4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (934+ words) The value of underlying work ( Residential construction starts fell sharply, declining 15% against the preceding three months and dropping 36% compared with last year. Non-residential project starts provided support, rising 6% quarter-on-quarter and standing 1% above a year ago. The construction industry has not…...

5+ day, 2+ min ago   (569+ words) A Banbury business is calling for greater investment into loft boarding and insulation to help homeowners cut down on their bills this winter amid rising costs to energy prices. Amazing Lofts estimate more than eight million UK homes exist without…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (501+ words) This was 11 more than the 332 recorded in both June 2026 and July 2025. According to The Insolvency Service, construction firms accounted for 17% of all insolvencies in England and Wales in July 2026. The largest proportion of construction insolvencies were among firms providing specialised…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (348+ words) Puredrive Energy, the manufacturer of Duracell Energy home battery storage products, has partnered with North Wales’ largest housing association, Adra, to support the development of renewable energy skills through a new training installation at Tŷ Gwyrddfai, Adra’s decarbonisation hub in…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (659+ words) HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700-metre-long Burton Green tunnel. The 16-metre-wide twin-box-shaped tunnel will carry high-speed trains beneath the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth. The internal wall separates trains travelling north to Birmingham, Manchester and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (823+ words) Value of underlying work starting onsite during the three months to July declined 11% and fell 29% below last year’s levels. Residential construction starts fell sharply, declining 25% against the preceding three months and dropping 46% compared with the previous year. Non-residential project starts…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (954+ words) As the construction industry continues to face a shortage of skilled workers, could supporting people with convictions provide a valuable new route into the roofing workforce? Here, Jack Mellor, CEO of background screening specialist Personnel Checks, looks at why rehabilitation…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (185+ words) The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has reached a new agreement with Unite the Union on pay rates for the construction industry. The 2026 agreement will see wage rates increase by 3.2%, following ‘lengthy’ negotiations between the two parties....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (763+ words) More than £21 million has been lost in payments to rogue builders in Harrogate and Knaresborough, according to research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Local MP Tom Gordon warns there is a “clear, systematic failure of the system” to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (332+ words) A Lincolnshire roofing firm has been ordered to pay a fine of £4,589.04 for posting “unauthorised signs” in the streets of York. In late November 2025, City of York Council officers spotted signs appearing around the city advertising Bastfix Roofing and Gutters…...