Prime minister Keir Starmer placed the economy at the forefront of his first King's Speech today, with policy reforms geared towards encouraging growth.
Vincent Matthews, head of UK marketing at SFS, discusses the benefits of working with a product manufacturer in construction to select an appropriate system solution.
After a successful inaugural year, ASSA ABLOY UK Specification looks ahead to 2016 and how it believes the construction industry will respond following a...
Whatever your trade or profession, credibility counts.
You wouldn’t place an important legal matter in the hands of a bar room barrister any more than...
A strong quarter from the infrastructure sector has boosted the number of new construction orders…
Infrastructure, which formed a major part of the government’s Spending...
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has announced a new development has been selected as a national pilot for large-scale custom build…
A development in Basingstoke has...
Councils will be allowed to build starter homes on green belt as planning laws are relaxed to meet the demand for properties…
Strict rules surrounding...
The music industry has welcomed proposed amendments to the Planning Bill that would protect existing venues from new developments…
Labour is pushing for new amendments...
The move from neighbour notification letters to lamp post site notices near proposed developments in Ealing has been criticised…
The way in which Ealing’s planning...
UK construction industry drops to a seven-month low during November due to the weakest expansion in housing activity since the middle of 2013…
The latest...
A new survey has revealed the construction industry remains confident as the UK forges forward with some of the largest infrastructure projects seen in...
Researchers suggest up to half of Scotland’s economic growth could be due to public sector building…
According to the official figures, Scotland’s economy grew by...
At the heart of the government’s Spending Review today was a commitment to developing the infrastructure of the nation. Planning and Building Control Today...
Steven Pearson, planning consultant and legal author at legislation analysts Cedrec, discusses the implications of recent changes to UK planning law…
In May 2015, the...
The newly formed Infrastructure Commission has launched a new Call for Evidence relating to critical infrastructure challenges…
Last week, interim chair of the National Infrastructure...
Figures released by Eurostat show construction output across the Eurozone declined in September…
Recovery in the construction sector has struggled to gain ground within the...
A new survey from the NBS has revealed the number of disputes reported within the construction sector remain widespread…
The National Building Specification (NBS) has...
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Kate Morement, head of risk and compliance, Assent, says much progress has been made by women in construction over the last 20 years, but there is still more to be done.
