Tag: investment

Artist’s impression of new homes for Greendykes – one of the new-build developments from Edinburgh City Council this year Edinburgh City Council is piloting a ‘whole house retrofit’ approach – one of the first local authorities in Scotland to do so – and this will...

Clay roof tiles in productionWienerberger plans to build a new concrete roof tile plant next to its Smeed Dean brick factory in Sittingbourne. At the same time, two of the production lines at its Broomfleet factory near Hull are getting an energy makeover, with electric...

Glen Busby (left), McAvoy director of modular rental and sales, and chief executive Ron ClarkeLisburn-based McAvoy, which was acquired by private equity firm Blantyre Capital from the McAvoy family in February 2020, is expanding its modular fleet with a new SmartSpace product range. The investment...

The Skinningrove facility will replace services currently offered in Darlington. [CGI courtesy of Building Design Northern]Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has cleared the plans for a new service centre at Skinningrove, with cut-to-length lines, product milling, machining and warehousing operations. The new Skinningrove facility is...

R&D spending in the construction sector surged 18% in 2021 to £471m, Office for National Statistics reports, up from £399m in 2020 and £350m in 2019. Despite ongoing pandemic disruption, this is a new record high for the industry. The fourth quarter total rose to...

Bernicia chief executive John Johnston The investment will focus on the construction of at least 600 new homes across the northeast region as well as improvement works. The housing association owns and manages 14,000 properties, employs more than 550 staff and has an annual turnover...