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SC4 Carpenters Ltd is pleased and proud to announce that Katy Hall, joint owner & Director of SC4, has been nominated for Inspirational Business Women in Stem and Construction in 2025.

The construction industry accounts for approximately 7% of the UK economy. Given its weight, it is important for business owners and industry stakeholders to keep up to date with the trends affecting the sector.

On a rainy day in January 2025, SC4 Carpenters Ltd collaborated with Lovell Partnerships Ltd in providing a site visit at Drummond Park to 30 carpentry students from Newbury College, Berkshire, UK and Wiltshire College & University Centre.

The number of women venturing into roles in the construction industry is still modest, but is growing year by year. Since 2022, around 14-16% of the UK construction workforce have been female, with more women entering the sector from higher education. In 2023, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported 340,000 women employed by the sector, an increase of 3.2% since 2019. As construction becomes an increasingly popular and attractive career pathway for women, however, ensuring women’s safety and well-being on-site remains paramount.

Timber frame construction is the oldest form of building technology, and there is evidence of wooden buildings in Britain dating back to the Neolithic period (4000- 2500 BCE). Archaeological sites in Balbridie in Scotland and Lismore Fields in Derbyshire have revealed a range of complex rectangular buildings with sturdy timber frames, wattle and daub walls, and thatched roofs.

Among the issues facing the incoming Labour government are long term, structural difficulties within the UK construction sector. It’s not that there’s any shortage of demand.