construction news

Construction buyers saw workloads slip for the second month is succession in March. It is the first time the bellwether IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index has recorded back-to-back falls in output levels since August 2016. The index posted 49.7...

South east housing association L&Q is in talks to take over the North West’s Trafford Housing Trust with ambitious plans to boost house building in the region. The acquisition of THT is expected to be completed this June. L&Q claims it will unlock a...

Road marking specialist WJ Group has become a member of The Association for Public Service Excellence’s Approved Partner scheme. WJ operates nationally from strategically located regional depots for a growing number of Local Authorities providing permanent and...

Leading access equipment provider, HAKI Scaffolding has secured a multi-million-pound investment from Enigma Industrial Services Ltd (formerly Interserve Industrial Services). The purchase involves more than 2,500t of scaffolding equipment making Enigma one of the...

Ipswich-based Jackson Civil Engineering has launched a dedicated highways division as it seeks to expand its reach to the rest of the national road network. The move by the £100m revenue regional civils firm follows Highway England’s pledge to utilise more...

Regeneration specialist Galliford Try Partnerships has signed a deal with Homes England that will see it build more than 850 homes across the UK. The national partnership will deliver housing across key sites in Redcar, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Dorset. New homes...

The UK’s accountancy giants should be broken-up in the wake of Carillion’s collapse and smaller firms encouraged into the auditing market. MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee want to see audit and non-audit businesses separated at...