Inspiring Change – Flexible Working – Chris Westcott, Head of Employee Relations, BAE Systems

Chris Westcott, Head of Employee Relations, BAE Systems, discusses flexible working at the 2018 Inspiring Change Conference and Awards.

A new future for our railway? What the Williams Review means for Wales  

Since British Rail was privatised in the 1990s, successive UK Governments of all parties have said that the model’s performance has not met its expectations of a modern network. Mounting criticism amongst lawmakers both in Westminster and Cardiff Bay has been accompanied by a two-decade increase in passengers, to record levels, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stop. Make a Change 2020 Launch

Above: watch the webinar launch of Stop. Make a Change 2020, filmed on Friday 31 July. This year the Stop. Make a Change campaign will take place between 10-23 October. For more information visit www.stopmakeachange.co.uk

Building for the future, building for a better Wales

Construction specific qualifications for schools and colleges in Wales This is just my short blog on what Qualifications Wales are currently developing in partnership with civil engineering employers to support young people into a career in “Construction and the Built Environment”. Very soon learners in Wales will be able to pursue GCSE, A-level and foundation

Construction Talent Retention Scheme

 A short promotional film about the Construction Talent Retention Scheme, which will go live on Friday (24 July 2020).

Costain Skanska Joint Venture Delivers Significant Social Value To Communities In London

The Costain Skanska joint venture (CSjv) team working in partnership with HS2 has today shared details of its legacy programme that has created vast numbers of local jobs, invested in SMEs and challenged the stereotypical diversity of a construction project. These outcomes known under the term ‘Social Value’ support the long-term wellbeing and resilience of

The pursuit of healthy and active lives: How the “new normal” will still need resilient infrastructure as we emerge from this crisis

Covid-19 and the way we’ve had to react to “lockdown” in Wales and, more specifically, the instructions not to travel unless absolutely essential has brought many things to a sharp focus. There’s been much talk of how we don’t want to return to the rush hour commute and all that wasted time spent in traffic

CECA Covid-19 Workforce Safety Video

Click above to watch a CECA-produced video on working safely in the context of Covid-19.

CECA Webinar – Coronavirus: An update for CECA members on their legal and contractual position in light of the latest guidance and legal developments

On 28 May 2020, Tom Pemberton and Kieran Fano of Goodman Derrick’s specialist construction law team presented a webinar to members on the legal and contractual position of CECA members in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken by the government to control it. The webinar recording can be viewed here. The presentation can

Construction Roadmap To Recovery Plan Published

Plans for a post-Covid-19 revival of the UK construction sector have been published today. The Construction Leadership Council’s Covid-19 Task Force has laid out proposals to secure the future of construction businesses nationwide, while setting the industry on a sustainable path towards recovery. The roadmap to recovery plan can be downloaded here. The task force is