Author Archives: Ben Vogel

Envelope specialist FK Group Ltd and two of its subsidiaries have staved off administration for up to an additional two weeks after filing new court notices. Erroneous reports last month in trade, regional and national press outlets said that FK Group Ltd, FK Construction Ltd and FK Facades Ltd had…

A student accommodation job in Newcastle upon Tyne has helped Bowmer & Kirkland reach the summit of the first monthly league table of 2026. The firm did not appear in the December top 10, and January was the first time since April 2023 that it topped the table. The Derbyshire-based…

London’s main contractors have been facing growing strain in mechanical and electrical (M&E) delivery with data centre demand stretching specialist subcontractor capacity, according to a new industry survey. The latest London Main Contractor Survey 2026 by consultancy Aecom found that shortages in M&E trades was one of the most acute…

Tier one contractor McLaren Construction’s annual turnover has exceeded £1bn for the first time and pre-tax profit almost doubled, as it eyes further growth to mark its 25th birthday this year. The firm hired more staff last year and is pursuing opportunities in the healthcare and data centre sectors, but…

Costain chief executive Alex Vaughan has little time for doom-laden narratives about the state of UK construction. Sitting down with Construction News shortly before Christmas at the firm’s offices in the distinctive ‘Can of Ham’ building in the City of London, he acknowledges the challenges facing the sector but remains…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has widened its active probe into suspected bid-rigging on school roofing contracts to cover activity by more firms. Its investigation now includes unnamed “additional parties”, the watchdog announced yesterday (29 January) in a statement. The probe. launched in December, was originally focused on roofing…

Police have made two more arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into a huge waste dumping operation in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced. Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit, working with the EA, Thames Valley Police, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary and…

Steel giant Severfield has discontinued its Modular Solutions business after concluding the division was “non-core” to the group’s future strategy. The decision followed a strategic review of markets and operations led by new chief executive Paul McNerney, who joined the firm in November. In a statement to the London Stock…

Booming international business has helped infrastructure contractor Blu-3 to double its turnover and post a sixfold increase in pre-tax profit. However, it said it cannot “reliably quantify” the future potential financial impact of an ongoing Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. The latest accounts for the Kent-based firm show that it…

Profit dipped at civils contractor Galldris Services in its final set of accounts before it implemented a change of ownership structure, its latest accounts show. Directors described a “challenging period with pressure on margins due to continued supply-side costs and the effects of inflation”. But the Enfield-based firm’s overall underlying…