Cardo nails £52m Sussex council homes roofing dealExpanding building maintenance specialist Cardo has beaten off a crowded field of rivals to land a £52m roofing repairs and replacements deal for Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council.
The private equity-backed maintenance specialist saw off 14 bidders to secure both contracts, covering roofing work across a combined housing…
Construction output yo-yos as growth falters againConstruction output slipped back into reverse in October as the sector’s stop–start year continued to unsettle clients and investors.
Latest official figures from the ONS show total output fell 0.3% in the three months to October 2025, underlining how fragile growth remains after September’s small lift.
The quarter was dragged down by a 1%…
Free school build plans axed to fund £3bn SEND expansionThe government has pressed pause on a major slice of England’s free school building pipeline to divert £3bn into funding 50,000 new SEND places across mainstream schools.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson confirmed that 28 planned mainstream free schools will be scrapped, with another 16 still under review, as ministers redirect…
McLaren seals £160m funding for Manchester student towerMcLaren Property’s £160m plan to deliver 737 student beds on Manchester’s Upper Brook Street has surged ahead after the developer sealed a major forward-funding deal with L&G.
The agreement allows McLaren Construction to move to full construction on the next phase of the £450m masterplan transforming the Oxford Road Corridor.
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Former McAlpine boss lined up for Royal BAM board roleRoyal BAM Group has moved to strengthen its top table with former Sir Robert McAlpine chief Paul Hamer set to join its supervisory board next year.
BAM will put Hamer’s appointment to shareholders at its AGM in May 2026, filling the vacancy created when Paul Sheffield steps down at the end of his term.
The group’s Central Works Counc…
M Group muscles into top five contractors after growth spurtPrivate equity-owned infrastructure services specialist M Group has blasted its way into the industry’s top five contractors after raising revenue 14% to £2.5bn.
Fresh accounts for the parent company show the CVC-backed infrastructure services giant stacked up an £8.8bn order book (2024: £6.4bn) on the back of booming workloads in…
Plans in for first major build phase of £2bn York Central schemeThe planned £2bn York Central regeneration has shifted up a gear with developers submitting the major building planning package covering almost all remaining elements of the first phase.
The new application for phase 1C includes the first 999 homes, an innovation hub, major retail and leisure floorspace, a 213-bed hotel, larg…
Lords push for staged Gateway 2 approval to aid design and buildPeers have called for targetted changes to the Building Safety Regulator process after concluding that widespread delays are stalling high-rise housing, blocking refurbishments, and stranding residents in unsafe buildings for longer.
A hard-hitting House of Lords committee report urges ministers to introduce a more staged approach to…
Go-ahead for plan to level Cambridge retail park for life-science hubPlans to flatten Cambridge’s Beehive Centre retail park and replace it with a major cluster of offices and laboratories have been signed off by Housing Secretary Steve Reed.
The Coldhams Lane site — home to 17 retail units including a large Asda — will now become a 1m sq ft life-sciences employment hub after ministers…
Subcontractor competition keeps build costs flat at BerkeleyHouse building giant Berkeley said intense competition among subcontractors is keeping construction costs down with the “highly-competitive” environment expected to continue next year.
In its half-years results update today the company said: “Berkeley has experienced highly competitive tendering across most trades during t…