Local Government

Pick Everard chosen for £100M schools projects


Pick Everard has revealed it will be helping deliver more than 2,500 school spaces across the Bedford region over the next two years.

£14.2M released for LEVI infrastructure


Some £14.2M in funding has been released, with the first local authorities approved for LEVI capital funding

EDAROTH to deliver sustainable, affordable homes in Bristol


Sustainable housing developer EDAROTH, has signed a development agreement with Bristol City Council to design and deliver 29 affordable homes

Smart street lamps get green light


Smart tech is to be trialled in towns and cities as part of a £1.3M government pilot to test next-gen digital technology.

New report calls for planners to ‘embrace diversity’ to rejuvenate town centres  


A new research-led report calls for an overhaul in the way local authority planning teams organise and plan for town centre development.

Levelling up town planning


The Department for Levelling Up is helping to level up across the country, not just places, but people too, by funding a new scheme to support aspiring graduates into the planning sector. The DLUHC is granting £1.59M to the Local Government Association to fund a new scheme to support aspiring graduates into

UK’s first Passivhaus-hybrid school 


Wynne Construction has completed work on a major redevelopment on the UK's first Passivhaus-hybrid school.

£50M boost for safer roads


Almost £50M is to be invested in road safety improvements through the third round of the government’s Safer Roads Fund.

Energy efficiency upgrades


More than 115,000 homes across England will benefit from energy efficiency upgrades.

What is Social Value and how does it help suppliers to win work with the public sector?


Guy Battle, CEO, Social Value Portal offers his unique perspective on what it takes to win new contract