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Tackling gender inequality in the plumbing and heating industry

|Date: 08 Mar 2023

Tackling gender inequality in the plumbing and heating industry

With a clear need to encourage more women to consider careers in plumbing and heating, and a concerning s ...

With a clear need to encourage more women to consider careers in plumbing and heating, and a concerning skills gap to be filled, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIP ...

08 Mar 2023
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New MD calls for more women to consider careers in construction

|Date: 18 Feb 2022

New MD calls for more women to consider careers in construction

The new Managing Director of Persimmon Homes Anglia has called for more women to aim for the top jobs in ...

The new Managing Director of Persimmon Homes Anglia has called for more women to aim for the top jobs in the construction industry. Michelle Baker has been promoted from the role of Sales Director for ...

18 Feb 2022
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Construction sector lacking in self-employed women

|Date: 10 Aug 2021

Construction sector lacking in self-employed women

New research from finance platform Tide reveals that the Construction industry has the second lowest perc ...

New research from finance platform Tide reveals that the Construction industry has the second lowest percentage of self-employed women in the UK, with only 3.9% of the industry’s self-employed workers ...

10 Aug 2021
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Gement | Increasing diversity in the construction industry

|Date: 03 Jun 2021

Gement | Increasing diversity in the construction industry

I'm sure it's no surprise to you that the construction industry fares poorly in gender and diversity data ...

I'm sure it's no surprise to you that the construction industry fares poorly in gender and diversity data when ranked with other industries such as Finance, Consulting and Technology. The construction ...

03 Jun 2021
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110 years after International Women’s Day began – gender diversity is still a serious issue in the construction industry

|Date: 08 Mar 2021

110 years after International Women’s Day began – gender diversity is still a serious issue in the construction industry

Despite campaigning for gender parity for more than 100 years, the latest research shows that 68% of mana ...

Despite campaigning for gender parity for more than 100 years, the latest research shows that 68% of managers within the construction industry believe their sector still struggles with a lack of gende ...

08 Mar 2021
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Linden Homes celebrates women in construction

|Date: 13 Oct 2020

Linden Homes celebrates women in construction

Women are being encouraged to consider a career in construction by local housebuilder Linden Homes. The h ...

Women are being encouraged to consider a career in construction by local housebuilder Linden Homes. The housebuilder, which is part of the newly-formed Vistry Group, employs women in three senior role ...

13 Oct 2020
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Harron Homes: Celebrating Women in Construction

|Date: 06 Mar 2020

Harron Homes: Celebrating Women in Construction

The construction industry is still very much a male-dominated industry with less than 10% of employees be ...

The construction industry is still very much a male-dominated industry with less than 10% of employees being women. With the focus on #EachForEqual this International Women’s Day, Harron Homes celebra ...

06 Mar 2020
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Millwood makes its mark on International Women’s Day

|Date: 06 Mar 2020

Millwood makes its mark on International Women’s Day

Whilst the number of women working in the UK construction industry is on the up, only 14% of construction ...

Whilst the number of women working in the UK construction industry is on the up, only 14% of construction workers are female, proving that in what is a very male dominated sector, more should be done ...

06 Mar 2020
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Inland Homes is creating successful women in construction

|Date: 05 Mar 2020

Inland Homes is creating successful women in construction

Across the construction industry, only 10 per cent of the workforce are female, and with the construction ...

Across the construction industry, only 10 per cent of the workforce are female, and with the construction sector set to create almost two million new jobs by 2021, Inland Homes’ Group Procurement Assi ...

05 Mar 2020
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