HS2 will need to spend £100m and take three years closing down sites for the cancelled Phase 2 leg despite construction never starting on them. The costs are revealed in a National Audit Office report into the response to last October’s decision by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to can Phase 2 connecting Birmingham with

Southern Housing Group is planning to renew its housing delivery partner frameworks following a merger with Optivo around 18 months ago. The expanded social housing landlord now owns over 80,000 homes and serves 167,000 residents across London, the South East, the Midlands and the Isle of Wight. Refurbishment and new build works are currently delivered

Developer Far East Consortium (FEC) has appointed CR Construction to deliver the next phase of 895 homes on its £4bn Victoria North regeneration project. CR Construction is currently working on FEC’s neighbouring 634-home Victoria Riverside development which is due to complete in early 2025. The contractor will now deliver the next phase of Red Bank

The sale of ISG to an overseas buyer is imminent after the prospective purchasers set-up a new holding company to facilitate the deal. The Enquirer understands a company called Antipodean Holdings Limited will be the vehicle for the new buyer. It was registered two months ago at Companies House with two equal shareholders – South

Mace has been awarded a £184m contract to deliver the next phase of The Oxford Science Park. The Daubeny Project will see the construction of three new laboratory and office buildings adding another 400,500 sq ft to the park which is majority owned by Magdalen College, Oxford. The new buildings will feature biodiverse landscaping, extensive

Private house builder The Hill Group has surpassed revenues of £1bn for the first time and posted record pre-tax profit of £70m, up from £66m. The results were flattered by a 15-month reporting period to March 2024 after Hill decided to extend its reporting period to align its financial year-end with that of its many

Sir Robert McAlpine has struck a deal to build the first of three major units at UK’s biggest planned EV battery factory at Bridgwater in Somerset. Tata-owned Agratas confirmed this morning that the contractor has signed a pre-construction agreement to deliver Building One, comprising 2.6m sq ft of built area. Rival bidders are understood to

Suffolk County Council has submitted plans for a £64m series of road improvements to the A12 have been Lowestoft and Ipswich. The scheme will see upgrades to the key roundabouts from the A14 at Seven Hills, east of Ipswich, north to the A1152 at Woods Lane. Elsewhere, a new dual carriageway section will replace the

Higgins has clinched a deal with London’s Lambeth Council to build more than 360 new homes in the heart of Brixton. The council is set to work with Higgins on the second phase of development in Somerleyton Road under proposals for a net-zero development of 363 new homes, of which 195 homes would be affordable.

Build to Rent developer PLATFORM_ has got the planning go-ahead to build a 20-storey block of private rental flats in Milton Keynes city centre. The 335 flats project will be built close to Milton Keynes Central station, on the central spine road of Midsummer Boulevard and includes three outdoor terraces for residents. Jean-Marc Vandevivere, CEO