A contractor has been fined after a ground worker suffered “life changing” burns when lighting a bonfire which had been doused in petrol. Kent County Surfacing was ordered to pay a £10,000 penalty plus £7,333 in costs following the incident at a residential scheme in Ramsgate, Kent, in June 2020.…
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatality of a worker on a construction site in the north-east. Cleveland Police said the 18-year-old man was arrested and subsequently released under investigation amid inquiries into the circumstances leading to the death of a man believed to be in his…
Rolls-Royce’s plans for a nuclear reactor in Snowdonia have moved a step closer to fruition with the signing of a key document. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Welsh Government development vehicle Cwmni Egino to support the proposed project at Trawsfynydd. Rolls-Royce said in…
Construction output bucked the UK’s wider economic trend by rising slightly in August but repair and maintenance work plunged to its lowest level this year as the cost-of-living crisis hit spending. Figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the industry carried out a seasonally adjusted…
The incoming government needs to urgently address the negative impact of the new post-Brexit standards regime on the building products market, finds Greg Pitcher The year was 1993. Inflation ran as low as 1.6 per cent, Manchester United won the inaugural Premier League and the CE mark was introduced in…
A week is a long time in politics, as we have just experienced, but there was also plenty happening on the construction data front over the past seven days. Figures released by the government, major housebuilders and several research specialists have shed new light on the economic conditions the sector…
The role of High Speed 2 minister is vacant this morning after Andrew Stephenson was removed from the post. Stephenson (pictured) was minister of state at the Department of Transport – with responsibility for the £100bn rapid rail megaproject – for two and a half years until this week’s dramatic…
The UK’s three biggest contractors saw their share prices rise yesterday as investors reacted to the news of Boris Johnson’s resignation. Balfour Beatty, Kier and Morgan Sindall all saw their value increase over the course of a frenetic Thursday that saw the prime minister announce his resignation at lunchtime. While…
A major housing association has appointed two modular building specialists on a £50m deal. Bromford named Hadley Offsite Modular Engineering and Ilke Homes on its Offsite Volumetric Category 1 Housing Construction Framework. The pair will deliver up to 250 homes for the body, which manages nearly 45,000 residences across central…
Construction leaders have demanded a swift return to stable government as Boris Johnson this lunchtime announced an end to his premiership, following a string of key ministerial resignations. Leading figures from across the sector told Construction News that it was critical to get a strong leadership team in place quickly to…
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