'Desperate' builders switch to letting
Posted: 17 July 2008Builders are being forced into letting properties instead of selling.
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Update: Wolseley saves £150m as dividend to shareholders gets scrapped
Posted: 17 July 2008Wolseley is big-time news this morning as a result of yesterday’s decision to lay off 6000 employees.
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Inland still selling plots to housing associations
Posted: 17 July 2008Inland says that it is well positioned to weather the current challenging conditions in the sector.
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1,400 job seekers fight for 140 apprenticeships in Glasgow
Posted: 16 July 2008Ten job seekers are fighting it out for every apprenticeship in Glasgow, a city construction firm has found.
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Government bumps up £200m rescue package to buy unsold homes
Posted: 16 July 2008Builders struggling to sell homes during the credit crunch will be able to offload them as affordable housing under new government plans.
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Laing O'Rourke tipped for £400m London Gateway project
Posted: 16 July 2008Contractor set to see-off competition for £400m ports scheme.
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£6bn road jambuster package announced
Posted: 16 July 2008Plans to expand hard-shoulder running have been announced by the government in a six-year, £6bn jambuster package.
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Welsh housebuilder Ballantyne calls in administrators
Posted: 16 July 2008South Wales-based Ballantyne Homes has called in administrators from Deloitte, leaving two building projects unfinished.
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Rising prices trigger surge in metal theft
Posted: 16 July 2008Metal thieves are now costing the economy £360m each year
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Trade committee calls for a construction chief
Posted: 16 July 2008Business and enterprise body says 'champion' needed to consolidate construction policies.
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MPs propose change to building regulations
Posted: 16 July 2008MPs have called for changes to building regulations to force developers to make office buildings and shops more energy efficient.
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Business & Enterprise report: CC welcomes chief construction officer plan
Posted: 16 July 2008The Construction Confederation has welcomed a plan to create a "chief construction officer", floated in the Business & Enterprise Committee's report into the construction sector.
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Business & Enterprise report: UCATT sees 'some positives'
Posted: 16 July 2008Construction union Ucatt has offered a lukewarm reponse to the Business & Enterprise Committee's report into the construction industry, describing it as 'patchy' with 'some positives'.
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Avebury chief warns over social housing jobs
Posted: 16 July 2008Pinewood saves consultancy division of failed group Avebury.
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Training opportunities increase for tradeswomen
Posted: 16 July 2008In the past eight years, Durkan has trained more than 200 women in manual trades through organisations such as WAMT, Building Work For Women and Women's...
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North West still scoring with public sector work
Posted: 16 July 2008Like the rest of the country, the residential sector in the North West is struggling. But there are pockets of opportunity and those with a mixed portfolio and a focus on efficiency can still profit.
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East Midlands becomes fastest-growing region of development
Posted: 16 July 2008The East Midlands is set to become England's fastest-growing region, and much of this growth is happening because of a huge programme of development in Northamptonshire.
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Tube upgrades threatened by doubts over funding
Posted: 16 July 2008PPP arbiter questions whether LUL has the necessary resources.
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Costain board reshuffle aims to add focus
Posted: 16 July 2008Costain has reshuffled its board to set up four new contracting operations within the company, each led by a managing director and focusing on target customers.
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Future of Construction Confederation in doubt
Posted: 16 July 2008Public face of the industry to get two new representative bodies.
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