Tag: Travis Perkins
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Scrapping 50% university target is ‘real step forward’ for construction
Builders’ merchant Travis Pekins has welcomed the government’s decision to transform further and higher education. This week, the prime minister announced a package of reforms to the education skills system, which includes ditching Labour’s previous target of encouraging 50% of young people to go to university. Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Kier Starmer…
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Digital Construction Awards 2025: Best Application of Technology
The Digital Construction Awards attracted 170-plus entries this year, 85 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the finalists for Best Application of Technology. This category recognises the most effective application of a specific existing technology. Existing means a product (hardware or software) that has been available on the market for more than 18…