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Sunak’s project plan for £36bn redirected HS2 cash – list

Network North plan forms part of an all regions spending programme

7 hours ago

It’s official – “rest of HS2” is cancelled

Rishi Sunak vows to spend “every single penny” saved on northern transport projects

8 hours ago

Galliford Try poaches Skanska procurement chief

Andrew Spencer takes up newly-created role of supply chain and procurement director

7 hours ago

Hitachi Rail to sell part of signalling arm in £1.5bn mega-merger

Mainline signalling business to be sold for Hitachi-Thales merger green light

10 hours ago

British Land multi-storey logistics hub approved

London urban last-mile logistics hub pipeline hits £1.3bn

12 hours ago

Sutton Council looking to replace Real LSE on major site

Cash-strapped contractor was awarded £38m job last October

13 hours ago

RSK snaps up muckshifting and civils firm RJT Excavations

£30m turnover civils specialist employs around 125 staff

1 day ago

Octavius revenue tops £200m in first full standalone year

Margin slips to 2.8% as inflation bites on two jobs

13 hours ago

GMI directors join Artium Construction

Recently launched design and build specialist looks to expand in North of England

13 hours ago

Willmott Dixon replaces Buckingham on Swansea job

Firm will pick up the pieces to finish off largely complete £135m job

1 day ago

M&E specialist Michael J Lonsdale goes under

£250m revenue London specialist placed into administration

2 days ago

Another part of Real group heading for administration

Real SW staff given bad news as first contract already novated to Rydon

2 days ago

HSE to prosecute Falcon after triple crane death

Court proceedings to start this month following tragedy in 2017

2 days ago

Retention records added to stricter payment reporting laws

Disputed value of invoices to be bolted into prompt payment reporting

2 days ago

Esh Group counts on record orders after resilient year

Order book swells to £600m raising hopes for year ahead

2 days ago

Costain transportation MD exits

Sue Kershaw resigns after nearly four years heading highways, rail and aviation division

2 days ago
Heidelberg Material

Materials giant Heidelberg drops Hanson brand

Hanson UK renamed Heidelberg Materials

2 days ago

Clegg Construction sinks £3m into the red

Clegg Group lifted by specialist food project arm after tough year in general building

3 days ago

£350m Birmingham triple tower scheme approved

Vast curving Ringway Centre to be demolished for 1,750 flats development

3 days ago

Eight face fight to renew £400m North West framework

Bidding starts for places on NWCH’s £1m-£4m project framework

3 days ago

Midgard lands £245m Tottenham Hale towers

Three towers of up to 38 storeys complete north London regeneration scheme

3 days ago

Designs chosen for mini nuclear reactors

First contracts for next generation of nuclear power to be awarded next summer

3 days ago

Go-ahead for Wates £35m Hartlepool leisure centre job

Work on the Highlight waterfront centre to start in November

3 days ago

Buckingham Group supply chain hit for over £108m

Over 1,200 firms left in the lurch, while bond providers brace for £86m payout

5 days ago

Bidders day for £4bn-plus Palace of Westminster restoration

Tendering to start next July for main construction, integrator and design partners

5 days ago

Green light for 690-home Birmingham Smithfield scheme

Prosperity Group plans to start work in Autumn next year on major Smithfield scheme

6 days ago

Go-ahead for 289 homes next to Saltaire World Heritage site

Ambitious plan to demolish a vacant Bradford office complex for new residential quarter

6 days ago

Costain wins phase 2 of A40 Westway viaduct repairs

TfL re-signs Costain for Wood Lane to Marylebone Flyovers repairs

6 days ago

Regeneration specialist Muse gets new MD

North west chief Phil Mayall promoted to run whole Muse business

6 days ago

Building engineering services workers accept 7% pay rise

Two-year deal includes a 3% hourly rate rise from October 2024.

6 days ago