Latest UK Construction News – NuGen Properties Ltd

Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, still widely known as the Lighthouse Club, has published its annual report for 2023 showing where its money came from and where it went. Lighthouse saw 4,438 people seeking support through its 24/7 Construction Industry Helpline in 2023, a 30% increase...

Scotland’s chief surveyor Morag Angus, Napier University dean of School of Computing Engineering & the Built Environment Peter Andras, small business minister Richard Lochhead and Scottish Futures Trust Minister chief executive Peter ReekieThe Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) – a collaboration between government and industry –...

Darcy Kitson-BoyceAssociate director Darcy Kitson-Boyce joins Rodgers Leask from HSP Consulting Engineers, also in Nottingham. Derby-based Rodgers Leask opened its Nottingham office in 2021. “Joining a well-respected business like Rodgers Leask is always going to be a moment of pride, but joining at such an...

Latest accounts from London-based Red Construction Group show a 4% slide in turnover to £62.1m for the year to 31st March 2023 (2022: £64.7m) and a 25% decline in pre-tax profit to £1.1m (2022: £1.5m). However, with two months of the current financial year still...

Laing O’Rourke chief executive and majority owner Ray O'RourkeSites across the Laing O’Rourke group are being served redundancy notices in company-wide cutbacks. Just eight weeks ago Laing O’Rourke filed accounts showing a pre-tax loss of £288m for the year to 31st March 2023. It is...

Sarah MunnellyLondon-based Munnelly Group provides construction support services and was founded in the 1980s by Phil Munnelly and his younger brother Paul. As part of the second generation in the business, Sarah Munnelly joins Paul David Munnelly and James Munnelly on the group board, along...

Mobilityways, a carbon analysis consultant,  published its 48-page Road to Net Zero Study last month, with findings from a nine-month investigation of large UK organisations’ progress in addressing decarbonisation in their operations and supply chains. It has followed this up with a comparative study* exploring...

Gathering for ground breaking are Mace Dragados director Martyn Woodhouse, city councillor Liz Clements, regional mayor Andy Street and HS2 rep Dave LockAccording to HS2 Ltd, Birmingham Curzon Street Station will be the first intercity terminus station built in Britain since the 19th Century. Main...

CLC industry-side chair Mark ReynoldsThe Construction Leadership Council (CLC) – a government appointed panel – has written to chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt proposing a range of measures for the forthcoming spring 2024 budget statement, including a revival of the private finance initiative in...

Stafford-based building contractor Enrok Construction has fallen into administration and ceased trading.Read Full Article: The Construction Index Source link

Bishop & Taylor are re-joined by Rudi Klein, perhaps the construction industry’s most seasoned campaigner for change. He shares his opinions on the need for industry reform and encourages listeners to take the opportunity of this year’s general election to lobby their local candidates. 24th...

Van Elle Holdings’ interim results for the six months ended 31st October 2023 show revenue down 16% at £68.2m and pre-tax profit down 24% at £2.5m. Results were impacted by the slow-down in the house-building market and delays to infrastructure projects starting, both of which...

December's dome lift was 24 months later than planned In May 2022 the cost of building the UK’s first nuclear power plant in a generation was put at £26bn, with a target date for completion of June 2027. Today the cost is estimated at between...

The team celebrates the arrival of TBM Lydia at Old Oak Common stationTunnel boring machine Lydia has finished her 853-metre journey into the Old Oak Commo station box in west London to complete the construction of the Atlas Road logistics tunnel. This tunnel may never...

CGI of the planned East Newington Place development in EdinburghYork-based developer S Harrison has agreed a forward funding deal with Singapore’s  Q Investment Partners (QIP) to build two major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) schemes in Edinburgh. S Harrison Developments secured planning permission in late...