Mount Anvil JV secures approval for Isle of Dogs estate rebuildMount Anvil and social landlord Riverside have won planning for a 400-home rebuild of the Tiller Road Estate on the Isle of Dogs in East London.
Tower Hamlets’ approval clears the way for a full estate overhaul delivering 137 affordable homes, new community spaces and a landscaped pedestrian route running north to south through t…
Landsec pushes back starts on four major housing schemes to 2027Developer Landsec has pushed back the start dates for four huge residential schemes capable of delivering 9,000 homes as viability pressures continue to choke new build activity.
The developer now expects first starts in 2027 on major projects at Mayfield in Manchester, Lewisham in south-east London, Finchley Road in north London and…
Timber giant files administration noticeOne of the country’s biggest timber suppliers National Timber Group England has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
The move gives the Sheffield-based supplier, which employs over 1,000 staff, protection from creditor action while it weighs up restructuring and rescue options.
The England division spans a large national network trading…
Network Rail launches property development companyNetwork Rail has launched a new property development company with a target to build 40,000 new homes and 10 million sq ft of commercial space over the next decade.
The company – called Platform4 – will develop brownfield rail land and has already identified four sites in Newcastle, Manchester, Cambridge and Nottingham.
Platform4 has been…
Glencar starts first major job at Atom ValleyGlencar has been appointed by Wilson Bowden to deliver the new Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre (SMMC) at the Atom Valley site in Rochdale.
The 43,500 sq ft project will deliver a cutting-edge innovation environment designed to support collaboration, research, and development across sustainable materials and advanced manufacturing.
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Magazines pose as main contractors to pester subbiesSubcontractors and suppliers are being pestered by media companies posing as main contractors in a bid to sell them ineffective advertising space.
The Enquirer has been contacted by fed-up specialists who are being swamped with emails and phone calls from persistent publishers.
The ruse is for small media companies to promise main contractors…
Construction hangs on to growth as new orders reboundConstruction output crept up again in September as a jump in new work offset another slowdown in repair and maintenance.
Latest official figures from the ONS show output rose by just 0.2% on the month, driven by a 0.7% uplift in new work.
A 0.5% fall in repair and maintenance dragged down overall activity to its third sluggish reading in a…
Kier’s new boss off to a flier as order book hits £11.6bnKier has kicked off the new financial year on a high with trading in line with expectations and its order book swelling by £600m to £11.6bn.
New chief executive Stuart Togwell said he was starting his tenure with 94% of this year’s revenue already locked in which he claimed was one of the strongest positions in the industry.
Togwell,…
BSR to break free of HSE in late JanuaryThe Government has kicked off the final stage of the post-Grenfell safety shake-up with new laws to strip the Building Safety Regulator out of the Health and Safety Executive and relaunch it as a standalone watchdog from January next year.
The Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc.) Regulations 2026 have just…
Wylfa to be home of UK’s first small modular nuclear reactorsWylfa on Anglesey in North Wales will be the home of the UK’s first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station.
Construction work will start on the £2.5bn project next year led by publicly-owned Great British Energy-Nuclear using reactors designed by Rolls-Royce SMR.
Initial plans are for for three SMRs on the site with t…