Construction sector - sluggish major project activity contributes to slower-than-expected recovery
Glenigan’s newly released July 2025 edition of its Construction Review shows an industry which, while definitely on the road to recovery, is making frustratingly slower progress than expected.
Supply chain calls for collaboration to deliver best value from North East investment
North East supply chain businesses are calling for a collaborative approach to tackling climate change impact and developing skills and value for the region in a new report launched today.
Irish Water publishes new guide for construction industry on better water conservation and resuse
Irish Water has launched a new guide for the construction industry - Water Stewardship and Sustainability in Construction Sector - outlining how businesses can better conserve and reuse water.
Balfour Beatty chief calls for Government to set up new infrastructure body to drive UK economic recovery
Leo Quinn Chief Executive OF Balfour Beatty is calling on the government to establish a new body to “oversee and drive through to delivery” infrastructure schemes which are prioritised as being in the national interest as part of the economic recovery.
UK construction work declines at steepest rate since April 2009
Newly released March data pointed to the fastest downturn in UK construction output for almost eleven years as emergency public health measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) led to stoppages of work on site and a slump in new orders.
UK construction slump in December led by civil engineering sector
The civil engineering sector led the fall in output in the construction sector last month, according to the latest data from the bellwether IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index.
CMA to pursue investigation into anti-competitive behaviour in UK construction services
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched yet another investigation into suspected anti-competitive arrangements in the UK construction sector.
Environment Agency - “worrying increase” in pollution incidents in West Yorks down to construction sector
The Environment Agency has flagged up what it describes as a “worrying increase” in the number of pollution incidents reported to it in West Yorkshire that on investigation are attributable to the construction sector.
Constructing Excellence publishes sustainability guide for construction SMEs
The cross-sector, cross-supply chain organisation, Constructing Excellence, has published a new guide to sustainability specifically aimed at SMEs in the UK construction sector.
Construction sector: Government must speed up infrastructure investment
UK construction leaders are calling on central government and local authorities to speed up investment in infrastructure projects and promote investment in the industry as an important means of stimulating jobs and growth.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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