A legal shift impacting the relationship between construction firms, their recruitment agencies and payroll suppliers could destabilise the multi-billion-pound sector if stakeholders are unprepared, warns construction recruitment expert Dan Eley. In April 2026, HMRC is cracking down [read more…]
In the lead-up to the Autumn Budget, the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation) has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, asking her and fellow ministers to consider five policy topics with ideas for [read more…]
Thousands of UK government suppliers risk falling foul of new procurement rules — unless they can comply with both the old and new social value models. Procurement Policy Note 002 (PPN 002) has now become [read more…]
Building costs will increase by a predicted 15% over the next five years to 3Q2030, while tender prices will rise by 16% over the same period, according to the latest construction forecast data from the Building [read more…]
The UK construction industry is suffering from a “restricted market” amid an eighth consecutive month of activity decline says leading construction lawyer, David Morris. Commenting on the day the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ [read more…]
Across construction and property, delays and disputes are so common they’re almost expected as inevitable, as Ian Rogers, founder and CEO of Procync, explains in this timely article. In the UK, just 8.5% of projects [read more…]
With the dreaded GCSE results having come round once more, Rob Norton, UK Director at PlanRadar, believes the solution to getting right to the heart of the construction industry’s most pressing issue: the skills gap, lies [read more…]
Housing developers are at the sharp end of ambitious climate targets, requiring them to adopt greater electrification while contending both with a congested electrical grid, and with a time-consuming water licensing process. Craig Boath, Managing [read more…]
The construction industry accounted for 10% of administrations in the first six months of 2025 – the third worst-hit sector in the UK – according to analysis by full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau. A total of [read more…]
Following the first multi-year Spending Review since 2021, the UK construction is still examining the finer details of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan, but here are some of the instant hot takes from the industry, with [read more…]
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