by Sarah McManus | Jun 29, 2021 | Young Leaders
“I wanted to build something that would help other people around the world who are feeling isolated or stuck in their current situation to know that they are not alone in what they are going through right now.” ReadTrip is an entrepreneurial project conceived by a...
by Sarah McManus | Feb 7, 2017 | Ethos Skills, Blog
At last week’s BuildForce Go Live event at the Tower of London, Mark Farmer, author of the “Modernise or Die” review of the UK construction labour market, outlined why he felt former military personnel could be a force for good in the industry....
by Sarah McManus | Feb 26, 2016 | Technology and Innovation, News, Ethos Skills
SkillsPlanner was formally launched earlier this week (Wednesday 24 February 2016) at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. Over 100 industry guests were welcomed by SkillsPlanner programme director Rebecca Lovelace. She then introduced Andy Mitchell, CEO of...
by Sarah McManus | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Ethos Skills
SkillsPlanner isn’t just about young workers. It will also embrace programmes focused on the three R’s: in this case, returning, retraining and retaining. A lot of the UK construction skills shortage rhetoric tends to focus on ‘catching them when...
by Sarah McManus | Jan 25, 2016 | Ethos Skills, Technology and Innovation, Blog
SkillsPlanner’s planned use of linked and open data to collate construction skills supply and demand data fits with wider ambitions to make data a driver for economic growth and prosperity. According to a recent RICS survey reported in the construction trade press...
