The Farmer Review

Modernise or Die - Ian Anfield reviews this latest industry report

Tories look to boost housebuilding

More than 25,000 additional new private sector homes to be built by 2020 – that’s the pledge from this year’s Conservative Party Conference

CITB failings mean time has come for state intervention

Construction after Brexit

So are we heading back into recession?  Or not? 

The collective force of 46,423 freelance builders

We audited, contracted, verified and paid 46,423 labour-only subbies (operatives) in the last tax year. That’s 46,423 operatives Hudson Contract declared as self-employed to HMRC, and £1bn of income…

Ian Anfield examines the latest attempts to outwit the reporting requirements of the Onshore Employment Intermediaries Provisions (OEI)

– and explains why they are destined to fail

Gerard Howard of Howard Civil Engineering on Sham Contracts

We recently asked our experts what their thoughts on the use of “Sham Contracts” and the risks involved with using them and why they are bad for the freelancers in the construction industry.