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Forecasts downgraded on back of poor summer
After a slow summer and pre-budget jitters, expectations for construction output have been revised substantially down.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Environmental permits to be scrapped for pre-construction works
Site investigation works, the storage of waste materials and drainage operations are among pre-construction activities that will no longer require environmental permits in England.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Severfield’s new CEO starts next week
Structural steel group Severfield’s new chief executive Paul McNerney will join the company on 3rd November 2025.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Finance hires for Burntwood builder
A Staffordshire house-builders and civil engineering contractors has three appointed accountants to help with its five-year growth plan.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Merchants suffer August gloom
Britain’s builders’ merchants saw their sales revenue fall 5% in August year-on-year.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Construction minister promises support for cement sector
There was an empty house for Chris MacDonald's lessons in cement chemistry, history and politics last week.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Kent solar farm approved
The government has approved plans to convert 474 acres of Kent farmland into an array of solar panels. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Balfour Beatty to build Edinburgh concert hall
Balfour Beatty is about to start work on a £162m contract to build the Dunard Centre, Edinburgh’s first purpose-built concert hall for more than a century.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Old Wilko store becomes a construction training centre
Portland Square campus will offer training in plumbing and electrics.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Homeowners face ‘double-charges’ as infrastructure remains unadopted
Roads, sewers and drainage on new estates are privately managed after public bodies do not ‘adopt’ them, with costs passed on to homeowners Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Emergency action taken over London’s lack of house-building
Special measures to tackle the house-building crisis in London have been announced.Read Full Article: The Construction Index












