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Contractors are now being strangled on two fronts
The only certainties in life may be death and taxes, but for contractors there is the risk of another constant: high costs and low margins.
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Bogus workers and the hidden threat of site card fraud
A recent case has highlighted an emerging problem: bogus or fraudulently obtained skills cards are being used by workers to access sites. Binyamin Ali investigates the true scale of the problem – and how the industry is fighting back.
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Construction News digital edition – 16 November 2018
Fake Skills: Fraudulent cards – industry fights back as crime rings prosper
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Brown bonus
Chancellor Gordon Brown has been given an extra £2.1 billion to spend following changes to the way road maintenance spending is accounted for within Government. Spending on road repairs has effectively been moved from the current account to the capital account, freeing up extra resources for Mr Brown.