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.
Statistics have revealed the Scottish government overrules local authorities frequently when it comes to planning permission…
The Scottish government is utilising its power to overturn...
Plans have been submitted to convert a former maritime building into office space and residential units…
An iconic listed building in Dundee is set to...
A pre-application notification to expand a health campus in Aberdeen have been submitted to the council…
University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian's jointly owned Foresterhill Campus is set...
UK house prices reach the weakest annual pace since June 2013, according to data from mortgage provider Nationwide…
House prices across the UK saw a...
The latest forecast estimates growth in UK construction output by 2017, with private house building and infrastructure improvements expected to be a key driver…
The...
The University of Wolverhampton Science Park has submitted plans to build a new science, technology, and prototyping centre…
Plans for a £10m science and technology...
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled proposals to reform rural planning laws in a bid to make it easier to build new village homes…
The recession...
Construction firm Willmott Dixon has won a contract for a new project to retrofit Network Rail’s London offices…
Interior arm of construction company Willmot Dixon...
Canterbury Council's draft Local Plan does not meet the needs of the area, according to an independent planning inspector...
Canterbury needs to find space for...
A new survey has revealed the government is failing to address the housing shortage sufficiently...
The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...
By Andrew Hall, marketing manager, OKI Systems UK Ltd
Central and local government are continuing to feel the squeeze of austerity with the Conservative administration planning...
Government indecision regarding the rules for converting office buildings into residential units is having a negative impact on the housing sector...
New rules that permit...
Communities Secretary launches £26 million fund for housebuilders to demonstrate the range of high quality homes for first-time buyers...
Greg Clark has announced the government...
The latest survey has revealed the construction sector saw growth slow during July after a four-month high was seen in June...
According to the latest...
Revised plans to redevelop Lime Street in Liverpool look set to receive approval, it has emerged...
New plans look set to gain approval to redevelop...
Embodied carbon is the carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the extraction, manufacture, transportation, assembly, replacement and deconstruction of...
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.
