London developer and contractor Mount Anvil has bagged the first phase construction for the £250m canal-side mixed-use Kampus scheme in Manchester city centre. In a rare foray outside of its London hunting ground, Mount Anvil has started enabling works on the… Continue Reading →

East London’s Havering Council has started its search for a partner to deliver an ambitious £1bn housing regeneration programme. During the next 10 years the council is planning to build around 3,500 new homes for local people, in one of… Continue Reading →

Building products giant SIG has reported a pre-tax loss of £106.3m for last year as it revealed another strategy change to the City this week. The firm issued a profit warning last November and said it would be accelerating a… Continue Reading →

Two London contractors have been fined more than £600,000 for safety failings after one man died and another was left seriously injured falling six storeys down a lift shaft. Southwark Crown Court heard how work was being carried out to… Continue Reading →

Developer Stoford has been appointed to lead the £200m redevelopment of the former Typhoo Tea building and adjoining canal basin in Birmingham. The Gooch Estate, owner of more than 10 acres of land around Typhoo Wharf in Digbeth, aims to create… Continue Reading →

Major new development plans for Liverpool and Birmingham were unveiled on the first day of the MIPIM property show in Cannes this week. Liverpool City Council launched the hunt for a development partner to create a new “cultural garden suburb”… Continue Reading →

MILLER BIRCH is to deliver a major £120m development on the 2.31 acre site of the former Central Fire and Police stations and adjacent Guildhall Place. Improvements to the 300,000sqft Guildhall Place could see a four-star hotel, offices and in… Continue Reading →

A Victorian building and teaching space at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) has been transformed into a modern, flexible learning facility, thanks to a £350k refurbishment. Work to improve the Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (Celt Building) at… Continue Reading →