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CITB cuts more training funds despite £95m cash pile

Training body imposes another round of sudden cuts on contractors

2 hours ago

Trapped load drags labourer over scaffolding

Two firms fined £800,000 for not planning work properly

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Hampstead mega mansion to become super-prime apartments

Investor Bentry Capital to use in-house construction arm for three-year build programme

5 hours ago

DfE names 23 winners for £15bn schools framework refresh

Galliford Try and McLaren join major school delivery team for first time

8 hours ago

Employee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward collapses

Case machinery dealer placed in administration with 89 jobs axed

9 hours ago

Tucker M&E went under owing suppliers £4.7m

Assets of £25m turnover company bought for £55,000 by former director

9 hours ago

Historic contractor sold to staff

Employee Ownership Trust deal at Emanuel Whittaker Ltd

8 hours ago

Jobless young people to get six-week construction course

Industry to benefit from latest employment initiative

8 hours ago

Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boom

Industry warns viability pressures are stopping critical upgrade projects

8 hours ago

Graham bags £45m Uni of East London campus build

Construction to start in early 2026 on new medical teaching hub in Stratford

9 hours ago

£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approval

Laing O’Rourke on track to start Monklands Replacement Hospital next year

3 days ago

Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student tower

RG Group tipped to build 41-storey, 952-bed building

3 days ago

13 firms win £150m Lincolnshire roads race

County signs four-year deal for general works and resurfacing across A and B roads

3 days ago

£125m South London estate rebuild approved

278 homes to be delivered at New Cross Achilles Street Estate rebuild

3 days ago

Roofer verbally abused safety inspector

Court issues fine to Cornish roofer

3 days ago

Ravenscraig 200-acre site remediation gets go-ahead

Huge land remediation push will clear way for 2,000 future homes

3 days ago

Kori wins £30m London care home job

Main construction work to start next month in Highgate

3 days ago

Buyers report steepest output fall for five-and-half years

Budget uncertainty sends workloads plummeting across all sectors

4 days ago

Balfour Beatty powers up order book 20% to over £20bn

£3bn Sizewell C civils and power grid haul ends year on a high

4 days ago

Monster TBM hunt starts for Lower Thames Crossing

Motorway tunnel project cost soars to £11bn

5 days ago

Anglian Water to shift £1.5bn work to single Tier 1 partner

Bidding to open in New Year for single integrated partner in fresh drive for value for money

4 days ago

Builder ordered to pay back stolen plant and car money

Construction director faces jail if he can’t repay £190,000

5 days ago

BAM gets green light for £140m Cardiff Central revamp

Spring 2026 start for major rebuild adding new entrances, bigger concourse and platform upgrades

4 days ago

Electrical apprentice falls through fragile roof

M&E contractor and surveyor fined after accident

4 days ago

Willmott Dixon tops contracts league after £136m Luton win

Contractors report softer pipeline as client caution drags down November totals

5 days ago

Civils firm files administration notice as part of restructure

E.J. Taylor & Sons lines-up pre-pack sale of £41m turnover contractor

6 days ago

Iconic London meat and fish markets line up Royal Docks move

Albert Island relocation unlocks Smithfield cultural hub and 4,000-home Billingsgate plan

5 days ago

Water orders flow as Kier nets £44m ECI haul

Southern Water signs off fresh batch of AMP8 waste water packages

5 days ago

£350m plan lodged for Leatherhead town centre revamp

Revamp plans 480 homes, new offices and a full Swan Centre rebuild

5 days ago

Tilbury Douglas appoints new fit-out MD

Jack Dixon joins from Structure Tone

6 days ago