The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reduced the fines for two former Carillion finance directors over their part in misleading statements being issued by the firm. Richard Adam and Zafar Khan were both aware of serious financial troubles in Carillion’s UK construction business but failed to reflect this in company…
A construction company has been fined £60,000 after a wall collapsed and knocked an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below. Labourer Mark Jones was working for Cumbria-based Ace Infra Ltd at a site at NW Auctions Milnthorpe when the incident happened on 25 April 2024. He…
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has blamed a review on radon regulations for the delay in its multimillion-pound remediation of HMP Dartmoor. The prison has been closed since August 2024 after high levels of radon gas were detected. Despite the closure, the MoJ still signed a new lease up until…
Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria have launched a fresh wave of strike action over an ongoing pay dispute. Employees from subcontractors Altrad, Enigma and Kaefer walked out again today (6 January) for 10 days and further strike action is planned in the coming weeks. The industrial dispute,…
Mechanical and electrical firm Enerveo has suffered a pre-tax loss of £1.7m for a second successive year, according to its latest accounts. The Fareham-based business, which is a subsidiary of SSE plc, also said it will no longer be bidding for higher-risk contracts. However, it announced the imminent sale of…
Detectives investigating the Didcot Power Station collapse in which four men died will make a decision on whether to bring charges in the case next year, Thames Valley Police has said. Coleman & Company employees Ken Cresswell, 57, Chris Huxtable, 34, John Shaw, 61, and Mick Collings, 53, died when…
Administrators for Henry Group Holdings (HGH) have received claims totalling £141.15m from unsecured creditors. London-headquartered HGH, which was incorporated in 2016 and solely owned by Mark Henry, went into liquidation on 18 August 2023. It is the parent company of Henry Construction Projects – which is also in administration. In a winding-up…
When Manchester-based Gallaway Construction’s chief executive Renee Preston was named the ‘Winner of Winners’ for inspiring women at the start of the year she had never won an award before. But since that win at the Inspirational Businesswomen in Stem & Construction Awards, her success has snowballed. Throughout 2025 she…
Police have arrested 30 people in a raid on a construction site to tackle illegal workers. Officers from Wiltshire Police said they joined Home Office enforcement officials in the raid on Tuesday (16 December) at the Panattoni Park development site in east Swindon. The raid saw 25 people detained pending…
Seven subcontractors have temporarily laid off staff at Sellafield nuclear plant blaming the effect of ongoing industrial action. Workers from subcontractors Altrad, Enigma, Kaefer, Stobbarts and Design Grid began a new five-day round of strike action on Monday (15 December) over an ongoing pay dispute. The Engineering Construction Industry Association…
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