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• Loathed IR35 reforms return in latest tax U-turn

  17-10-2022 12:43
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reversed plans to scrap controversial reforms to the tax status of self-employed workers.
  The volte face came as Hunt ripped-up virtually all of the tax measures announced in previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s “Growth Plan” last month.
  Changes to the IR35 system were introduced in April 2021 making contractors responsible for determining the employment status of freelance workers.The move was roundly criticised by former self-employed workers who sa
  
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• Loathed IR35 reforms back-on in latest tax U-turn

  17-10-2022 12:43
  Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reversed plans to scrap controversial reforms to the tax status of self-employed workers.
  The volte face came as Hunt ripped-up virtually all of the tax measures announced in previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s “Growth Plan” last month.
  Changes to the IR35 system were introduced in April 2021 making contractors responsible for determining the employment status of freelance workers.The move was roundly criticised by former self-employed workers who sa
  
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• Civil engineer shuts Dartford Crossing in Just Stop Oil protest

  17-10-2022 10:32
  The Dartford Crossing was closed on Monday morning after two Just Stop Oil protesters scaled the bridge.
  One of the demonstrators is a “bridge design engineer from London”.
  Morgan Trowland, 39, said: “As a professional civil engineer, each year as I renew my registration, I commit to acting within our code of ethics, which requires me to safeguard human life and welfare and the environment.“Our government has enacted suicidal laws to accelerate oil production: killing hum
  
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• Labour supply firm Hercules set to hit £45m turnover

  17-10-2022 09:11
  Infrastructure labour supply specialist Hercules Site Services is expecting turnover to top £45m this year.
  In a trading update today the AIM listed firm said revenue was on course to rise 38% on the previous year ended 30 September 2021.
  Ramping up of the HS2 Phase 1 (northern section) contract has helped boost business with 260 Hercules operatives currently on site after the firm started supplying workers in January.The firm is also planning to build its first Hercules Training Academy i
  
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• CITB boosts tower crane training with Wolffkran

  17-10-2022 08:53
  The latest tower crane has been installed at CITB’s National Construction College to help train the next generation of operators.
  The Bircham Newton site now boasts a new WOLFF 6023.8 flat top tower crane allowing trainees to learn on one of the industry’s most popular machines.
  Graham McPhail, CITB’s Director of the National Construction College said: “We have provided tower crane training at the CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) for over 40 years and our
  
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• Milestone wins £20m Hampshire bypass phase 3

  17-10-2022 08:22
  Contractor Milestone Infrastructure has secured an early contractor involvement deal for the £20m phase 3 of the Botley bypass road scheme, near Eastleigh in Hampshire.
  The roads maintenance contractor will now complete the design work, in partnership with the council’s in-house designers with the aim of starting construction in Spring 2023.
  This will follow VolkerFitzpatrick’s completion of the first two phases (pictured in green above).
  The final phase Botley bypass eastern s
  
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• Galliford Try £60m A47/A11 junction upgrade go-ahead

  17-10-2022 08:06
  Galliford Try has received development consent from the Government for a major overhaul of the busy Thickthorn A47/A11 junction on the outskirts of Norwich.
  The complex £60m-plus junction upgrade will see the firm build two free-flowing connections between the A47 and the A11 as well as additional lanes and pedestrian crossings.
  A new half-mile link road, with a 40mph limit, will also be built providing direct access to the junction from Cantley Lane South and Norwich Road (B1172).Project
  
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• First fall in construction materials sales in two years

  17-10-2022 08:03
  A two-year run of sales growth for construction product manufacturers has come to a halt.
  Heavy-side materials producers reported that the third quarter saw the first decline in sales since the nationwide Covid-19 lockdowns, according to the latest trade survey of Construction Products Association members.
  Both heavy-side and light-side manufacturers are also now predicting a decline in sales over the next 12 months due to falling demand.Their pessimism about the immediate outlook follows the sl
  
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