Construction News Magazine

Construction News Magazine

Construction News stands out as the top source for news, insights, and events tailored for the construction sector in the UK.

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  • 6 days ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

    After rapid expansion, signs of a slowdown raise questions about future opportunities in the sectorWhen it emerged that AstraZeneca was planning a £450m expansion of its nasal flu vaccine plant in Speke, near Liverpool, in January 2024, a spokesperson for the Conservative government declared that the UK was “cementing [its] status” as one of the world’s leading centres for life sciences. “For many years we had a supply and demand deficit.

  • 1 week ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Ben Vogel

    McLaren Construction has been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver a permanent facility for the Boxing Academy in Hackney, east London. The school, which caters to 56 secondary-age students who require an alternative to mainstream education, will move from its temporary premises on Monteagle Way to a purpose-built site on nearby Brooke Road. The contract was awarded through the DfE Construction Framework 2021.

  • 2 weeks ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Joshua Stein

    Scaffolders unhappy with developments at their trade association say they have formed a “not-for-profit interest group” in protest. Representatives of the new Scaffolding Training Alliance (STA) – who remain unnamed – said in an open letter that their organisation was not a “breakaway group” from the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC).

  • 2 weeks ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Joshua Stein

    A £38m-turnover joinery and fit-out firm says it has been forced to reevaluate its business strategy following ISG’s collapse last September. In its annual results for the year to 31 December 2024, Taylor Made Joinery Interiors said the tier one contractor’s downfall had sounded an alarm bell, warning that the “most significant risk identified during the year, as evidenced by the ISG administration, is overreliance on any single contractor”.

  • 2 weeks ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Ben Vogel

    Tier one contractor Wates Group has called on the government to prioritise the delivery of public-sector assets valued at more than £100m, as part of a push to revive private investment in infrastructure. In a white paper launched at the Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds today (21 May), the family-owned contractor set out a new model for public-private partnerships designed to attract long-term private capital into high-value schemes.

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