PMI: Steepest downturn in output for five-and-a-half years 4.12.2025 11:24

Pre-budget jitters hit UK construction activity like nothing since the covid pandemic.

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Thames Crossing contractors shopping for TBM already 4.12.2025 08:52

Lower Thames Crossing contractors have begun the process of buying a tunnel boring machine despite funding arrangements still being up on the air.

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Contractors engaged for Shetland tunnel studies 4.12.2025 08:48

Three overseas tunnelling companies are helping the Shetland Islands assess options for a fixed link to the mainland.

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Go-ahead for Bam's £140m Cardiff station upgrade 4.12.2025 09:45

Funding has been approved for a £140m revamp of Cardiff Central railway station.

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Energy grid work worth £28bn over next five years 4.12.2025 09:26

Energy network companies have been given the green light from Ofgem to spend £28bn on grid improvements over the next five years.

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Sizewell swells Balfour order book 4.12.2025 09:12

Balfour Beatty is on course for 20% order book growth this year, thanks largely to its involvement with Sizewell C.

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MD for Robertson Capital Projects 4.12.2025 08:53

Gary Bushnell has been appointed managing director of Robertson Capital Projects.

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Thieving builder ordered to repay £190,000 4.12.2025 08:50

A builder who stole almost £85,000-worth of machinery and used company funds to pay for his high-performance car will go to jail if he does not repay more than £190,000 in the next three months.

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Hands brings in CEO for Untypical 4.12.2025 08:45

Venture capitalist Guy Hands has brought in former Barratt executive Gary Ennis to run his house-building businesses.

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Kier lands £44m Southern Water contracts 3.12.2025 09:04

Kier has won contracts totalling £44.4m to upgrade a dozen Southern Water sewage works.

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Hercules makes move into Scotland 3.12.2025 08:44

Cirencester-based construction labour supply company Hercules has opened an office in Scotland.

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Tilbury Douglas appoints fit-out managing director 3.12.2025 08:35

Tilbury Douglas has appointed Jack Dixon as managing director of its fit-out subsidiary, Paragon.

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