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Our archive of project updates, articles and opinion pieces by our partners about the Future of Work, Technology and their individual work experiences and passions.
BuildLondon announces support for Carillion apprentices & employees
Statement from specialist construction job brokerage partnership BuildLondon The BuildLondon team are conscious of the huge impact the recent announcement that Carillion is going into liquidation will have on a significant number of apprentices, employees and their...
The most significant event since the .COM crash?
Full disclosure - I have some pretty insignificant investments in the coin-o-sphere - please don’t make any investment decisions based on this story!! I’ve been a tech-cum-businessman for about 30 years. More recently (last 7) I’d probably substitute the businessman...
YOU have my permission (aka Annabelle ruined my life!)
I woke last saturday morning before 6.00am as I’m in the habit of doing nowadays. After a great Ethos week I inevitably found my head full of Ethos thoughts and “buzzing” with synthesising feelings (the weekends are much needed time for me in this respect) and...
Making GDPR more interesting
Many of you may have heard of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming out of the EU. Brexit or not, every UK organisation, will need to comply. It’s about personal data and is much wider and deeper than the UK’s existing Data Protection Act (DPA). GDPR will...
Team Army hits £5M mark
Team Army, Ethos’s flagship collaborative fundraising initiative, is celebrating its 6th birthday and a huge milestone, with a staggering £5m distributed to date to Forces' sport. Hundreds of individuals and teams participating in a huge array of diverse sports and...
A Business Philosophy for a Better Internet
In a world where digital and real-life are every more closely entwined, what is a better Internet? Simply put, it’s a place I can go and trust that I can lead a digital life that is as free as my real life is. However our digital freedoms, and consequentially our real...
Turning Bradford into Britain’s Silicon Valley
Bradford languishes at number 374 - out of 389 - in the UK Prosperity Index. Unemployment is higher than the national average, educational attainment is lower, cultural divisions are rife and an astonishing 25% of the city’s population is under 16. What Bradford does...
Making women’s world-first Antarctic crossing possible
The extraordinary Ice Maiden adventure, in which five British women will attempt to become the first all-female team to ski coast-to-coast across Antarctica, has been made possible with the support of Team Army, an Ethos initiative that raises funds to support Forces...
Why the military could be an answer to the construction skills crisis
‘The issue underlying the skills shortages currently facing UK construction is the ageing workforce,’ says Mark Farmer, author of the bluntly titled ‘Modernise or Die’ review of the UK construction labour market. ‘We face losing between one in five and one in four of...
An end to parking problems?
UK drivers spend nearly four days per year looking for parking spaces, according to a recent survey by the British Parking Association*. Between the time wasted, lack of spaces and badly signed-posted car parks, it’s hardly surprising that 39% of drivers of the UK’s...
BuildForce partners with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
BuildForce, the citb-funded initiative which matches ex-Forces personnel with construction careers, is working with the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation to promote opportunities for service leavers and veterans in the construction industry. Their main role will be to help...
The Art of Resilience
Wednesday 8th March 2017. I stood at the front of the stage, facing bright lights and about 200 people. Alongside me stood some of my art. My friend, and conference chair Neil Usher introduced me. He said some lovely things about me, none of which I can remember! I...
What Happens when institutions become networks?
This question has been bugging me for a few weeks now. I think the myriad debates I see, hear and read about the rise of nationalism and the US becoming an autocracy are missing a key point. In contrast to the stark choices of a utopian/dystopian binary choice for...
Why ex-military can help change the construction industry
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. Farmer started by...
