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A provider of bespoke drone solutions for businesses believes that drones could soon become a vital part of every tradesperson’s toolkit. Drones are fast becoming an important piece of kit for many professions, now widely known for aiding photo...

Criticism of the Government’s plans to boost apprenticeships are missing the ‘big picture’, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published a report in which it claims the ...

One of the projects that facilities managers and building services engineers often get involved with is planning to move a company into new premises, or the expansion of a business into new buildings. Over the past couple of decades Air Conditi...

As a recruiter I see a lot of CVs. Most need a lot of re-vamping to ensure they promote the individual in the best possible light and are suitable to forward to a prospectice employer. The most important things to remember when compiling a CV a...

At the ACR Show in Birmingham I delivered a seminar called ‘Stop Whinging about the Skill Shortage’. In this talk I showed the extent of the skills gap in Engineering in the UK. I discussed statistics such as:1. EngineeringUK – lobby group states ...

According to a recent survey from Glassdoor, the most popular reason for employees to start looking for a new job is that they want a higher salary. 35% of the 1,139 UK employees surveyed, cited wanting a higher salary as their main reason to resi...

You may read articles in the mainstream press that talk about a recovery in the UK and that things are getting back to normal. In his article in the Telegraph Peter Spence says that ‘many of the indicators of an economic recovery are now in place’...

In an uncertain world one thing is hear to stay by the looks of it. The skill shortage in Engineering.  A report called 'Engineered in Britain: Manufacturing a Successful Economy?' by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Accountants and ...

A recent article in H&V News describes how senior figures representing wind, solar and tidal power say “dramatic” subsidy cuts for renewables are scaring away foreign investors and could leave scores of British firms in this industry on the brink ...