Month: July 2023

With an industry worth more than £110 billion per annum and contributing 7% of the United Kingdom’s GDP, the construction industry accounts for approximately 3 million jobs – 10% of total UK employment.  But with great productivity,

Demand is soaring at Leeds-based tailored office providers, WorkWell, following a half a million investment as part of the redevelopment of its Brookfield House countryside location. Provider of workspaces designed specifically to promote high-performing teams,

On Friday 14 July 2023, the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee published a report that examines the Government’s planning reform proposals. In the report, the committee says it is difficult to see how the Government will

Esh Group is delighted to announce it has been awarded the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Covenant in recognition of its commitment to support the defence and the armed forces community. The scheme

ISG has been successfully reappointed to the £1 billion Pagabo Refit and Refurbishment Framework – a procurement vehicle designed to fast-track and maximise efficiencies for essential public capital works improvement programmes. As part of the

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today published new guidance to ensure that inclusion and accessibility are considered at every stage of the design and construction process.  The result of a multidisciplinary collaboration – including input from people with lived experience and experts from 25 built environment professions – the Inclusive Design Overlay to the RIBA Plan of

The latest research from Searchland, the development site sourcing specialists, has revealed that so far this year, £2.2bn worth of residential and commercial property has been sold within flood zones across England, with almost half (49%) located

Homebuyer appetites for new-build properties has crept up by 0.7% during the second quarter of this year, according to the latest look at new-build buyer demand by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney easyMoney’s quarterly gauge

On 28 June 2023, the National Audit Office (NAO) published findings that more than a third of English school buildings are past their estimated initial design life. The UK’s independent public spending watchdog’s report found that 700,000 pupils are learning in schools that require major rebuilding or refurbishment.  RIBA

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has published its annual results for 2022-23, which show the government’s export credit agency provided £1.1bn in new, direct support for UK construction exporters in the last 12 months. This supported