News Update Building surveyor wins beauty contest – Building surveyor Sophie Lydia Smith has been crowned Miss Cheltenham and will now compete in this summer’s Miss England pageant. Lydia Smith works for Stroud District Council after completing a two-year course in construction and civil engineering. She told the Gloucestershire Echo: “I work in building conservation and construction so I don’t always look glamorous at [] http://ow.ly/2EDmE0Continue Reading
News Update How to Prepare for a Power Outage – Disasters can strike when you least expect them. The recent UK floods show that even the best-prepared areas can face serious infrastructure damage when rising water levels, turbulent winds or serious earthquakes occur. Hindsight is a wonderful thing; it’s tough to prepare for a flood, earthquake or storm after it’s happened, so instead, the best [] http://ow.ly/2EzG0aContinue Reading
News Update Kitchen course gets green light – A three-year foundation degree course in kitchen design at Buckinghamshire New University has been given the official go-ahead. Scheduled for the autumn, the bespoke course has been developed in conjunction with a panel of industry experts, primarily for those currently working in the industry. Delivered in partnership with the KBB NTG by kitchen industry experts, [] http://ow.ly/2EurYCContinue Reading
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News Update British manufacturers weather February storms – The latest PMI survey reveals jobs creation hits a 33-month record Manufacturers are creating new jobs at the fastest pace since May 2011, according to the latest CIPS/Markit purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey. February’s reading of 56.9 for the index where the 50 mark separates growth from contraction was better than the 56.6 [] http://ow.ly/2EqMddContinue Reading
