UK Construction

Achieve Growth, By Association

Julie White | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Julie White

While I do believe that it is vital that we modernise and push ourselves forward in business, I actually believe that goes hand-in-hand with being part of a trade body (and all the benefits that brings), rather than being at odds with it.

Could Building Houses Hold The Key To Our Economic Recovery?

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK

Business groups have begun lobbying the government to move away from slow-growth areas of spending and instead target house-building and infrastructur...

Third Housing Firm Predicts A Stronger 2013

Charlie Thomas | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK

More good news for the housing sector was revealed on Friday as Bovis Homes told markets it had sold more homes for higher prices at the end of 2012, ...

Charlie Thomas

Is The Housing Market About To Recover?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 16.01.2013 | UK

There were continuing positive signs for the housing market on Wednesday after the UK's biggest housebuilder said it expected a huge profits rise in 2...

Charlie Thomas

Is This The Start Of The Property Market Recovery?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK

House builder Taylor Wimpey brought some much needed positivity to its sector on Monday after it announced its group full year operating profit should...

Why Don't We Design Better?

Becci Taylor | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK
Becci Taylor

Why are systems so often set up to prevent the success that is possible with truly collaborative, integrated design? I work in the construction industry, where there are many barriers to achieving this goal.

Charlie Thomas

UK Lenders See More Debts Repaid, So Why Won't They Lend For Development?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 14.12.2012 | UK

The amount of money owed on commercial property has dropped, but less positively, lenders are still clamping down on spending on development. Debt ...

Charlie Thomas

The Building Industry's On Shaky Ground, But Which Retailer's Holding Its Own?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK

Weak construction and consumer markets are making life tough for the UK's biggest building material supplier Travis Perkins. In results that were s...

Charlie Thomas

Business Backs Osborne But Awaits Detail On Tax Avoidance Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK

British businesses had much to celebrate from chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement, including work tabled for the construction industry, corpo...

'Revolution' Needed To End 'Blight' Of Poor Housing

PA | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK

The UK needs a threefold increase in the number of new homes to help end the "blight" of poor housing, a report has concluded. The study by the Fut...

Charlie Thomas

Building On Good News: Construction Firm Bucks UK Trend

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK

Global construction giant Balfour Beatty is expected to post good figures in its interim results tomorrow, despite a more general slowdown in the UK c...

Wake Up People!

Richard Denny | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK
Richard Denny

Last week this comment was made to one of our account managers: ' Oh, we don't sell anything, we are a construction company'...

PHOTOS: Death-Defying New York Builders Scale New Heights

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

These New York workmen look like they are involved in a death-defying circus act. But it is all part of the day job for the workmen who are inspect...

Village People

Shaun McCarthy | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK Sport
Shaun McCarthy

The Village has demonstrated that it is possible to live in comfortable, modern accommodation and be more sustainable. We don't have to go back to living in caves or build houses made of straw. For London 2012 to establish this milestone for sustainable living is a major achievement to be celebrated.

The Essence of Romantic Love Is Nothingness

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Ziad El-Hady

A controversial title, no doubt, but certainly not intended to arouse your momentary attention. It comes from a genuine concern regarding a phenomenon so central to our lives - romantic love.

UK Construction Shows Signs Of Life, But Economy Still Stagnant

PA | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK

Construction activity in the UK grew last month, according to a closely-watched survey, but experts warned the wider economy was still likely to have ...

Construction Sector Slows As Recession Fears Bite

PA | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK

Construction sector growth slowed last month as economists warned that the prospect of a contraction in the overall economy was still firmly on the ca...

Britain's Highest Ever Crane Installed To Finish London's Tallest Building

PA | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK

Britain's highest ever crane is to be put in place at the building site of what will become Europe's tallest building. Buil...

The Road Map to Ethical Housing and Economic Recovery Lies in a Public House Building Programme

Eoin Barry Clarke | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK Politics
Eoin Barry Clarke

According to The Department of Communities and Local Government there are more than 1.7million families on housing waiting lists. Considering that Local Authorities throughout England commissioned the building of just 380 new homes in Q1 2011 we are unlikely to ever eradicate that backlog.

Thousands Protest Over Bombardier Trains Deal Decision

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 22.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Thousands of people have joined a demonstration in support of the UK's last train manufacturer, winning applause from Saturday sh...