Timber and panel imports have increased for the first time in four years, with volumes rising 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to new figures from Timber Development UK (TDUK). The quarterly total reached 2.26 million cubic metres, driven…
New data has revealed the top five cities in the UK where conditions are most favourable for construction workers. Bristol topped the table compiled by Travis Perkins, followed by Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leicester and Newcastle. The Best Place to Be a Construction Worker Index ranked major UK cities based on a…
The director of a construction firm has received a suspended prison sentence after he failed to account for almost £500,000 of transfers from his company’s accounts over a four-week period. Mario Huiu claimed he had paid suppliers £498,480 between May and June 2020, the Insolvency Service (IS) said. But an…
Envelope specialist CA Group has seen its profit slide by nearly a third amid market “uncertainty”, according to its annual accounts. The County Durham-based firm posted a pre-tax profit of £7.8m for the year to 30 September 2024, down from £11.4m in 2023. The latest profit was derived from a…
HS2 Ltd has referred a subcontractor to HMRC over alleged payment fraud. The move comes after the rail company launched an internal investigation last month into whistleblowing allegations that overinflated rates were charged for workers supplied to build in the West Midlands. HS2 confirmed it has since referred the case…
The UK subsidiary of Irish contractor Elliott Group has launched a standalone fit-out division in a bid to strengthen its footprint in commercial interiors. The contractor said the move would enable it to scale existing operations by establishing a dedicated team and structure across core sectors including offices, healthcare, retail,…
An online tool has been launched to help protect small firms from the risk of late payment, by exposing “bad agents” in the construction sector. Founded two years ago, Good for the Money (GFTM) was designed to help subcontractors identify late payers in real time, according to founder Jeremy Price.…
A specialist contractor is expected to begin work as early as September to “carefully” demolish Grenfell Tower, the government has said. In a community update before Saturday’s eighth anniversary of the blaze that killed 72 people, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said it recognised that the…
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO) has begun early market engagement for a £100m framework covering construction materials and managed services. The four-year deal from the public sector procurement body is expected to run from 10 August 2025 to 10 August 2029, with a total value of £120m including VAT. It will…
Lower activity levels and “widespread” Building Safety Act (BSA)-related delays are set to hit full-year turnover at Van Elle Holdings. In a trading update this morning, the firm – ranked by Construction News as the UK’s second-largest ground engineering specialist – said it expected revenue of £134m for the year…
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