0845 250 4390 enquiries@cita.co.uk
Equans suffers £29m loss as new build exit drags on

Equans suffers £29m loss as new build exit drags on

Equans Regeneration continues to battle heavy losses from its retreat from the new build housing market. But the firm, bought by French construction giant Bouygues in 2022, said its new core focus on student new build, energy retrofit and housing refurb markets was...
ACS lands lead role on Stafford transformers lab

ACS lands lead role on Stafford transformers lab

ACS Construction Group has been appointed principal contractor for the expansion work at GE Vernova’s HVDC Transformers Facility in Stafford. ACS has been working on a smaller part of the site since September and has now been awarded the main works deal which is...
BSR backlog swells as new build approvals take 36 weeks

BSR backlog swells as new build approvals take 36 weeks

The scale of delays plaguing the Building Safety Regulator’s gateway approval process has been laid bare in the first set of published official figures. Latest data shows a rising backlog of projects snared up in the lengthy process, with applications flooding...
Repair slowdown drags down construction output

Repair slowdown drags down construction output

Monthly construction output slipped by 0.6% in May as falling repair and maintenance activity dragged the overall figures down. The dip follows three straight months of growth, including a 0.8% rise in April, but was driven entirely by a 2.1% fall in repair and...
Scaffolding trade body NASC facing discrimination claim

Scaffolding trade body NASC facing discrimination claim

The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation is facing a race discrimination and unfair dismissal claim from its former Training Manager. Henry Annafi has lodged an Employment Tribunal case against his former employer with a preliminary hearing set for next...