A string of high profile contract wins lifted turnover at construction and fit-out firm Gilbert-Ash by 60% to £117.3m last year. Pre-tax profits at the Belfast-based firm also showed a modest increase to just over £200,000 as the firm expanded its… Continue Reading →

Bradford’s historic venue, St George’s Hall, closed its doors at the end of March to undergo a £4 million transformation, after securing funding from both Heritage Lottery Fund and Bradford Council, but since then there appears to have been very… Continue Reading →

New apprenticeship funding proposals announced today by the Government look like a ‘fair settlement for small employers’, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Brian Berry, FMB Chief Executive, said: “Getting skills and apprenticeships policy right is essential to… Continue Reading →

Procurement specialist Scape has named a single consortium of three firms to deliver up to £350m of professional services over four years to a host of public clients. The winning consortium comprising Pick Everard, Gleeds and AECOM came together under the name Perfect Circle to… Continue Reading →

NOMA, a joint venture between the Co-op and Hermes Investment Management, has appointed Russells Construction to refurbish a nine-storey office building in the centre of Manchester. The contractor will rejuvenate Federation, one of the Co-op estate’s original developments, on Dantzic… Continue Reading →

The Build Show, part of the UK’s largest construction trade event UK Construction Week, has released the details of its seminar programme taking place in The Home Building Theatre. Day one focuses on challenges and opportunities for house builders covering… Continue Reading →

Award winning social housing association Clúid is due to refurbish 23 cottages in Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland, and is seeking a contractor to carry out the work. The refurdishment will include 23 two-storey detached and semi-detached houses and also involve landscaping… Continue Reading →

Uttlesford District Council has chosen partnership housing specialist Lovell to undertake a £7.1 million redevelopment programme for an Essex sheltered housing scheme. A ground-breaking ceremony this month (August) officially marked the start of construction on the project which will transform… Continue Reading →