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The UK government has refined its guidance to construction companies on operations in England during the coronavirus pandemic....

House-builder Taylor Wimpey is offering £600 a month advances on future expected earnings to the self-employed in its supply chain....

Kier, Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine have joined the roster of contractors called on to help the rapid build of emergency field hospitals to help the NHS cope with the...

BAM Construct UK is temporarily laying off close to one in five of its workforce and imposing 20% pay cuts at the top....

There is a skills shortage in the construction industry and it’s especially acute in the heritage sector – but what can be done about it? Hannah Prowse has some suggestions...

Contractor O’Keefe has used cement stabilisation techniques to improve ground conditions at a large brownfield site for the Port of Tilbury. David Taylor reports...

The Builders Merchants Federation has produced what might be the construction industry’s most useful service of the moment – a list of where to get supplies....

The Cabinet Office has published new guidance for government purchasers in light of the Covid-19 crisis....

Non-essential construction work must cease immediately, the Scottish government has said in its latest guidance....

Mace Group is bowing to political pressure and re-opening some of its suspended construction sites....