This is me…starting the year as I mean to go… Doing my bit to make a difference in the world we have on loan from the next generation, and many more generations to come. This is only temporary though, I…
In an exciting development, Kier have partnered with Local Supply Chain (LSC) to create a platform aimed at helping a range of individuals join or find work within the construction industry. The platform aims to help…
The introduction of the social value act and the latest procurement policy note (06/20) is a step in the right direction to ensure contractors bidding for work are at the same time, adding positive values and…
What is Work Radar? Work Radar has been created to help tradespeople find work local to them FOR FREE. We have huge main contractors from all over the UK posting projects on the system for tradespeople to access and…
If you really want to make a difference in UK Construction, publish projects through Local Supply Chain to help us and your economies grow! 2021, so far, has been a busy year for Local Supply Chain. As always,…
Local Supply Chain (LSC) is more than a supply chain management and procurement platform for tier one contractors, it’s also completely free for subcontractors too and, over the years, we have opened up more and more…
The story so far… In late September 2020 LSC and Sanctuary Group formed a steering group to create a pre-approved National Supply Chain for Sanctuary Groups in-house construction team. From then until Dec 2020 the…
What do our systems do? Our portfolio of products enables our users to effectively manage their supply chains, frameworks, DPS and KPIs. Our systems have been fully built around the UK construction industry and…
Yes, it is my turn again to write some news for Local Supply Chain. No, it is not going to be the same old boring gumf! However, as I re-read through this it started to sound more and more like an old school…
What is the Construction playbook? The construction sector is key to the UK economy and contributes £117Bn towards our gross domestic product (GDP) along with the employment of over two million people. The Public…
Following the recent launch of the ConstructDPS , we would like to introduce another division of Sanctuary Group that have started using ConstructDPS to source and engage contractors for their contracts. …
Sourcing local subcontractors is one of the key deliverables of the LSC platform. LSC is used by many major contractors to manage their entire supply chain and associated processes across the UK and throughout their…
Thirty-two million people are now vaccinated. We can finally tame our lockdown manes and, most importantly of all, we can drink a pub-poured pint out in the sun again…or snow for the less fortunate! As of Monday 12th…
Monitoring performance on construction projects should be simple and effective. We all know the importance of capturing and reporting on this data, but why is it so hard to do? When managing large construction…
There’s light at the end of the tunnel, and the end is finally in sight to what has been, at times, an exhausting past year. Throughout lockdown we have all been in different situations, some have moved from offices to…
Social value is the value that people place on the changes they experience in their lives. Increasingly, social value is being used as an umbrella term by organisations considering their activities holistically,…
I’m often asked the question “What is LSC?” and on various occasions I have answered with things like: “It’s a supply chain management and procurement platform for the construction industry.” “It’s the UK’s…
The public sector spends a staggering £50Bn+ on construction related activities each year and are going to great lengths to reduce bureaucracy and remove the barriers for small businesses wishing to compete for this…
We’re delighted to have partnered with Sanctuary Group to launch a new scheme that will not only support the delivery of ambitious building targets, but also provide work opportunities for contractors across the…
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” Theodore Levitt (economist and professor at Harvard Business School) Within all successful businesses, you’ll find innovators - People who…
What is Corporate Sustainability? The aim of Corporate Sustainability is to create long-term stakeholder value by implementing strategies that focus on ethical, social, environmental, cultural, and economic…
We’re proud to announce that we’ve officially launched Work Radar, our new, ground-breaking online platform that’s going to link local workforces across the country with the top tiers of the UK’s construction industry.…
We were delighted to welcome a record number new LSC users last week with more than 430 signing up to our online construction community. This includes a wide range of main contractors and subcontractors, who are now…
LSC is an online collaborative platform designed to bring buyers and suppliers together. Selected by a competitive exercise to work alongside SCF we aim to open-up the barriers to entry and allow quick and easier…
We've been shortlisted in the Digital Construction category at this year's National Building and Construction Awards. These prestigious awards raise the profile of industrious, hardworking and enterprising building…
At Local Supply Chain, we understand these are worrying times, and everyone is doing their best to look after themselves, family and friends. During all this uncertainty, we’d like to reassure our clients, main…
Hundreds of tradespeople, contractors and framework owners from across Lincolnshire enjoyed our Meet the Buyer event last week (19 February). More than 200 people came along to Belton Woods in Grantham and enjoyed…
Following on from the success of last year’s event, we’re hosting our next Meet the Buyer – and there’s still a few places left for main contractors to exhibit. Local Supply Chain’s next Meet the Buyer event in…
National construction companies are set to meet local suppliers at LSC’s next Meet the Buyer event. Buyers from a range of companies including Henry Boot Construction, Willmott Dixon and GF Tomlinson – are set to…
Today is our Meet the Buyer event in Nottingham where tradespeople and businesses from across the East Midlands are gathering with some of the region’s largest main contractors. Buyers from a range of companies,…
