Approval for Chapman Taylor’s £1bn Salford MediaCity UK expansion
A team of architects led by Chapman Taylor has been given the go-ahead to double the size of Salford’s MediaCity UK The second stage of the scheme features 10 new [...]
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Network Rail and Ministry of Defence to release land for 29,000 homes
Network Rail is to release land for up to 12,000 new homes by 2020, while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will sell 13 sites for 17,000 homes. The organisation responsible for [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan halts Garden Bridge construction work
Sadiq Khan freezes enabling scheme at Temple Tube station over fears of further taxpayer exposure [...]
New Zealand looks towards UK for top-level construction talent
New Zealand’s leading infrastructure, commercial engineering and building contractor, Fletcher Construction is looking to the UK to recruit top-level talent to help deliver [...]
PROPERTY PRICES MASSIVELY DIFFER BETWEEN REMAIN AND BREXIT AREAS
Property prices in areas with the highest Brexit vote have increased just 9% since 2011, compared to 18% in areas with the highest percentage Remain vote, according to [...]
British Safety Council support Healthy Workplaces for All Ages campaign
The European workforce is ageing fast. By 2030, employees aged over 55 are expected to make up 30% or more of the total workforce in many EU countries. In the UK, 30% or more [...]
SME builders and Unite the union agree 5% pay rise over two years
The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has agreed a two year deal involving a 5% pay rise over two years. The announcement follows the successful [...]
Stockport Council purchases Merseyway Shopping Centre
Following very careful consideration and some months of negotiation, the Council is delighted to announce that contracts were exchanged last week for the purchase Merseyway [...]
Luxury skyscrapers are good for the neighbourhood, report claims
Residential skyscrapers have a huge regenerative impact on the neighbourhoods where they are built and can prompt a surge in local property prices of as much as 180%, a new [...]
9 out of 32 London boroughs have no properties priced below UK average
More than a quarter of London boroughs don’t have a single property for sale for less than the average UK house price (£191,812) With average London property prices [...]
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