Nov 26, 2025 | NEWS
A controversial £750m plan to build a major new film studio campus on Buckinghamshire green belt has finally been waved through by the government. Dido Properties has won its appeal for Marlow Film Studios after Buckinghamshire Council rejected the scheme in 2024 over...
Nov 26, 2025 | NEWS
Chancellor Rachel Reeves hit construction business owners in the pocket today with increases in dividend tax rates and a cut in tax benefits during Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) deals. EOTs have become popular in construction with a string of contractors sold to...
Nov 26, 2025 | NEWS
McLaren Construction has been appointed by developer Global Holdings Management Group to build its 100,000 sq ft Xylo building in Clerkenwell The nine-storey scheme in central London will be the UK’s largest all-timber frame office building. Following the completion...
Nov 26, 2025 | NEWS
The joint venture between Helical and TfL’s property company Places for London has confirmed start dates for major overstation residential schemes at Paddington and Southwark tube station. Helical also revealed this morning it is looking at further schemes through its...
Nov 26, 2025 | NEWS
House builder Hill has broken ground at its planned 166-home harbourside neighbourhood at Baltic Wharf in Bristol. Hill is delivering the project on Spike Island in joint venture with Goram Homes, the city council’s development arm. The public–private partnership has...