Author Archives: Fiona Nicolson

In a blow to the construction industry in the North East, it has emerged that administrators have been appointed to the developer behind a major Newcastle regeneration scheme. Ned Ailyan and Ben Stanyon of FRP Advisory were appointed as joint administrators to Quayside West Limited on 10 July. This places…

The government has launched a consultation on proposals to speed up the planning process for major infrastructure projects such as wind farms and nuclear power stations. The Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project consultation was unveiled by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) this week and closes on 19…

Manchester City Football Club’s £300m plans to expand the Etihad Stadium have been approved. The Premier League champions are set to extend the north stand with the addition of 7,900 seats, as well build a 3,000-capacity fan zone with food and drink outlets. The stadium overhaul will also see construction…

An influential group of MPs has called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to “prioritise strategic road maintenance over enhancements”. In a report published on Thursday (27 July), the House of Commons Transport Committee said the government should ensure that future road-investment strategy (RIS) portfolios are deliverable, “given increasing costs…

A 46-year-old man has been injured at a Cala Homes development in Glasgow. The incident took place at the Jordanhill Park housing development in the west of the city on Tuesday. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 10.45am on Tuesday, 25 July, to a report of a…

Small building companies have been told to exercise caution when applying for research and development (R&D) tax relief – as HM Revenue and Customs cracks down on non-compliant applications. Almost two-thirds of claims for research and development (R&D) tax relief by SME construction companies are non-compliant, according to HMRC –…

Buckinghamshire-headquartered family contractor TSL has reported a fall in turnover and profit. The firm, which specialises in the food, pharmaceutical, logistics and data centre sectors, saw a slight drop in turnover from £565m to £552m in the year ending 31 December 2022. Its pre-tax profit also dropped, from £11.6m to…

Lendlease is cutting 760 jobs – 10 per cent of its global workforce. The Sydney-headquartered developer and contractor has not specified what job roles will be cut, nor which regions will be worst-affected by the changes. However, it said its Australian workforce will see a 5 per cent reduction, with…

Renovation work on Manchester’s Our Town Hall (OTH) project is experiencing delays amid “challenges it is continuing to face”, and there is continued uncertainty about the completion date, Manchester City Council has warned. The council said the finish date, originally set for July 2024, would be confirmed in January next…

National Highways is aiming to make one of the UK’s largest-ever purchases of low-carbon hydrogen, to power construction machinery on the site of the planned Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). It said that the £50m purchase of the production, delivery and storage of hydrogen – revealed in a tender notice yesterday (Tuesday)…