Nearly half the country’s main building contractors and a quarter of building specialists saw falls in output in the last quarter of the year. The sharp decline in fortunes at the end of last year was revealed in the latest industry-wide trade survey compiled by...

Plans have been approved for a new £31m logistics and global content creation studio next to Manchester Airport. A main contractor is expected to be appointed by the end of this month for the ICON development which will be occupied by online beauty business The Hut...

Northern Ireland based developer and contractor McAleer & Rushe has got the thumbs up to start work on a hotel and hybrid aparthotel development in Paddington, London. Under the £82m contract it will build a 373-bed Premier Inn and a 247-bed Staycity aparthotel...

Rising costs are fuelling growing political opposition to the £56bn HS2 rail link. The project will come under the spotlight tonight in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme called The Great Train Robbery. Senior ministers have told the show that the link might only ever...

Ardmore Construction has joined the swelling ranks of contractors warning that Brexit uncertainty has hit project starts and contract awards. Despite a slowdown in projects, the specialist London residential and hotel contractor saw pre-tax profit soar by nearly 45%...