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Sustainable Sustainability

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…

Kier join LSC to find apprentices and tradespeople 

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…

Connecting tradespeople with local work

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…

Let’s keep growing!

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,…

The Journey of ConstructDPS

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 does LSC actually do?

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…

Thanks to the team!

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…

The Construction Playbook

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…

Introducing Sanctuary Property Services

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. …

Managing a national supply chain in Local Supply Chain

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…

Source, engage and build with confidence

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…

How does your business evidence social value?

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,…

Local Supply Chain (LSC) at a glance!

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…

Local Supply Chain officially launches Work Radar

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.…

LSC sees record number of weekly new users

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…

Southern Construction Frameworks join Local Supply Chain

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…

Coronavirus update from Local Supply Chain

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…

Suppliers and contractors set to meet at buyer event

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,…

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