In her newly expanded role, Laura Mason, Director of Direct Investments at Legal & General Capital (LGC), is responsible for setting the direct investment strategy for L&G’s principal balance sheet.  As part of this she [read more…]

A Huddersfield-based communications specialist has won a weekly Twitter competition devised by Theo Paphitis, helping to instantly raise awareness of the business amongst the 450,000 followers of the Dragons’ Den star. Code Blue Communications, which [read more…]

A recent poll conducted by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Taskforce surveyed over 1,000 Scots to reveal quite conclusively that the 125-year-old The Forth Bridge is still very much the pride of Scottish engineering. In a [read more…]

New images released by Crossrail highlight the continued construction progress at Crossrail’s Bond Street station. The tunnels 30 metres below Oxford Street are now finished as are all the connecting passageways. The western ticket hall on [read more…]

Scaffold boards are used in their thousands on construction sites across the UK, enabling workers to operate safely at height. However, BM TRADA, part of the Exova Group, warns recent incidents have highlighted that the [read more…]

A team of building surveyors and polymer chemists, who introduced a new coating system for asbestos roofs, have seen their efforts rewarded with prestigious certification from the British Board of Agrément (BBA). Solihull-based Liquasil, which [read more…]

Young people from Hackney have been given trade skills for life thanks to a free, on-site apprenticeship construction course funded by Hackney Council. Joining with apprenticeship training agency K-10, and with the support from Berkeley [read more…]

ISG has given the 140,000 passengers that daily pass through the revamped Birmingham New Street Station the perfect excuse for some retail therapy after completing a fit out of the eagerly anticipated 250,000 sq ft [read more…]