Construction News
PAC release damning HS2 report
16 Feb 24
A damning new report states that HS2 offers ‘very poor value for money for the taxpayer’ following the cancellation of its latter stages into the North.
£1Bn to fund lightning-fast broadband
15 Feb 24
£1.1Bn in contracts now signed to connect 677,000 rural homes and businesses across England.
Construction Workers want Mental Health support in new Jobs
14 Feb 24
Almost nine in every ten construction workers think mental health support is important when choosing their next jobs.
Three pillars of importance: The NHDG ‘s impact on Net Zero targets
13 Feb 24
NHDG is an industry leader in delivering the high-quality energy efficiency measures at scale to help the UK strive toward its ambitious net zero targets.
£14.2M released for LEVI infrastructure
12 Feb 24
Some £14.2M in funding has been released, with the first local authorities approved for LEVI capital funding
PMI shows optimism at two-year high
9 Feb 24
Construction business optimism is at a two-year high according to the latest PMI survey.
Tyne to shine
8 Feb 24
Roads Minister, Guy Opperman, visited Newcastle to confirm that the Tyne Bridge will undergo an extensive renovation programme,
£164bn planned infrastructure investment
7 Feb 24
The newly published National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline sets out planned and projected investment.
SMuRFS to make nuclear decommissioning safer
6 Feb 24
Nuclear power stations could be decommissioned in the future with the help of SMuRFs, scientists have suggested.
Scottish construction transformation
5 Feb 24
The Construction Leadership Forum has unveiled its Transformation Action Plan for the Scottish construction sector.
