Market Insight

The 2020s promise to be a positive time for the UK construction sector with a government pipeline worth some £600bn of infrastructure investment and plans to boost productivity by a further £15bn annually by driving [read more…]

A report looking at the role that technology will play in the construction industry in the future, has revealed that 3D printed walls, drones and a roof made from recycled plastic bottles from the ocean [read more…]

Leisure contractor Medlock FRB is celebrating a record year which saw revenues soar 47 per cent. Medlock’s turnover in the year to December 2017 was £39.35m, up from £26.83m in the previous 12 months. The [read more…]

The new Chair of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) should make it his priority to reform the CITB Board so it is more representative of the whole construction sector, according to the Federation of [read more…]

There is no doubt that the UK is in the midst of a brutal housing crisis. The slow supply of housing to meet demand will be exacerbated by the reduction in labour that will surely [read more…]

Alan Wilson, Head of Membership and Communications at SELECT, the campaigning trade body for Scotland’s electrical sector, recently made a presentation to the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group for Construction. Mr Wilson, in his capacity [read more…]

Salford’s success Salford personifies regeneration. It’s one of the areas in the North-West that has seen a huge transformation resulting in more business, more jobs, an uplift in the area’s reputation, and mass investment opportunities. [read more…]

Housing is one of the top national policy challenges of our time, yet builders and developers are becoming stifled by red tape. In an industry calling out for new homes, this can really hinder those [read more…]