New micro robots will be built to repair the country’s underground pipe network and cut the disruption caused by road excavations. Scientists from four British universities will use a £26.6m government investment to develop 1 cm long robotic devices that use...

John Wood, chairman of Gateshead-based Tolent Construction, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours. Awarded for services to building and civil engineering, Wood established Tolent Construction in 1983 after working for Wimpey and Balfour Beatty....

French infrastructure giant Vinci has paid £2.9bn for a majority stake in Gatwick Airport. Under the terms of the deal, Vinci Airports takes a 50.01% stake making it the firm’s largest airport. Gatwick’s chair, Sir David Higgins, described the deal as a vote of...

Vital Energi will deliver a £2.3m energy scheme for The West Works, Redrow’s latest development in Southall. Vital will be taking a phased installation approach to grow the solution in line with Redrow’s construction plans. Vital will be providing the design, supply...

Local contractor Pat Munro has bought timber modular building specialist Carbon Dynamic. The Invergordon, Scotland based firm went into administration in early December with the loss of 40 jobs. Administrators Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG LLP have now sold the...

Six directors have been banned for a total of 54 years after they misled more than 300 people to invest £12m into residential property developments in the north of England. Four of the directors are based in Malaysia while the remaining two live in The Wirral and...