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Keltbray Infrastructure Services renamed to AUREOS

Keltbray Infrastructure Services Ltd has been renamed AUREOS after being acquired by EMK Capital in August of this year.

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Green skills gap in young people means UK will struggle to reach net zero, report warns

70% of young people surveyed for a report from Groundworks and ESS have never received any information on careers that could help fill green skills gap.

Facilities management strategies and technologies to accommodate the shift to hybrid working

Facility managers must embrace agile new strategies and technologies to accommodate shift to hybrid work, writes Jonathan Weindel, head of data analytics at Envoy.

MoU boosts UK-Hong Kong collaboration in architecture

The UK ARB and the HKIA have signed an MoU for recognition of qualifications, enhancing UK-Hong Kong collaboration.

Construction sector roundtable report warns modern slavery risk is on the rise

A recent roundtable construction meeting highlighted that finding instances of modern slavery is a matter of 'when' and not 'if'.

Why now is the perfect time for young women to start a career in construction

PBC Today sat down with the CITB’s Deborah Madden to discuss why young people - and especially women - should consider a career in construction.

Building the workforce to meet the Government’s commitment for millions of new homes

Tim Barrett, chair of the Construction Alliance Northeast, discusses the issue of recruitment in the UK construction workforce.

Costain revenue up to £639.3m in half year results

Costain have published their half year results, demonstrating continued strong performance to the end of June 2024.

Actis encourages post A-level and GCSE students to consider careers in construction

Students digesting their A level and GCSE results this summer are being encouraged to consider pursuing a career in construction by insulation specialist Actis.

Results day 2024: Young people urged to consider construction

The Federation of Master Builders have released a statement for results day 2024 encouraging young people to consider careers in construction.

UPDATE: CMA appears to accept Barratt-Redrow local competition resolution, clearing path for £2.5bn merger to complete this week

Barratt initially announced its intention to complete the £2.5bn merger with Redrow, waiving a Competitions & Markets Authority (CMA) condition to do so, but the latest update from the CMA indicates they will allow the full merger to go ahead.

Keltbray has sold Infrastructure Services Limited to EMK Capital

Keltbray has announced that they have completed the sale of Infrastructure Services Limited to EMK Capital.

Women into Construction ceases trading

Women into Construction has announced that it has ceased trade as of 15 August due to financial difficulty.

Balfour Beatty half year report 2024 shows strong results

Balfour Beatty have published their half year report, highlighting good results in the first half of 2024.

Bellway to no longer take over Crest Nicholson

Bellway has announced that it no longer intends to take over Crest Nicholson after being given deadline to make a hard offer.

Women’s work: Challenging perceptions of female engineers

Issues around everyday sexism remain prevalent in engineering, and with the proportion of women working within the industry decreasing in the past year, it’s clear that while progress has been made, there is still has a long way to go.

Government must address worker shortage to ‘get Britain building again’

Procurement director at Stanmore, Haman Manak, reflects the plans of the new Labour Government and the role immigration has to play in resolving the worker shortage.

Regulator tells Barratt and Redrow to solve local competition issues

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told Barratt and Redrow that they must propose a solution to the competitive issues that their merger may cause.

UK Gold Standard verification awarded to SCAPE

SCAPE has received Gold Standard verification from Constructing Excellence, one of the first UK public sector framework providers to do so.

Sir Robert McAlpine suffered loss of nearly £110m in 2023

Sir Robert McAlpine construction have published their financial results for 2022-23, showing 2023 to be their toughest year in a while.

CITB to begin working on construction levy consensus for 2026-29

CITB has announced they will begin their construction levy Consensus process to propose their new levy rates for the years 2026-29.

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