Sep 21, 2026 | Energy, Infrastructure, News, Sustainability
The Future Homes and Buildings Standard has moved from proposal to a fixed timetable. Published on 24 March 2026, it will come into force exactly a year later in March 2027, requiring new homes in England to produce roughly 75 to 80 per cent less carbon than those...
Sep 21, 2026 | Energy, Health and Safety, Heritage and Conservation, News, Sustainability
Britain has spent the better part of a decade getting very good at one half of a problem. Insulation, airtightness, better glazing and heat pumps have been pushed hard through funding schemes, assessment frameworks and training programmes, and the housing stock is...
Jul 16, 2026 | Energy, News, Projects, Sustainability
The Warm Homes Bill represents a £15 billion investment and one of the most significant policy interventions in the built environment in a generation. As implementation gathers pace across the UK, the programme is expected to play a central role in...
Jul 9, 2026 | Energy, News, Projects, Sustainability, Technology and innovation
Commercial variant of new Isuzu D-Max 2.2 pick-up joins line-up Available on all Double Cab specifications: DL20, DL40 and V-Cross D-Max 2.2 Commercial qualifies for flat rate Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) and 100% capital allowance Range of finance offers available through...
Jun 26, 2026 | Energy, News, Projects, Social Value, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Balfour Beatty today announces that it has been awarded a £121 million, four-year contract by National Grid to deliver the Bramford 400kV substation extension project in Suffolk, England, as part of the Bramford to Twinstead project. The contract has been awarded...
Jun 22, 2026 | Appointments and People, Community, Company News, Contracts, Development and Planning, EDI, Education, Energy, Finance and Markets, Health and Safety, Heritage and Conservation, Housing, Infrastructure, Laws and Policies, News, Social Value
Keir Starmer’s resignation as Prime Minister has triggered another period of political uncertainty, but for the construction industry the question is not simply who walks into Downing Street next. It is whether housing, planning reform, infrastructure investment...