Author Archives: Greg Pitcher

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Construction products manufacturer Michelmersh Brick Holdings has forecast a drop in revenue in 2025, as new government statistics underlined the firm’s warning of “a notable slowdown in the construction market”. The latest monthly data from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) showed that month-on-month brick deliveries decreased by 4.9…

Seven fire appliances were scrambled to tackle a fire at a Cruden construction site in Glasgow earlier this week. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the Grange Road project before 3pm on 1 December, and crews left the following day. Edinburgh-based Cruden is delivering a…

A series of requirements should be placed on data centre development to tighten control of the sector’s growth and ensure power remains for housebuilding and other construction, an influential panel has urged. The London Assembly’s Planning and Regeneration Committee warned that the wave of tech hubs powering artificial intelligence and…

Severfield has revealed a £7.6m pre-tax loss for the six months to 27 September amid an 18 per cent fall in turnover. The structural steel giant ─ ranked top of the sector in the latest CN Specialists Index ─ revealed the deficit in an interim results announcement this morning (2…

British Steel has slapped a price increase on structural sections in a move that could have “major ramifications” for the industry. The Chinese-owned manufacturer, whose Scunthorpe blast furnaces were rescued at the eleventh hour by the UK government earlier this year, wrote to customers this month notifying them of an…

An NHS trust has declared itself “disappointed” by delays to the opening of a £105m rehabilitation centre built by Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM) and Vinci. The long-awaited Nottingham health hub – part of the government’s New Hospital Programme – is yet to be handed over due to a problem with…

Cost rises and delays have hit a major project to build a new road in East Anglia even before a spade has been put in the ground. A report to Norfolk County Council’s cabinet said the 3.5km West Winch Housing Access Road (WWHAR) would now cost £121.8m, an increase of…

A roofing firm has been fined after an employee fell through a skylight. Northampton-based Kingsley Roofing Contractors pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws following the incident involving 31-year-old Ryan Robinson, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said. The company was fined £16,650 at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 20…

Councillors are set to vote on a proposal to demolish the oldest residential tower in Edinburgh after its condition deteriorated, putting a £20m price tag on remediating it. A report to the city council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee has recommended taking down the 1952-built Westfield Court. The mixed-tenure…