Government backs third runway at Heathrow instead of Gatwick
The government has decided a new runway will be built at Heathrow, rather than at Gatwick, following years of speculation. Transport secretary Chris Grayling is set to [...]
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Property Prices Grind To A Halt Along Southern Rail Routes
Six months of strike action by RMT Union members could be starting to take its toll on property prices along the main Southern Rail routes. According to figures compiled by [...]
Government told to make prisons more like the rest of society’s spaces
Prisons should be designed to be more like the outside world, a group of leading figures has told the government. The panel, led by construction consultants Gleeds, said [...]
British construction sector showing no prolonged Brexit effect
With the first three months of post-Brexit figures in the books, construction sector contracts across September reached a total of £5.6 billion, a minor increase on August, [...]
Greater flexibility for Apprenticeship Levy funding is welcome, says FMB
The ability for larger companies to transfer unspent apprenticeship funding to smaller firms is welcome and will help make the Apprenticeship Levy a success, the Federation [...]
Associated puts in £40m Leeds University laboraties for planning
The 10,000sq m University Innovation and Enterprise Centre (UIEC) project will house start-up firms linking university academics to the private sector, with the aim of [...]
Mayor approves 50% affordable housing revision to Barking Riverside
The mayor of London has approved Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ revised plans for Barking Riverside, paving the way for 10,000 new homes – half of which will be [...]
Architects could cash in over new zero-carbon rules from October 1st
Oblivious developers ‘will need specialist help to avoid London offsetting fees’. Developers risk having residential schemes rejected by London planners because they are [...]
Funding shortfall delays Tonkin Liu’s competition-winning Salford Bridge plans
Competition-winning proposals by Tonkin Liu for a new footbridge in Salford have been put on hold due to a lack of funds The practice landed the project to create the [...]
Major Programme of Works to Palace of Westminster is Essential
In a report published today, the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster has concluded that the Palace of Westminster ‘faces an impending crisis which we cannot [...]
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