Category: News
Green light for £250m Salford data centre
Salford City Council has approved plans for a £250m data centre at Peel Waters’ Halo West site, in Greater Manchester.
Government opens bidding for new AI Growth Zones
The Government has fired the starting gun on plans to create AI Growth Zones to power regional growth and attract major private in...
Winners revealed for £814m FM framework
The 27 winners of a new UK-wide facilities management framework have been confirmed by procurement provider Pagabo.
Warning after scammers pose as plant hire bosses
Plant hire giant Flannery has issued a fraud warning after scammers posed as company directors in a bid to swindle cash out of cus...
Government faces £49bn estate maintenance backlog
The government is facing a massive £49bn maintenance backlog across its public estate.
£150m Bristol student scheme approved
Developer Cubex Land has got the planning thumbs up for a 22-storey purpose-built student accommodation scheme in the Temple Quart...
“Cynical” legal bids to block infrastructure neute...
The Government is stopping “cynical” bids to block major infrastructure schemes with multiple legal challenges.
Cartel watchdog drops probe into cement admixtures
Watchdogs at the Competition and Markets Authority have closed their probe into suspected anti-competitive conduct in the supply o...
Plan approved for Oxford homes and life sciences q...
Plans for a major mixed-use scheme in Oxford on a 15-acre brownfield site have gained outline planning paving the way for a major ...
Nearly 40 solid wall insulation firms suspended
The Government has banned 39 solid wall insulation specialists from installing new insulation in people’s homes because of poor-qu...
£500m house building framework opens for bids
Contractors and consultants are being invited to apply for spots on a North West social housing consortium’s £500m framework
Council pulls £274m road scheme over bats row
Norfolk County Council has withdrawn its planning application for the £274m Norwich Western Link road amid an ongoing row with Nat...
Good times may be coming, but can we survive that ...
While many across the construction industry fear the impact of government fiscal policies, others are buying into Starmer’s promis...
Three share £530m Southern Water package
Southern Water has awarded contracts totalling £530m in value to boost its wastewater network performance in the southeast of Engl...
Plans in for Weston's Tropicana revival
A planning application has been submitted on North Somerset Council’s behalf outlining proposals for the Tropicana lido in Weston-...
Welsh landlords standardise house designs
An alliance of Welsh social housing landlords have produced a catalogue of templates for low cost, energy efficient homes.
Lambeth to release six sites for £250m homes plan
London’s Lambeth Council is seeking a development partner as it advances plans to release six sites to build up to 450 mixed-tenur...
Construction output growth drops to six-month low
Construction buyers reported a loss of momentum at the end of 2024 as total business activity in December expanded at the slowest ...
Thames Water bidders day for £2.2bn reservoir sche...
Thames Water is planning to hold an industry bidders day in March for its planned major reservoir project.
