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An independent review into the cost of energy led by Professor Dieter Helm CBE will recommend ways to keep energy prices as low as possible. The review will consider the whole electricity supply chain – generation, transmission, distribution and supply. An independent review into the cost of energy led by Professor Dieter Helm CBE will […]
Historical maritime buildings in the harbour of Wick in Caithness, Scotland, will be brought back into operation when renovated to act as the hub for one of the largest new offshore wind farms in the UK. Work is well underway to build the £2.6 billion, 84 turbine offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth. […]
A lack of focus on bolstering the workforce could push construction firms out of business, according to industry experts One Way. An analysis by the specialist rail and construction recruitment consultancy found that firms are recruiting on a short term basis and are therefore forced to pay day rates that are well above the standard […]
The biggest development of homes built specifically for private rent in the UK is set to receive a £65 million boost from the government. The deal will help to unlock over 7,600 new, high quality homes at the Wembley Park development in Brent, London – one of the largest strategic regeneration projects in the country. […]
Increasing levels of gender diversity, widening talent pipelines and improving the wider public image of the sector will help to tackle the ongoing skills shortages plaguing the construction industry, according to One Way. An analysis by the leading construction and rail consultancy has revealed that the skills shortages can only be tackled by employers being […]
HS2 has taken a major step forward, with the formal signing of contracts to deliver the tunnels, bridges and earthworks that will carry the first phase of the UK’s new high speed railway from London to Birmingham in 2026. High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd Chief Executive, Mark Thurston, was joined by representatives from SCS JV, […]
Unite, the UK’s largest construction union, is calling for root and branch reforms of employment rights after new figures demonstrated bogus self-employment in construction is out of control. A Freedom of Information request by Unite has revealed that in 2016/17 at least 1.076 million construction workers were paid via the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), an […]
Three companies have been fined a total of more than £1m after workers were exposed to asbestos while refurbishing a school in Waltham Forest. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 24 July 2012 a worker removed part of a suspended ceiling in one of the ground floor refurbished rooms at St Mary’s school and identified […]
The SME construction sector grew in the second quarter of 2017, albeit at a slower rate in most parts of the UK than the first three months of the year, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s State of Trade Survey for Q2 2017, which is the only quarterly […]
The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have today announced a new multi-million pound funding programme that will transform town centres and neighbourhoods into more attractive, accessible and people-friendly public spaces. A new £85.9 million Liveable Neighbourhoods programme will give boroughs the opportunity to bid for funding for long-term schemes and construction that […]
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