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8build back in the black as fixed-price pivot pays-off

8build back in the black as fixed-price pivot pays-off

Fit-out specialist 8build has bounced back into profit after shifting its focus to faster-moving, fixed-price contracts and securing a series of high-profile airport jobs. The London-based contractor delivered a £2.2m pre-tax profit for the year to 31 March 2025,...
Right-to-work reform targets construction subbies

Right-to-work reform targets construction subbies

The government has launched a consultation on sweeping reforms to force construction firms to carry out ‘right to work’ checks for the self-employed as part of a fresh crackdown on illegal migrant working and rogue employers. Contractors hiring workers will be legally...
Muse-led Habiko reveals debut sites for 590 rental homes

Muse-led Habiko reveals debut sites for 590 rental homes

A Muse-led public-private partnership has unveiled the first housing development sites for its £1bn programme of affordable, low carbon homes. Habiko – the affordable homes partnership with Homes England and Pension Insurance Corporation – has picked Chester and...
Land deal paves way for £3.9bn Hertfordshire data campus

Land deal paves way for £3.9bn Hertfordshire data campus

Data centre developer DC01UK has sold its South Mimms site in Hertfordshire to global operator Equinix in one of the largest UK infrastructure and real estate deals in recent years. The sale paves the way for a £3.9bn investment to build one of Europe’s biggest and...
Right-to-work reform targets construction subbies

£1.5bn YORbuild 2 hunt launched for major contractors

Leeds City Council has fired the starting gun on bidding for the £1.5bn YORbuild Major Works framework renewal. Eight existing contractors – BAM, B+K, Galliford Try, Tilbury Douglas, Kier, Morgan Sindall, Wates and Willmott Dixon – face a fight to hold...