Tag: trade
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Commodity Trading Basics: How to Trade Commodities Online
Technology has transformed commodity trading. Nowadays, it is not an affair exclusive to only producers and buyers; you can trade commodities online. Online commodity trading allows you to speculate on the prices of various commodities without owning them. If you are interested in learning how to trade commodities online, you are in the right place.…
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Winter 2025 Burnout Risk Index Highlights Pressures Facing Construction and Trade Workers
A new analysis from Vegas Insider ranks burnout risk across 50 job categories heading into winter 2025, offering insight into how seasonal pressures and working conditions affect construction, trades and other labor-intensive fields. While healthcare and social services still top the overall list, the report notes that many construction and trade occupations face elevated burnout…
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Rising Stars, Boys & Girls Clubs Launch Trade Trailblazers Program
The Rising Stars Program, a nonprofit that aims to close the skilled labor gap by connecting young adults with career pathways in construction, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB). The organizations are co-launching Trade Trailblazers, an eight-week summer internship and career exploration program that is designed to introduce…
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Rising Stars, Boys & Girls Clubs Launch Trade Trailblazers Program
The Rising Stars Program, a nonprofit that aims to close the skilled labor gap by connecting young adults with career pathways in construction, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB). The organizations are co-launching Trade Trailblazers, an eight-week summer internship and career exploration program that is designed to introduce…
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Trade body warns against £28k housing tax proposal
Building a home in the UK could soon become significantly more expensive, as debate intensifies over a proposed overhaul of landfill tax. Industry representatives warn the changes risk making many smaller housing developments financially unfeasible. A leading national trade body is calling on the government to abandon the proposal before the Autumn Budget, or else…
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Trade Heroes: The Top Directory for Commercial Carpenters
Builders experience the yearning for a good, not bumpy and confident start in building, with the right team, one feels as if having found a pot of gold. Good carpenters are fundamentally important to shaping a commercial job from your first framework to your last detail that is finished.” That’s exactly where Trade Heroes comes in, a…
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FIS first trade body to achieve top conflict avoidance status
Len Bunton, CAC’s president, said: “It is very encouraging to see that FIS has been awarded gold status partner by the CAC. I have been working with Iain McIlwee, the CEO of FIS, for a number of years, on various matters, and FIS has grasped the nettle in embedding CAP into its philosophies and in…
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Trade Group Marks 80 Years of Disability Employment Awareness
This October marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an annual recognition of the positive impact that people with disabilities have on the American workforce. This yearly event began in 1945, first as a weeklong national observance. The American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers (AAADM) is proud that its own industry’s history dates back to…
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Trade bodies warn about unqualified contractors ahead of Awaab’s Law
“We are still seeing specifications being value engineered to the max and many construction trades being squeezed on price,” said Nathan Wood, BESA’s London and South East regional chair. “The result is that non-competent multi-trade outfits are undercutting professional ventilation installers and thermal insulation contractors. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Wirtgen Group Highlights New Machines, Digital Tools at Brazil Trade Show
Wirtgen Group is introducing several new machines and technologies at an upcoming trade show in Brazil, including the South American debut of the Vögele MINI 500 tracked paver. The compact paver is designed for small-scale tasks such as trench capping. Also on display is Ciber’s iNOVA 1200 mobile asphalt mixing plant, now equipped with new…