
The UK housing crisis is no longer just a political talking point. It is a supply chain issue, a labour issue, and a serious bottleneck for contractors. With planning delays strangling development, the government is finally taking action. In this blog, Jamie Trevett looks at the latest regulatory changes.

Timber’s not a trend; it’s a response to a broken system. Brick shortages, carbon pressure, and the need to build faster have forced contractors to adapt, whether they’re ready or not. In this blog, Jamie Trevett unpacks what’s driving the shift across the UK and US, the real implications for recruitment, and why ignoring it could cost your firm the jobs you're bidding for in 2025.

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.

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.