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Skilled trades shortages aren’t just slowing projects. They’re inflating costs, damaging margins, and losing bids before ground is even broken. In this blog, Jamie Trevett lays out how labour gaps are hitting contractors in both the UK and US, why they’re making tenders harder to win, and how smart firms are solving it before the first hire is even made.

Big-name contractors are stalling. Smaller firms? They’re stepping up. In both the UK and US, SME builders are winning more tenders and leading more sites but only if they’ve got the crew to back it up. In this blog, Jamie breaks down what’s shifting, why small doesn’t mean limited, and how your labour plan will make or break your 2025.

Sustainability’s not just a buzzword anymore, its reason tradespeople are choosing one site over another. In this blog, Jamie breaks down why green construction matters more than ever in 2025, not just for the planet but for your workforce.

We all know a bad hire when we see one but by the time we spot it, it’s already cost us. Not just money. Time. Morale. Reputation. In this blog, Jamie Trevett breaks down what hiring wrong really does to a construction business and why getting recruitment right in 2025 isn’t a luxury. It’s survival.

They’re turning up with skills. They’re trained in BIM. They’re sharp, fast, and switched on. But they’re leaving. This blog looks at why so many Gen Z tradespeople, across both the UK and US, aren’t staying in the industry for long. And more importantly, what construction employers can do to keep them.

Mid-level tradespeople are vanishing from construction sites across the UK and US and it's putting entire projects at risk. In this article, Jamie Trevett breaks down why this critical layer of talent is disappearing, how it’s affecting site productivity, and what leading firms are doing to rebuild the middle before it’s too late.

The construction industry is facing a mental health crisis. Burnout, isolation, and alarming suicide rates are impacting workers across the UK and US. In this article, we explore why silence can no longer be the norm, the real impact on workforce retention and productivity, and what companies can do to create safer, stronger workplaces in 2025 and beyond.

In 2025, tradespeople across the UK and US are demanding more than just decent pay, they want respect, career growth, flexibility, and tech that actually helps them do the job. In this article, Jamie Trevett breaks down exactly what construction workers want from employers today, and what companies must do to attract and retain top talent in a fiercely competitive market.