Consultant WYG issued a profit warning on Wednesday afternoon which sent its share price tumbling by more than 40%. WYG said the UK market was being hit by economic uncertainty leading to delays and deferrals across the public and private sectors. The hold-ups mean...

Unite leaders are launching a campaign calling for all construction workers to be covered by death benefits in case of a site fatality. The union wants to workers covered regardless of their employment status or where their employer sits in the supply chain. Industry...

Contractors chosen to build the ill-fated Garden Bridge were paid £21.4m before the project was finally binned. Figures released by Transport for London details payments to the Bouygues Travaux Publics and Cimolai SpA – Joint Venture (JV). Consultant Arup was...

A Cardiff contractor has been fined after scaffolding it had erected collapsed onto a neighbouring primary school. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard Swain Scaffolding Limited had erected scaffolding 7m high and 8m long at the gable end of a residential property in...