Construction News

Homes fit for heroes with extra £1.5Bn for forces housing


Record additional funding for forces family housing to tackle state of accommodation, and build on the Defence Consumer Charter to transform living conditions for service families.

Risk Vs Reward: Labour’s ambitious plans for stalled housing developments


Labour’s plans to allow local authorities to take control of stalled housing sites signals bold intent to tackle the UK’s housing shortfall.

Report published to unlock financing to decarbonise school estates


Financing Decarbonisation of Schools Report, outlines the barriers and potential solutions that could significantly reduce the investment gap to decarbonise the UK’s schools.

New partnership reinforces the Agency’s commitment to the South West


Bristol Temple Quarter is one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects, centred around a revitalised Bristol Temple Meads station,

£500M ‘Clyde Gateway Innovation’ Masterplan unveiled for Glasgow 


A bold new £500M vision to strengthen a major Scottish location for innovation, High Value Manufacturing, business space and green growth in Glasgow has been unveiled

Companies warned not to ‘fake’ diversity


Built environment firms shouldn’t do anything about improving the diversity of their workforces if they don’t truly believe in it.

Major investment partnership to deliver affordable housing across UK


A major new partnership between the Crown Estate and Lendlease has been agreed.

New figures show Homes England exceeds targets


Figures show that Homes England surpassed its annual targets, for the number of new homes started, completed, and potential homes unlocked.

Immigration policy must serve Britain, not party politics – NFB


The Government has published a new White Paper which sets out major reforms to the UK’s immigration system.

BSI publishes groundbreaking standard for MMC in residential developments


New specification to build confidence in modern methods of construction (MMC) for residential developments has been published by BSI.