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£16bn housing bank launches to unlock stalled schemes

Aviva deal kicks off new government-backed lender targeting 500,000 homes

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Middle East crisis fuels fresh construction cost surge

Supply chain braces for fresh wave of price hikes as transport and manufacturing costs spike

18 hours ago

US investor behind Bovis circles listed brick giant

Private equity group Atlas stalks Brickability after 65p-a-share approach

10 hours ago

Canary Wharf Group lines up another major office retrofit

Consent secured for 545,000 sq ft revamp of former 33 Canada Square

1 day ago

Severfield hit by margin squeeze as job delays impact

Steel giant keeps profit steady but warns pricing pressure will impact 2027

10 hours ago

Metrocentre owner signs up for 4,500-home Tyne riverside revival

Landmark public-private pact for carbon-neutral south bank district

24 hours ago

Tishman Speyer to refurb Pall Mall office block

Developer plans major revamp after acquiring central London building

11 hours ago

Multiplex revenue nears £1bn but margins squeezed

Profit halves to £9.8m as project phasing erodes margin

1 day ago

Cladding claims see major insurer pull plug on architect PI cover

Contractors and clients brace for rising risk and cost fallout

1 day ago

Go ahead for revised Canada Water Masterplan

Designs and affordable housing levels changed at 53 acre site

4 days ago

HBC targets £120m turnover after profit recovery year

Former Henry Boot Construction business swings back into profit as pipeline strengthens

1 day ago

£165m earmarked for roads to unlock stalled housing sites

Cash confirmed for Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund

1 day ago

Builders merchant fined £2.2m after labourer crushed to death

Victim repeatedly hit with three tonne timber pallet at Huws Gray site

4 days ago

£27bn RIS 3 roads reboot targets network renewal – Full list

Just five big enhancement schemes to start as focus shifts to repairs and capacity upgrades

5 days ago

First floating wind turbine assembly port set for Port Talbot

ABP plans to build heavy-duty Celtic Sea base secures Government funding

4 days ago

Miller Homes targets 7,000 homes after record results surge

Private equity owned house builder generates 75% pre-tax profit hike

4 days ago

Ant Yapi lands Holland Park Gate contract

Turkish contractor wins next phase of luxury scheme in Kensington

4 days ago

Winners revealed for £500m modular building framework

YPO confirms latest public sector buying deal

4 days ago

Hill to build UK’s first large-scale dual cohousing build

Northstowe job brings two resident-led communities together in 145-home plan

4 days ago

Defence infrastructure push risks stalling without reform

Contractors demand faster procurement and alliancing to drive delivery

4 days ago

Former ISG staff win redundancy legal claims

1,687 ex-staff win payout of more than £9m

5 days ago

London planning rules torn up to speed up housing

Emergency viability relief and planning reforms target sites stuck in limbo

6 days ago

Caddick wins £46m Leeds hotel job

Construction to start in May on old swimming pool site

6 days ago

Police launch construction invoice fraud campaign

Industry warned over fraudsters targeting supply chain payments

6 days ago

Mears £700m housing wins lift order book to record £4bn

Social housing specialist banks Birmingham and Peterborough wins to drive long-term growth

5 days ago

Vinci and Hochtief set for £170m Southampton student digs job

50-year concession wraps build, finance and operation of 1,100-bed campus overhaul

6 days ago

Brick giant to fire up world’s first hydrogen kilns

Wienerberger Manchester factory to pioneer low-carbon brick production

6 days ago

Bouygues gets go-ahead for triple tower London student job

2027 start planned on capital’s biggest student rooms scheme

7 days ago

Final £400m phase of London Elephant & Castle scheme approved

Get Living cleared for 959 homes and student rooms

7 days ago

M&E expert returns to run Hinkley Point C

Mark Hartley returns to lead nuclear mega-project as Stuart Crooks steps down

6 days ago