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Industry standards body racks-up huge loss

Accounts query invoices from firms linked to former leaders

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Treasury unlocks £1.1bn to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail

Cash to kick off design work on £45bn scheme ahead of 2030s build

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Kier Construction appoints new southern region chief

Former Bouygues regional MD John Boughton joins Kier

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Vistry saved by second half margin rebound to 8.4%

Cost control, site mix and partnership housing drive margin rebound

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USA contractor acquires London super-prime specialist

Remian looks to expand in UK with deal for construction manager Rossco

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McLaren takes 256-bed Leeds student tower job

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Milton Keynes plans £76m events venue

Operator chosen for 4,000-capacity scheme

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Tower crane drivers set to strike

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Winvic wins £340m M&S mega shed at DIRFT

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Father-of-six dies in demolition site tragedy

Fatal accident while demolishing flats in Renfrewshire

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Persimmon builds momentum with 12% jump in completions

House builder warns there will be no material uplift in market this year

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Henry Boot seals planning for Goole 5.5m sq ft freeport

HBD partnership targets start on site this year for £130m first phase

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FP McCann buys roofing products firm Easy-Trim

Concrete specialist acquires firm out of administration

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Trade body BESA boots out five more firms in standards purge

Building engineering services body chief says race to the bottom is over

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Bidders day set for £4.5bn Southern Construction Framework

Around 20 contractors brace for fight to retain places on sixth-generation mega deal

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Facade specialist Permasteelisa (UK) hit by third year of losses

Legacy projects, and fixed-price contract pressures continued to bite

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“Future of construction” firm in administration

Versarien fails to strike a solvent sale for business

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British Land CEO to join warehouse developer

Simon Carter to leave after five years at the helm

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Paddington life sciences tower moves into planning

16-storey hub planned beside St Mary’s Hospital in London

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Balfour secures £900m Midlands highways upkeep deal

Firm beats rival M Group and Ringway bids for new combined council deal

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Skanska slides 4,200 tonne railway bridge into place

Watch time-lapse video of major civil engineering feat

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Student rooms builder cancels London and defers Bristol projects

Unite cans £147m Paddington scheme but pledges £100m share buyback

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Mace crowned annual contracts league champion

Hoard of big wins in the capital secures 2025 title for most work won

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Offsite specialist Merit went down owing suppliers £17m

Assets bought by firm newly formed by former directors

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Leeds United set to kick off stadium expansion this summer

New West and North stands to deliver 53,000-capacity ground

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Bovis hires Sisk healthcare chief to scale up NHS work

Nadeem Chaudhry joins as UK head of health

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Muse picked to steer 10,000-home Bristol Temple Quarter plan

Major housing and commercial build-out planned for 135-acre station neighbourhood

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Paul Bentley joins Mott MacDonald executive board

JN Bentley director steps up after driving water work growth

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£300m Wales indoor ski resort clears final planning hurdle

UK’s longest indoor ski run heading for Merthyr

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Former Carillion finance directors fined £371,700

Richard Adam and Zafar Khan accept fines for misleading statements in run-up to collapse

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