Sub-Sight is to be featured in a forthcoming edition of a weekly newsletter produced by Glenigan, the UK’s largest supplier of construction project intelligence.

Part of the EMAP media group who also own Construction News, Glenigan provide project data on construction projects, from planning to completion, across the UK.

The readership of their weekly journal is said to be climbing over the 200,000 mark and this exposure is sure to provide valuable exposure for Sub-Sight, and the many sub-contractors featured on the site.

The readership of the journal is the subscriber base for the Glenigan online service, which means a targeted audience of relevant contacts will have access to the hundreds of local sub-contractors featured on Sub-Sight.

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Aspire Recruitment Group, Sub-Sight’s sister company and largest independent labour supplier in the Midlands & South-East of England have reported a marked increased demand for trades, labour and plant operatives in the final quarter of 2009/10.

After two hard years for the construction industry, the final quarter of 2009/10 has seen demand for construction operatives rapidly increase, with particularly elevated demand for workers associated with groundworks and civil engineering.

Requests for temporary groundworkers and groundworks labourers rose by 56% during this time, closely followed by an increase of 47% in requests for plant and CPCS machine operatives.

This marked increase in demand for labour within these sectors is starting to push up the rates paid to operatives and this, in turn, is sure to have an effect on the rates charged to contractors by agencies.

Laura Kirton, Operations Manager for the Aspire Recruitment Group, comments, “The increase in demand is due, in no small way, to the fact that many housing developers have restarted developments which were shelved during the earlier part of the financial year.”

“However, until the economy is seen to have stabilised, many contractors are reluctant to recruit for permanent staff and so the pool of talent in the temporary market is in demand. This means that we are having to pay people increased rates in order to keep up with our clients’ requirements.”

She continued, “Many labour agencies in the area seem to be experiencing a higher demand for their services in what is traditionally a slow financial period.”

“A promising end to the tax year does not necessarily mean a booming summer but the signals are positive for agencies which, like a large proportion of the construction supply chain, have seen dramatic increases in staff turnover in the last two years.”

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Carillion have started work on the controversial Justice Centre in Northampton.

The biggest single investment by Northamptonshire Police Authority over the last 30 years will see the state-of-the-art facility replace premises at Campbell Square, Daventry and the police station at Weston Favell.

Northamptonshire Police Authority have been working in conjunction with Carillion, Trebor Developments and SMC Corstorphine & Wright to provide the 44,261 sq ft building which is located on a 2.20 acre plot at Northampton Business Park, Brackmills.

Completion is scheduled for Summer 2010.

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Research completed by Aspire Recruitment Group, the sister company of Sub-Sight, to establish current charge rate trends, has produced the following data.

How do the rates being charged by your current labour and staffing agency compare?

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How does this compare against the rates being charged by your current labour and staffing suppliers? We’d be interested to hear your feedback.

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Sub-Sight has partnered with one of the most successful credit service providers in the UK, to bring you free access to RiskDisk’s comprehensive online company credit report service.

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