Construction buyers have reported a return to growth in the house building sector for the first time since last September. But contraction in civil engineering and commercial work saw the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index drop below...

Fast-growing contractor TSL Ltd has smashed through the half-billion turnover mark with profit nearly trebling last year. The technical construction and engineering contractor is riding high on orders for data centres, cold stores and pharmaceutical plant work....

Gleeson Homes Chief Executive Mark Knight has stepped down from his role and left the business. The move follows a restructuring at the business after “gross margin had come under pressure through the year due to the cumulative impact of a number of...

Muse and Oldham Council have secured planning for all six sites in their £450m town centre regeneration plan, paving the way for over to 1,600 homes to be built in the next 15 years. The transformation forms part of the Oldham Town Living masterplan, aiming to bring...

DSM Demolition has secured a £5.9m contract to clear and remediate the Anglia Square site in Norwich ahead of long-awaited regeneration plans. The Birmingham-based contractor beat off 14 rivals to land the job, which will see full demolition of all buildings and...

Laing O’Rourke soared to the top of the contracts league rankings after winning a £919m order to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey. Design work for the mega contract is already underway, with...