The North East has seen the biggest increase in the registration of new homes in the country over the last year.
But the region’s beleaguered construction industry will not be surprised that house building in this...
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15 August 2012
The boss of EDF Energy, whose new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point promises to be one of the largest UK construction projects over the next decade, has said the UK construction industry has a...
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A Guidance Note on the Construction Products Regulation has been issued today which will help the construction industry understand new legislation that is being brought in from 1 July 2013.
The changes in the...
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20 July 2012
The research commissioned by construction company Interserve has growing interests in providing local government services.
Private contractors currently provide 26% of all council services, up from 20% twelve months...
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25 July 2012
Private housing starts are set to rise 3% in 2012, according to the Construction Products Association’s latest construction industry forecasts.
But with public housing falls set to fall 23%, overall housing starts...
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26 April 2012
Travis Perkins Group has formed a strategic alliance with Toriga Energy to deliver a comprehensive Green Deal proposition for consumers and the trade.
The alliance enables the two companies to provide an integrated Green...
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Travis Perkins has renewed its commitment to the Northampton Saints for a further four years, taking its support to at least 2016. The deal cements the relationship as the longest between a club and main shirt sponsor in...
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Businesses have branded Government plans to delay the second phase of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) a "missed opportunity" for the UK’s carbon targets.
This follows an announcement made by the Department of...
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13 April 2012
The Much Wenlock branch of Travis Perkins has been keeping busy in support of the Wenlock Poetry Festival (13-15th April), by constructing a large timber frame to fit a knitted display of Carol Ann Duffy’s poem,...
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09 August 2012
Office of Fair Trading warns current government schemes create incentives for volume over quality
The insulation industry has been given incentives to cut corners under current government schemes and this could continue...
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