The UK Government has made record investment commitments for 2026/27 as part of its long-term £10.5bn flood defence investment programme. This includes £830m for over 600 flood and coastal defence projects nationwide and more than [read more…]
The talent shortage in UK trade sectors is getting worse. While job demand surges across construction, the apprenticeship system that should be feeding these trades is failing to deliver, according to new data. The ‘Apprenticeship Gap [read more…]
A global engineering coalition has issued an urgent call to action to the industry to solve the climate crisis through ecology-inclusive engineering frameworks. The Foresight of Nature-Positive Engineering, a new report from Lloyd’s Register Foundation, in [read more…]
In July 2025, the number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 2,081, similar to both June 2025 (2,053) and July 2024 (2,078). The construction industry experienced the highest number of insolvencies in [read more…]
It is fair to say that 2024 has had its challenges for the UK construction market, with the interest rate situation and the change in government leading to an unsettled situation. Thankfully, after catching up [read more…]
A new report by national planning and development consultancy, Lichfields, sheds light on the future of UK town centres, presenting a roadmap for the revitalisation and repurposing of vacant or underutilised buildings. Entitled “Out with [read more…]
The regeneration of historic buildings into new commercial and residential opportunities as opposed to constructing from scratch is set to increase into 2024, a commercial property expert has predicted. Charles Warrack, Partner at leading property [read more…]
Business recovery specialist Begbies Traynor reported in January that 77,077 construction companies experienced “significant financial distress” in the last quarter of 2022, making it the UK’s third most distressed sector after property and support services. [read more…]
Will cost be the death of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)? Here, Scott Tacchi, Head of MMC, Sir Robert McAlpine, looks to give the answer. 30 years on from the Latham report, construction is still [read more…]
Construction technology specialist XYZ Reality has released a new white paper: ‘Rethinking Rework: Exploring the causes of and solutions to construction’s most expensive problem’. With some studies suggesting that as much as 30% of construction [read more…]
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