News

Builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins has posted a first-half pre-tax loss of £123m because of its exposure to the consumer DIY market....

Build UK, the trade association for UK main contractors, has exposed its own members for failing to pay suppliers in time....

House-builder Taylor Wimpey has booked an exceptional charge of £30m in its interim accounts to cover the costs of replacing aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on some of its past...

Judges are being directed to get tougher on bosses whose negligence contributes to the death of their employees....

Forty-nine percent of the UK construction industry’s workforce is officially self-employed – sort of – latest tax office numbers reveal....

Ground engineering specialist Aspin has appointed former Costain director Gren Edwards as its chairman....

Highways England contractors have installed more than 4,500 solar-powered road studs on an eight-mile stretch of the A38 near Alfreton....

The Welsh government has called for bids for a £500m contract to design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) the next sections of the A465 Heads of the Valleys dualling scheme....

Vinci Construction UK has won a £9.7m settlement in dispute with subcontractor Beumer Group UK over a contract at Gatwick Airport for baggage handling machinery...

Scottish house-builder Springfield Properties has secured approximately 400 acres of zoned land in West Lothian to develop a site for 1,900 homes....