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Glastonbury Festival organisers have announced that they are launching a sustainable, recycled stainless steel pint cup for use on a major scale at this year’s event. The website states that over 200,000 cups will be in circulation in ten of the main bars onsite, with festival goers paying a £5 deposit when they buy their […]
Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m, 61,000-seat stadium redevelopment plans edge closer after receiving formal permission to continue building from Haringey council. Haringey council gave the scheme the green light after the government informed the council it would not call in the planning application. A spokesperson for the Spurs said that the club would “work with Haringey council […]
Bosses at Crossrail and some of the UK’s biggest construction firms are being warned against engaging in a ‘scam’ which is aimed at dodging new tax rules introduced by HM Revenue and Customs to close tax loop holes and clamp down on ‘umbrella’ employment models. The warning in a letter to bosses from Britain’s largest […]
Juliet Woodcock looks at a new concept surrounding modern methods of construction. It has long been accepted that manufacturing construction elements in the factory environment is safer, ensures higher quality end products with reduced wastage and can help meet tight deadlines, as well as getting around the problem of the skills shortage we are still […]
Do you ever dream of living off-grid? We all daydream of that elusive log cabin in the mountains, a beautiful beach hut on a remote island, or a quiet cottage in a sleepy country village. Unfortunately, the initial outlay involved in getting a property like this and then adapting it for off-grid sustainability can be staggering. […]
Family firms across the UK are setting their sights on expansion following another hugely successful year for the sector. New research by Oxford Economics for the Institute for Family Business (IFB) Research Foundation reveals the vast contribution family firms make to the UK economy – employing over 11.9 million people and making up 87 percent […]
Contracting, residential development and property support business Willmott Dixon intend to future-proof their residential construction business against a worsening skills shortage. The company currently deliver 2,000 homes each year. Their latest announcement suggests that they plan for half of these to be constructed using offsite methods and materials going forward. By signing 3 year strategic […]
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HS2 are planning to hold a competition for architects to submit their design ideas for some major stations along the route. The four major stations that are offered in the competition include Euston and Curzon Street in the city of Birmingham. Expected to cost in excess of £43 billion in total, HS2 has released the […]
Britain’s largest union, Unite, have today expressed increasing concern over the time it was taking to locate and recover the bodies of three missing men following the collapse of Didcot power station on 23 February. Unite which represents workers in the construction and demolition industry said members across the industry had grown increasingly frustrated and […]
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