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The government will introduce plans for new powers to tackle late payments to small businesses, including a ban on withholding of retention payments, a cap on payment terms and mandatory interest on late payments.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Mac’s has hired a new Volvo FMX to X-Hire, and, over the course of a year, sold 12 DAF’s to Eagle Plant Hire. Read Full Article: The Construction Index

McLaughlin & Harvey have been selected to carry out construction work valued at £87.7m as part of a £107m upgrade of Port Ellen Ferry Terminal in Islay.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Three months after the whole project was meant to be completed, Willmott Dixon finally gets to start enabling works next month on Portsmouth’s new Bransbury Park leisure centre.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Kier Construction has started site work for a new school on the Wolsey Park development in Essex.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The government has chosen seven locations in England to be the focus of its new towns initiative.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

A celebrated footbridge over the River Conwy in north Wales is being replaced.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The Federation of Master Builders has called for mandatory licensing of building companies, as part of its response to the consultation on creation of a single construction regulator.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Kent County Council, Dartford Borough Council and Gravesham Borough Council have made Section 106 developer obligation agreements with Ebbsfleet Development Corporation for Ebbsfleet Central.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The Future Homes Hub has launched an Embodied Carbon and Resource Efficiency Board to provide leadership on embodied carbon in new homes.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

Morgan Sindall has handed over three expansions to special education needs schools for the London Borough of Brent, helping meet rising demand for specialist school places.Read Full Article: The Construction Index

The first part of a Framework Agreement to support the delivery of new, affordable homes in Edinburgh, worth around £350m, is now live. Read Full Article: The Construction Index