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The Net Zero Council will support industry to help cut their emissions and develop greener practices.

Birmingham City Council has drafted a 20-year masterplan that will see the creation of new jobs and up to 35,000 homes.  The council will launch the Our Future City: Central Birmingham Framework 2040  ...

Homes England has launched its next five-year Strategic Plan to deliver quality, affordable homes and regenerating towns and cities. The plan by the Government’s housing and regeneration agency sets o ...

Network Rail has published its five-year Control Period 7 (CP7) strategic business plan (SBP) for railway infrastructure in England & Wales – with a budget of £44 billion. Ahead of its completion of C ...

The Greener Futures Partnership (GFP) has more than 100 firms signed up to its retrofit framework worth £1.5bn.  Housing consortium, GFP, has more than 100 contractors and consultants signed up to hel ...

HS2 has secured planning approval for a truss bridge that will carry trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station.  HS2 has received Schedule 17 consent from Birmingham City Council for a new tr ...

A new government hub in Croydon has achieved Practical Completion. The building is set to accommodate over 5,000 civil servants and enable the Home Office to migrate from three current locations in Cr ...

The Welsh Government is set to invest £15 million to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points across the country. The funding will be used to help local authorities increase the number ...

Developer Rightacres has secured planning approval for a new residential building as part of Wales’ biggest regeneration project.  The 35-storey residential tower will sit in plot five of the city’s C ...

The highly anticipated shortlist for the 2023 London Construction Awards has been announced! After a record-breaking number of entries were submitted, this year's shortlist features an impressive arra ...

Technology minister Sir John Whittingdale has announced plans to increase digital connectivity across the country. Residents in Papa Stour, one of the country's most remote communities, will now have ...

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has published three new Advisory Notes and updated another. The documents cover a range of topics related to firestopping, penetration seals and s ...

Willmott Dixon has landed a £30m contract from Tees Valley Combined Authority to transform the entrance to Darlington Station as part of Network Rail’s £140m masterplan to deliver extra train capacity ...

Lendlease has announced the new head of its European operations. 

Ashe Construction has been appointed by MK Council to deliver £24 million in community projects. The contract covers the creation of a new primary school and community health hub off junction 14 of th ...

London’s Euston Tower, in Regent’s Place, looks set to become a world-leading life sciences and innovation hub, with labs and workspaces.  The landmark building is located where Camden, Fitzrovia and ...

London is one of the most digitally advanced cities in the world and a hotbed for investment into the tech sector. But whilst the private sector booms, what about London’s public services? Sean Price ...

Construction group Galliford Try has been appointed by St Martin’s Property Investments to remodel and refurbish Adelaide House in central London. The £72 million contract involves the remodelling of ...

Eden, a 12-storey office building in Salford, is the first new build in the UK to achieve a 5.5 NABERS “Design Reviewed” Target Rating. To date there are only 20 buildings that have been certified thr ...

Construction of new nuclear power plants in the UK is set to get underway at an “unprecedented scale and pace”.  Great British Nuclear (GBN) will provide funding to firms as part of a drive to ‘rapidl ...