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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...

Managing director of third-generation family electrical firm is elected President of Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT

Jun 10, 2026 | Health and Safety, Laws and Policies, News, Social Value, Supply Chain

Darren Crockett, boss of RAS Crockett and Partners in Dundee, says he is ‘excited and honoured’ to take over at campaigning industry body. Scotland’s largest trade construction association, SELECT has elected the managing director of a third-generation Dundee...

Detailed Plans Revealed For Next Phase of Sandle Park Homes In Fordingbridge

Jun 10, 2026 | Housing, Infrastructure, Laws and Policies, News, Projects, Social Value, Sustainability

Pennyfarthing Homes, the award-winning Hampshire-based housebuilder, has submitted detailed plans for the next phase of its Sandle Park development, located off Whitsbury Road in Fordingbridge. The reserved matters application follows the approval of the first phase...

Three-quarters of UK tradespeople have been targeted by tool thieves, and here’s what they’re doing to stop it

Jun 3, 2026 | Health and Safety, Laws and Policies, News, Social Value, Supply Chain

New research has revealed that more than three-quarters (76%) of UK tradespeople have been targeted by tool thieves. The study, commissioned by Trade Direct Insurance found that tradespeople are most commonly being targeted at their workshop (27%), having their van...

The Hill Group Achieves Hat Trick of Planning Successes Across the South East

May 7, 2026 | Housing, Infrastructure, Laws and Policies, News, Projects, Social Value, Sustainability

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has secured a hat trick of planning permissions across the South East, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of much-needed new homes across the region. Across three newly approved schemes in Essex, Oxfordshire and...

RICS partners with Retrofit Academy to accelerate retrofit skills with funded training

Apr 29, 2026 | Housing, Infrastructure, Laws and Policies, News, Social Value, Sustainability, Technology and innovation

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and The Retrofit Academy (TRA), are partnering to help RICS members develop critical retrofit skills across the UK. At the heart of the partnership is access to UK Government-backed Warm Homes Skills funding,...