News

July 2017 proved to be the UK construction industry’s slowest month since august 2012, according to the latest monthly survey of industry purchasing managers....

Builders merchant group Travis Perkins is reorganising its plumbing businesses again after several years of underperformance in the face of online competition....

Nineteen local authority highway projects have been chosen by the Department for Transport to share in a £75m funding pot....

Highways England has published an updated delivery plan, setting out work completed to date, what is under way and the seven highway projects to start by spring 2018....

Blackburn-based General All-Purpose Plastics Ltd has bought SIG Building Plastics and SIG Windows from SIG UK Exteriors....

House-builder Weston Homes is offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to the return of machinery and material stolen from its Southend storage facility last months....

Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital is closing its trauma unit over the fire risk presented by its cladding....

Brick and block producer Forterra, formerly Hanson Building Products, has reported 11% growth in revenues for the first half of 2017 on the back of growth in the house-building sector....

Taylor Wimpey has reported half year profits of more than £200m before tax even allowing for the cost of reforming its controversial leasehold policy....

Breedon has taken over Humberside Aggregates Ltd for £9m....