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Editorial credit: Jason Wells / Shutterstock.comThe Department for Transport has launched a new Mass Transit Taskforce, a strategic group of experts mandated to identify and dismantle the barriers preventing the rapid delivery of tram, light rail, and high-frequency...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a significant set of recommendations following its 11-month market study into the road and rail infrastructure sectors. Published on 21 May 2026, the report concludes that the current fragmented and short-term...

Homes England, the government’s national housing and regeneration agency, has officially initiated a search for a master development partner to spearhead the comprehensive regeneration of the former Broad Marsh shopping centre in Nottingham. Announced during the...

On 20 May 2026, the Department for Education announced a strategic £96 million investment designed to facilitate tens of thousands of building site placements, directly addressing the structural skills deficit within the UK construction sector. With current data from...

The latest industry report by the Southern Construction Framework (SCF), issued on 19 May 2026, identifies a complex landscape for the UK construction sector, characterised by a 2.6% increase in tender workload since the fourth quarter of 2025 alongside a persistent...

Image: CaddickHomes England has confirmed a £16 million infrastructure grant to the Caddick Group, facilitating the transformation of redundant brownfield land into a substantial urban neighbourhood known as Leeds South Village. This capital allocation serves as a...

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has reached a landmark agreement with EDF and a consortium of private investors to construct and operate the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, a project of critical strategic importance to the UK’s energy...

Homes England has disclosed preliminary performance data for the 2025/26 period, revealing its highest volume of housing completions in six years and signalling a robust expansion in the residential construction pipeline. The agency facilitated the completion of more...

The successful deployment of renewable synthetic diesel in heavy construction machinery at the Brüttener Tunnel site in Zurich marks a significant technological advancement for the global infrastructure sector, offering a pragmatic decarbonisation pathway for...

The UK government’s digital infrastructure strategy reached a new milestone earlier this month with the announcement of an £8.3 million funding injection to expand the Project Gigabit rollout across Essex. This latest investment targets an additional 9,500 homes and...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a major package of measures to protect workers from the dangers of engineered stone dust, including silicosis, a deadly-but-preventable lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust released during stone cutting....

The Government has initiated a significant strategic overhaul of the United Kingdom’s apprenticeship and skills framework, aimed at addressing long-term underinvestment and providing a more robust labour pipeline for high-growth sectors, including construction and...