaela Martin, a native of the Isle of Wight and currently working there with David Wilson Homes, has recently been recognised for excellence by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the standard of her work as a site manager. Michaela is one of 74 site managers working under the Barratt Developments brand names – David Wilson Homes and Barratt Homes – to win at the Quality Award stage in the annual NHBC Pride in the Job awards for 2017, and one of just two women for the company in this year’s awards, at a time when the NHBC itself is an active voice in a push to get more women involved in the UK’s housebuilding sector. Michaela is working at Riverside, a

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Team of construction apprentices

Government announces intention to retain CITB and apprenticeship levy

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Anne Wilton MP, the minister of state for apprenticeships and skills and minister for women, has sent a letter to James Wates of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to announce that that government’s review of the sector has resulted in a recommendation to continue with the scheme. Along with plans to publish the review in October this year, a delay due to the snap election announced in late spring, the minister told Wates in the letter: “The CITB has an important role to play in supporting the industry to meet those challenges, and also that the industry needs to provide stronger leadership to make sure it gets what it needs from the CITB, both informing and supporting its plans. We have,

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Daniel Perfect, LifeCare Residences

Career view: Daniel Perfect, development director of LifeCare Residences

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We speak to Daniel Perfect, recently appointed as development director for luxury retirement property developer LifeCare Residences, about his career path the opportunities that his company and the housebuilding industry can offer today’s job-hunters. What’s been your career path through housebuilding and development? I started my career working at McCarthy & Stone as an assistant land buyer and progressed to land manager, before spending a number of years working at Persimmon Homes in their South East land team.  I then returned to McCarthy & Stone, where I was promoted to the role of land director. I have recently taken up the role as development director at LifeCare Residences, the internationally renowned retirement community owner and operator. When did you know that working

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